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    "content": "which Kenya is a State party, embodying the principles and spirits espoused by these international conventions, including the principle of the best interest of the child. The Children Act 2001 establishes the Office of the Director of Children Services in charge of the Department of Children Services in the State Department of Social Protection, and the Ministry of East African Community, Labour and Social Protection that safeguards the welfare of children. The Department of Children Services works in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders such as the National Police Service, the Judiciary, the Kenya Prison Service, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Non-Governmental Organisations, Faith-based Organisations, the Probation and Aftercare Services Department, the Immigration Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and mobile service providers. The Government has also established and operationalised the National Council for Children’s Services which exercises the general supervision and control over the planning, financing, and coordination of child rights and welfare activities and advises the Government on all aspects thereof. In addition, the following interventions are being carried out by the Department of Children Services to prevent kidnappings and abductions: (1) The establishment of a toll Free Hotline No.116 to report cases of child abduction. (2) Child Protection Units (CPUs) that are managed by the National Police Service to investigate cases of child abductions; for example, one is based in the Criminal Investigation Training School in South C. (3) The National Council for Children Services have the area advisory councils which have structures used to create awareness in the community on child protection, including protection from abductions. (4) The department carries out repatriation of abducted children (5) The department also carries out tracing and reunification of abducted children. (6) The department has three rescue centres. The Children Act 2001 also provides that on application of a qualified person, a child’s court has the power to make judicial orders for the protection of children. These judicial orders include wardship orders requiring that a child be placed under the protection and custody of the court and production orders requiring any person who is harbouring, concealing or otherwise unlawfully detaining a child or who intends to remove a child from Kenya or from the local limits of the jurisdiction of the court to disclose any information regarding the whereabouts of the child and / or produce the child before the court and / or restrain the person from removing the child from the jurisdiction of the court for such period as the court may specify. For international reciprocity, the Cabinet Secretary responsible for children matters, with the approval of the National Assembly, may enter into an agreement with the Government of any country or territory on such terms and conditions as he may think fit, whereby a child who has been ordered by a court under the provisions of the Act be committed to the care of a fit person or sent to an institution, may be received into that country and then placed in an institution or received into the care of a fit person or returned to his parent or guardian. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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