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Sexual abuse of children on the rise but State protection weak

Members of NGOs in Kisii town on 8/8/2019 demonstrating against rising number of rape and defilement cases in the region. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

For every group of 600 children, chances are that 100 of them have faced sexual abuse.

And out of every 100 victims of sexual abuse, only 12 reported the incidents.

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