Employment Act
57. Prohibition of written contracts for children between thirteen and sixteen years of age
57. Prohibition of written contracts for children between thirteen and sixteen years of age
Subject to the provisions of the Industrial Training Act (Cap. 237) relating to contracts of apprenticeship or indentured learnership, a person who employs a child of between thirteen and sixteen years of age, or causes such a child to be employed, or being the parent or guardian or other person having for the time being the charge of or control over the child, allows the child to be employed, otherwise than under a verbal contract of service commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.Source: Kenya Law