Children in Kenya’s Courts

This week, we feature a documentary about the second ever time that Kenya’s courts have spent a week to focusing on backlogged cases involving children. Produced and recorded in Mombasa with excerpts from songs, poems, and speeches about how children are oppressed by their court experiences, what children need and how parents, lawyers and judges can deal with them more effectively.

Featuring:

Girl singing; Alice Wanjiru from Gome primary school, who is also a clerk of the Mombasa county children parliament; Christine Kipsang, a children lawyer at Mombasas Law court; Betty Koech, a Magistrate at the Tononoka children’s court in Mombasa; Mombasa’s Chief Magistrate, Teresia Matheka; four judges who attended the opening event; Hamisa Zaja, an activist for human rights, including disability rights.

Credits:

Produced by Diana Wanyonyi; Series Producer, Frieda Werden 

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