From: Paul Nyandoto
Subject: Child abuse and prostitution in Kenya shown live in Finland`s nationalTelevision (28.10.2009)

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 7:47 AM

Kenyans

The child abuse, and child prostitution in Kenya was yesterday (28.10.2009) shown alive in Finland`s national television channel 3 ( ajankohtakakonen at exactly 20.00 pm).

The situation is worse than what most of us have heard. Children as young as 3 years old are being abused by tourist in the coast of Kenya.

The hospital treating bleeding children as young as 3 years old was shown even the physician comments on the type of injuries they treat.

Young girls start prostitution at the age of 9-10 years old and they are looking for white males(tourist). Poverty is so high and they are being paid 1 euros for sex that is about 106 kSH. According to the documentary the Kenyan government officials are doing nothing about it and the main fear is that if they react, tourist might run away. But the situation have back fired in away that the child prostitution is now sending away descent tourists who used to come to kenya. Most of them have realised the bad name on white males about child prostitution and do not want to be confused with the pedofiles.

The only top governmnet official who was interviewed was tourist minister Mr. Balala, who suprised the interviewer and me by saying that they do not want the thing to be advertised, that it will give Kenya a bad name. He claims that if the government takes strong action the tourists might run away to other countries. According to him tourists are bringing more money to the Kenyan economy and to the coastal people. The question is: Why can`t that money be used to put those children out of pedofiles hands?.

Another Kenyan interviewed said very clearly that child prostitution in Kenya is very high and not only in the coast. He claims it is all over the country due to poverty and lack of food. A man was shown who took his 3 years old child to the doctor with bleeding anus. Well Kenya is no more the kenya we used to know.

Paul Nyandoto

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From: Judy Miriga
Date: Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: Child abuse and prostitution in Kenya shown live in Finland`s nationalTelevision (28.10.2009)

Folks,

This information is truely sad and very immoral. I believe the authorities both the Human Rights on the ground along with the Kenya Government will take it up urgently. I wish you could find and forward the clips from the news on your side.

Balala should know better and do the right thing.
Thanks,

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com