What is the Kenyan government doing about it?
A Kenyan law passed in 1990 protect the rights of children, is hardly enforced. The same is true of a law passed in 2003 on penal punishment for persons who organise prostitution. However in these cases the responsibility is also of the highly corrupt local police force which hardly ever intervenes. Is the phenomenon organised? Behind the phenomenon there certainly exist organisations which force very young girls into the racket, but the girls are good at hiding quickly and becoming invisible. How do you go about evangelising and at the same time combating this evil? Our missionary congregation is one of those which have been here longest. And, as you know, we now have 31 Consolata Missions in Kenya. As we evangelise, we also promote respect for human rights, the right to a home, a job, adequate medical care. Besides pastoral activity some of the 14 parishes we serve are actively involved in combating the phenomenon. But generally speaking due to so much poverty and need it is very dif
