Kenya is flagged as a source, transit, and destination country for persons subjected to forced labour and sex trafficking in East Africa by the Trafficking in Persons Report of 2018. We continue to host illegal recruiters who maintain networks in Uganda and Ethiopia. They recruit Kenyan, Rwandan, Ethiopian and Ugandan workers through fraudulent offers of employment in the Middle East and Asia. This happens despite a directive by the government to register all agencies linking Kenyans to employment opportunities overseas.

This week, we’re joined by Sophie Otiende of HAART Kenya (Awareness Against Human Trafficking) to talk about how human trafficking manifests in Kenya, and how to combat it. Press play!

Resources

Trafficking in Persons Report – June 2018

Kenya – Trafficking in Persons Report 2018

Human Trafficking in Kenya  – National Crime Research Centre

Assessment Report On The Human Trafficking Situation In The Coastal Region of Kenya

Why human trafficking is still rife in Kenya

Human trafficking probe: CS Echesa on spot over Pakistani girls

Exposed: Serial paedophile who ran an ‘orphanage’

Image Credit: Matilde Simas