Young African American couple relaxing. [Courtesy]
We expect a girl or boy growing up in Mwingi, Kitui County, to enjoy the same legal protection as one growing up in Kawangware and Runda in Nairobi. One way the law provides this uniform protection is through age of consent legislation drawing authority from various provisions of the Constitution, including Article 27, which decrees all are equal and are entitled to equal protection by law.