Children Act 2022 Stories

What the law says about charging minors in Kenya
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 27, 2025

Children aged 12 to 13 are presumed incapable unless it is proven that they understood the nature and wrongfulness of their actions.

Gaza: Four more hospitals shut amid ongoing Israeli offensive
UN News  |  Sep 27, 2025

According to the UN health agency, all but one of the dozen reported attacks on healthcare between September 7 and September  17 have been in Gaza Cit...

Court declines to release Somali teens accused of desecrating Kenyan flag pending inquiry
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 26, 2025

The minors, who also face charges of being in Kenya illegally, damaging a national symbol, and causing disturbance, did not take a plea.

75 per cent of the world’s poorest children live in Sub-Saharan Africa - report
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 24, 2025

In 2024, the findings show that over 311 million children in the region lived in households surviving on less than $3 (Sh388) a day, the revised globa...

Kilifi suspends charity’s school feeding programme after pupils made to recite Hindu prayers
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 21, 2025

On September 18, 2025, Ganze Sub-County Director of Education Mariam Ngome wrote to the organisation ordering an immediate halt to all donations and s...

Mothers struggle to feed children as hunger grips Turkana
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 20, 2025

In July, Save the Children deployed 25 outreach sites across Turkana to provide health and nutrition services for children and adults in the hardest-h...

Over 13 million Sudanese children out of school amid ongoing conflict
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 13, 2025

Large numbers of students remain out of school because of mass displacement, limited teaching staff, lack of learning materials, and restricted access...

Letter from Mideast: From hope to heartbreak - my Gaza since Israel's "disengagement"
XINHUA  |  Sep 12, 2025

I left Gaza, but Gaza never left me. It lives in my dreams, in my fears, and in my children's questions. I hope - yes, I still hope - to return someda...

UNICEF: Childhood obesity in Africa rising, surpassing underweight cases globally
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 10, 2025

UNICEF is urging African governments to protect children’s diets from unhealthy ingredients

Government disburses Sh1.78 billion to over 445,000 orphans, vulnerable children under Inua Jamii programme
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 08, 2025

The funds cover stipends for the June and July 2025 payment cycles under the Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) Programme, par...

Villagers are digging by hand to rescue victims of Sudan landslide -Save the Children
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 07, 2025

The landslide, caused by torrential rains on Sunday, August 31, 2025, cut off road access, delaying the arrival of emergency workers. It was only on T...

The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns
UN News  |  Sep 05, 2025

Only 44 out of 92 UNICEF-supported outpatient nutrition treatment centres are still functional, which means thousands of malnourished children lack ac...

Mwongela Kioko: A Nairobi street child’s audacity to beat the odds
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 06, 2025

His story is one of resilience and offers hope to other members of Nairobi’s street families, whose lives are too often marked by suffering and despai...

At least 21,000 children disabled due to Israel's war on Gaza - UN
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 04, 2025

According to CRPD, displacement orders issued by Israel in Gaza have posed challenges for vulnerable groups, particularly those with hearing and visua...

Funding cuts could push six million more children out of school, warns UNICEF
UN News  |  Sep 03, 2025

The heaviest impact is expected in regions that are already vulnerable. West and Central Africa could see 1.9 million children lose access to school,...

How much screen time is safe for children?
DW News  |  Sep 02, 2025

In a world full of smartphones, tablets, and computers, how much media time is acceptable at what stage of life? Though there's little data on the iss...

Christians and the British empire: How a church NGO got entangled in colonial Kenya’s violence
The Conversation  |  Aug 31, 2025

The Christian Council of Kenya’s involvement reveals the variety of ways that NGOs became involved, and sometimes implicated, in policies of colonial...

Kenya hit hard as therapeutic food supplies dwindle
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 28, 2025

Children in northern Kenya, particularly in Turkana County, are increasingly vulnerable to escalating malnutrition and food insecurity because of repe...

Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office
UN News  |  Aug 27, 2025

The OHCHR spokesperson told journalists in Geneva that Israeli authorities had carried out investigations in the past, as the occupying power.

‘There’s no such thing as someone else’s children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to Gaza destruction, West’s quiet assent
The Conversation  |  Aug 21, 2025

Wells also catalogued how news outlets told those stories. They minced words to protect the perpetrators, while smearing the reputations of the dead,...

It’s time to end physical punishment of kids once and for all, WHO says
UN News  |  Aug 21, 2025

But wherever it happens, this sort of punishment has wide-ranging effects, including increased risk of anxiety and depression in addition to reduced c...

UN warns Gaza crisis could worsen without safe, unrestricted aid flow
UN News  |  Aug 16, 2025

Between May 27 and August 8, the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah treated more than 4,500 wounded patients – most reporting injuries sustained while...

12 creative ways to enjoy screen-free indoor play
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Aug 12, 2025

Children are more likely to engage if they feel involved, not dictated to. While teenagers need autonomy, they will respond better to collaboration th...

UNICEF says universal birth registration crucial for advancing African children’s rights
XINHUA  |  Aug 11, 2025

UNICEF recommended embedding birth registration into the broader public service ecosystem, including health, education, and social protection, to ensu...

School driver, teacher in court for negligence after five-year-old jumps from moving van
Joseph Ndunda  |  Aug 09, 2025

They are separately charged with unlawfully failing to supervise children in a moving motor vehicle, a school van that was under their care.

Somalia’s education crisis: Why so few children attend school and what could be done to change that
The Conversation  |  Aug 06, 2025

As the epicentre of conflict and displacement, Mogadishu experiences profound disruptions to educational access.

Gaza airdrops not enough to address humanitarian crisis
DW News  |  Aug 06, 2025

Despite aid being air-dropped into Gaza, the situation on the ground remains dire. Israel faces mounting pressure to allow more aid to enter through l...

A father, a witness: Gaza journalist documents war while living its daily horror
UN News  |  Aug 05, 2025

Thousands have died and much of Gaza has been laid to waste, but life must continue, according to the correspondent, who is remaining anonymous for se...

Cholera spreads in Sudan's North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns
UN News  |  Aug 05, 2025

The cholera outbreak is unfolding against a backdrop of deepening catastrophe. Since the war between rival militaries erupted in April 2023, critical...

Italy to evacuate sick Palestinian children for medical treatment
DW News  |  Aug 02, 2025

Rome plans to evacuate Palestinian children in need of medical treatment from the Gaza Strip.

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