Why Kenya Was Taken Off Human Trafficking Watch List By The US
A new
report shows that Kenya has improved on human trafficking and is no longer
ranked with nations considered among the worst offenders.
According to
the study by the US State Department the progress shown by Kenya means that the
nation doesn’t stand to lose out on aspects of funding. The report was released
on Monday, July 27, 2015.
Kenya is not
the only nation in the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report. 188 countries
in total were evaluated for their situation in dealing with human trafficking.
Countries
were given rankings in three categories. In the past three years Kenya belonged
to Tier Three, the worst ranking, reports Business Daily Africa.
The report
cites areas of improvement for Kenya stating, “robust efforts to
implement the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Act (2012), prosecution of 65
trafficking cases (more than double the number in 2013), passing of the Victim
Protection Act in September 2014 and reining in private overseas employment
agencies.”
The report
criticized Kenya for not providing enough support for adult victims of human
trafficking.
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