Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports

Kenya

Cattle
Cattle
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Coffee
Coffee
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Fish
Fish
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Gold
Gold
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Khat/Miraa (stimulant plant)
Khat/Miraa (stimulant plant)
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Rice
Rice
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Sand
Sand
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Sisal
Sisal
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Sugarcane
Sugarcane
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Tea
Tea
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Tobacco
Tobacco
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Kenya
2021 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor:

Minimal Advancement – Efforts Made but Continued Practice that Delayed Advancement

In 2021, Kenya made minimal advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Local child labor officers in Nairobi facilitated trainings for police officers and users of the court system related to key laws protecting children from the worst forms of child labor. In addition, the government published updated information on child labor prevalence in Kenya. However, Kenya is assessed as having made only minimal advancement because it continued to implement a practice that delays advancement to eliminate child labor. Elements within the Kenyan Defense Forces provided various forms of in-kind support–including harboring, training, intelligence-gathering, and payment of salaries–to a Somali federal member state that is strongly implicated in the recruitment and use of child soldiers. 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. Children also perform dangerous tasks in agriculture. Key coordinating committees related to 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.

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