![]() ![]() Garbage scavenging,† including for scrap materials (12,14,16,30-32)Ĭommercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking (9,13,19,29,33-38) Transporting goods and people by bicycle,† motorcycle,† and handcart† (8,14,29,27) Street work, including vending (8,14,17,27) Quarrying,† including crushing rocks and stones, ferrying stones and gravel, and harvesting coral (8,11,14,16,21)ĭomestic work,† including caregiving (13-15,19,27,28) Herding and guarding cattle and livestock† (8,9,13-17)įishing,† including for tilapia, sardines, Nile perch, and other fish, handling nets, cleaning fish and utensils, disposal of waste, and cleaning boats (14-19)įorestry, including cutting trees, fetching and burning wood to produce firewood and charcoal (9,14,20)Ĭonstruction,† including carrying bricks and transportation of materials (8,14) Overview of Children's Work by Sector and Activity Sector/Industryįarming,† including the tilling of land, weeding, pruning, harvesting, transportation, and scaring off animals for production of tea and coffee, khat ( miraa),† rice, sisal, sugarcane, tobacco, corn, and flowers (3-16) ![]() ![]() (2)īased on a review of available information, Table 2 provides an overview of children's work by sector and activity. Source for all other data: International Labor Organization's analysis of statistics from Household Budget Survey (HBS), 2019. ![]() Source for primary completion rate: Data from 2016, published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2023. Statistics on Children's Work and Education Children Table 1 provides key indicators on children’s work and education in Kenya. Key coordinating committees related to the elimination of child labor lack adequate resources to carry out their mandates, and the labor inspectorate does not have sufficient financial and human resources, affecting its ability to ensure that child labor laws are enforced. Children also perform dangerous tasks in agriculture. Children in Kenya are subjected to the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, sometimes as a result of human trafficking, and forced domestic service. Elements within the Kenyan Defense Forces likely sustained in-kind support of a Somali federal member state group that has been implicated in the recruitment and use of child soldiers. However, despite new initiatives to address child labor, Kenya is assessed as having made only minimal advancement because it continued a practice that delays advancement to eliminate child labor. In addition, the government substantially increased the number of worksite inspections for the reporting period, while achieving convictions and imposing sentences on two individuals for crimes related to human trafficking of children. The government enacted the Children's Act, strengthening legal protections for children from child labor, including mandating the development of a light work framework, and outlining child protection mandates of government agencies, such as protecting children from armed conflict. In 2022, Kenya made minimal advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. ![]()
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