Amend adoption policies to improve placement

Recent incidents involving international adoptions gone awry highlight the limited protections that are available to children. Russian and American authorities are in a tizzy over a boy sent back to Moscow by his adoptive mother. Then there is the case of the missionaries being charged with kidnapping for attempting to move some Haitian children to a neighbouring country.

While most countries have the basic protections to prevent trafficking in persons, there remain far too many "grey areas" in legal adoptions. Kenya should be particularly sensitive to this considering we are still in the middle of unravelling a trafficking scandal in the miracle babies saga involving Pastor Gilbert Deya.