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Find out whose child that worker is

International Humanist and Ethical Union, that is the world union of Humanist organisations says in its website that there are 15 million children, "constituting 54 per cent of the total of 28 million".

It adds that over 12.6 million Kenyans, majority of who are children, live in absolute poverty, this despite Kenya having ratified the "Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on July 31, 1990. Also, enactment of the Children Act of 2001 gives effect to these obligations under the CRC and African Children’s Charter. Since ratification, Kenya has been working to implement its ideals in domestic legislation concerning childcare and protection."

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