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Kenya: MPs Back Bill Seeking 50-50 Sharing of Parental Childcare Responsibilities
Nation, 19 August 2021
Members of Parliament have backed a Bill seeking 50-50 sharing of parental childcare responsibilities, in what could mark a big win for men who as per the current law are… Read more »
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South Africa: Parliament Postpones Hearings Into Children's Amendment Bill
SAnews.gov.za, 17 June 2021
Public hearings into the Children's Amendment Bill have been suspended until further notice, Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Social Development has announced. Read more »
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Kenya: MPs Support Surrogacy Bill, Say It Is Long Overdue Move
Nation, 16 May 2021
Picture this: you get into a mutual understanding with a surrogate mother to carry a baby for you after donating an egg. After giving birth, she hands over the child to you but… Read more »
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Kenya: Proposed Law Seeks to Rein in Deadbeat Parents
Nation, 24 December 2020
Parental care and protection of a child will be the shared responsibility of both parents whether married or not if a proposed Bill becomes law. Read more »
New Law Helps Kenyan Fathers With Access to Their Children
The committee on Labour and Social welfare has backed the Children (Amendment) Bill, 2020 by Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma, which seeks to have the rights of all children applied uniformly, whether their parents are married or not, by aligning the principal law with Article 53 of the Constitution which provides that every child has a right to parental care and protection.
Currently, the law is not uniform as it applies differently to children whose parents are married and those with single parents.
For instance, section 24 (3) of the law, which the Bill wants amended, provides that where a child's father and mother are not married to each other, the mother shall have parental responsibility at the first instance. Other MPs have also backed this Child Amendment Bill in what could mark a big win for men who, as per the current law, are disadvantaged in the event of separation or divorce.
