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Kenya has announced it is setting up an elite squad to combat child kidnapping. There has been a spate of cases involving children being being snatched from residential and commercial areas in various towns across the country. It was also the focus of the 蜜芽传媒 Africa Eye investigation last year which found children being sold for as little as four-hundred US dollars.

Nkatha Mugao is the Founder of Frolics of Hope Africa, a charity that supports children and families who have experienced kidnapping, child trafficking, early marriages and FGM. First, what are the reasons behind the kidnappings?

(Picture: children playing in Kenya in 2016. Credit: Getty Images)