Upkeep for children born out of wedlock to be mandatory
The government has drawn a new set of laws spelling out a raft of hefty fines for child neglect and abuse, especially in social and electronic media spaces.
The Children Bill, 2021, seeks to repeal the Children Act, 2001, to provide for penalties for denying a child the right to life, survival, wellbeing and development.
The bill sponsored by Majority Leader Amos Kimunya gives the state powers to take measures against any abuses of child rights and neglect of parental responsibility.
On parental responsibility, the bill provides that where a child is born in wedlock, the parents of the child shall have parental responsibility for the child on an equal basis.
“Neither the father nor the mother of the child shall have a superior right or claim against the other in the exerci...