CAP. 141
Children
[Rev. 2012]
13. Protection from abuse, etc.
(1) A child shall be entitled to protection from physical and psychological abuse,
neglect and any other form of exploitation including sale, trafficking or abduction
by any person.
(2) Any child who becomes the victim of abuse, in the terms of subsection (1),
shall be accorded appropriate treatment and rehabilitation in accordance with such
regulations as the Minister may make.
14. Protection from harmful cultural rites, etc.
No person shall subject a child to female circumcision, early marriage or other
cultural rites, customs or traditional practices that are likely to negatively affect the
child’s life, health, social welfare, dignity or physical or psychological development.
15. Protection from sexual exploitation
A child shall be protected from sexual exploitation and use in prostitution,
inducement or coercion to engage in any sexual activity, and exposure to obscene
materials.
16. Protection from drugs
Every child shall be entitled to protection from the use of hallucinogens,
narcotics, alcohol, tobacco products or psychotropic drugs and any other drugs
that may be declared harmful by the Minister responsible for health and from being
involved in their production, trafficking or distribution.
17. Leisure and recreation
A child shall be entitled to leisure, play and participation in cultural and artistic
activities.
18. Torture and deprivation of liberty
(1) No child shall be subjected to torture, cruel treatment or punishment,
unlawful arrest or deprivation of liberty.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no child shall be subjected
to capital punishment or to life imprisonment.
(3) A child offender shall be separated from adults in custody.
(4) A child who is arrested and detained shall be accorded legal and other
assistance by the Government as well as contact with his family.
19. Right to privacy
Every child shall have the right to privacy subject to parental guidance.
20. Penalties
Notwithstanding penalties contained in any other law, where any person wilfully
or as a consequence of culpable negligence infringes any of the rights of a child as
specified in sections 5 to 19 such person shall be liable upon summary conviction
to a term of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months, or to a fine not exceeding
fifty thousand shillings or to both such imprisonment and fine.
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