Dr. Joyce Cherono Laboso

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3731 to 3740 of 3818.

• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Definitely, this is a Bill that is long overdue, going by the number of child trafficking cases that we read from the media and other sources. I want to say that this is a heinous crime both at the national and international level. We find reasons given for these crimes are related to poverty. Poverty has contributed immensely to the victims that are vulnerable to child trafficking. view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to say that sexual exploitation is another reason for child trafficking. Another factor that has contributed to these heinous crimes is, of course, HIV/AIDS pandemic. We also have porous border. It is very difficult from one border to the other. As I said, because of poverty, many children and ladies are vulnerable. It is very easy to get them. They even go with strangers because they imagine the good life they will find abroad. view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say child sex tourism has become a lucrative business in the Coast Province. We know that in all the secluded areas of the coastal towns, there are a lot of things that are going on there, that are not in the public eyes or that we are not aware of. One of them is definitely that there are very many children who are trafficked through those avenues. Up to this point, we do not have any statute within our system to control this crime. That is why I say this is a ... view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I must also mention that the existing laws that we have in the country are not punitive enough. They are a bit lenient. For instance, for sexual exploitation, a fine of Kshs50,000 would not deter somebody who wanted to exploit children or women sexually. We would be calling for much more firmer penalties that will be deterrent. view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are very many foreigners who come to our country calling themselves guardians to children. This is another avenue where children are trafficked. People come in the form of guardians, or they have come to save the children from their poverty, but they end up taking them away, exploiting them sexually or use them as cheap labour. We need to tighten our laws. I believe this is one of the areas that will be addressed by this Bill. view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the moment, we want enough research done in the field of child trafficking, so that we really know the actual statistics about the number of victims of child trafficking. We also want to know the people who are more at risk. More so, we want to know the method of recruitment. Who recruits these children? At the moment, apart from research that needs to be carried out very urgently and comprehensively, I think it will also be very important that we put in place some support mechanism for victims of child trafficking. view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: I would also want to suggest and I believe this is in this Bill, that victims of child trafficking should be able to get free legal advice when they undergone that ordeal. view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: As I end, I want to strongly support this Bill and wish to state that for it to really work, we would again need a lot of national and international co-operation. We need to tighten our laws, so that we can detect anybody who is trying to traffic our children. view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I strongly support this Motion. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, would I be in order to request that the Mover be now called upon to reply? view