Child sex: The cruel  truth                            

Child sex: The cruel truth by Caroline Rwenji and Fred Mukinda 6/17/09  
Sexual abuse against children has been on the increase over the years, but many 
 of the cases are never reported, police have said. Information available 
at  police headquarters shows that 1,626 cases of attacks against children 
were  recorded in 2007. The number rose to 1,984 in 2008, representing an 
increase of  over 300. The Cradle, a child rights organisation, on Wednesday 
said that an  average of 10 cases involving child abuse have been reported at 
its Nairobi  offices every week since January....According to the Cradle, 74 
per cent of all  cases of violence against children involved defilement. 
Girls between the ages  of 12 and 14 were the most vulnerable. The minors are 
often abused by people  they know and trust, particularly in whose care they 
are entrusted. Eighty six  per cent were defiled by someone they knew, 
according to a 2007 report by  Cradle, which adds, 43 per cent of the children 
were molested repeatedly by the  same abuser. 
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