Maraga will receive a report on the abuse of the process of adoption

A report showing how the process of adoption is misused to facilitate child trafficking should be entrusted to Chief Justice David Maraga

on CJ and the secretary of the Cabinet for Labor and Social Welfare, Ukur Yatani, agreed last week that the report be sent to court for review.

It raises serious questions regarding the treatment of child adoption cases in the country. The seven-member team of child experts confirms with dismay that there is rampant traffic of children, including theft, money laundering and supply.

The adoption debate accelerated before an international conference on child protection was held in Nairobi from August 8 to 10, sponsored by the Ministry of Labor's Department of Children's Services. of Social Protection.

The conference program shows that adoption and protection trials are among the main topics to be discussed at the event to be held at Daystar University.

According to the report that will be given to Mr. Maraga, out of five cases that were taking place in court, DNA Conduit on four of the children confirmed links to their existing parents, yet the babies had been offered for l & # 39; adoption.

"These five children had parents who were looking for them and yet they were given to strangers and a local family," says the report dated December 2017.

He adds: "These were the cases who were obvious and who had overwhelming evidence; "

The work followed the government's moratorium on the international adoption of children in November 2014, after reports that adoption and other forms of alternative family protection for children had been used by At the meeting held at the CJ's office, Mr. Yatani stated that the moratorium was aimed at taking care of the welfare of the child because in adoption, sometimes money changes hands among corrupt players.

The CJ was informed that the Ministry, through the Ministry of Children's Services, was working on the issues of International adoption under way in the light of imposed by the Cabinet.

He asked to be informed of the measures put in place to ensure that foreigners would not bypbad the adoption process.

Judge Maraga clarified that apart from the court of appeal, which The Supreme Court only deals with issues of adoption and succession involving children.

The CJ stated that they usually organize a week of Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) service during which magistrates visit the courts with a backlog of cases. the children are important and speed up the task in collaboration with the children's agents.

He noted that the country does not have adequate penitentiary facilities since the existing facilities were built in the colonial era. Children in pre-trial detention are also overwhelmed and lack adequate facilities.

The Chief Justice noted that due to the facilitation of remand centers, children are not promptly brought before the courts.

Children end up exceeding their limits in the home. He noted that the budget allocation to remand houses should be increased.

The CJ said that there was a mismatch between the population and the number of officers and resources available to the judiciary to effectively execute its mandate.

CS and his team to identify and express their concerns in writing and submit them to the Chief Registrar and he will address them at the Annual Conference for Judges and Magistrates.

The bill makes adoption a rigorous exercise The CJ asked what would happen to international adoption cases that had begun before the moratorium was put in place but Kenya is still a signatory to the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption.

The SC stated that the United Nations had again cited Kenya as one of the countries that encourages child trafficking.

"CS should list all cases of intercountry adoption" In this way, the judiciary will be able to advise the Working Group on Children's Issues to consider each case individually. "

Judge Maraga He also requested that the number of juvenile offenders in all the arrest houses of the country whose cases exceed three years to be directed be indicated on a list.

He also proposed that magistrates be trained by magistrates in court proceedings.] Related Stories