ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Children Act
22. Protection from abuse, etc.
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
22. Protection from abuse, etc.
(1)No person shall subject a child to—(a)psychological abuse; or(2)Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding two million shillings, or to both.(3)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), any person who, through any electronic system, network, or other communication technology—(a)proposes or solicits to meet a child for the purpose of engaging in sexual activities contrary to the provisions of the Sexual Offences Act (Cap. 63A);(b)transmits or causes to be transmitted any obscene material, or otherwise makes such material accessible to children; or(c)in any other way, subjects a child to online abuse, harassment or exploitation, whether through social networks, playing online games or by use of mobile phones or other electronic devices,commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to a fine not exceeding two million shillings, or to both.(4)The reference in subsection (3)(c) to online abuse includes cyber bullying, grooming and solicitation, cyber enticement, cyber harassment and cyber stalking.(5)A person who intentionally transmits or causes the transmission of any communication through a computer system or network to bully a child, and such communication places the child in fear of death, violence or bodily harm, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to a fine not exceeding two million shillings, or to both.(6)In this section "bullying" includes cyber bullying or the use of information communication technology calculated to harm a victim or victims in deliberate, repeated and hostile ways contrary to the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act (Cap. 79C).