Across Kenya’s cyberspace, statistics show that at this minute, a child is likely being groomed for sexual exploitation and abuse. The abuser, preying on her naivety, will flatter her with a torrent of compliments day after day and, finally, when he has primed her, ask for a nude photo.
Should she send the photo, it will mark the beginning of a painful chapter of coercing and blackmailing for sexual purposes. A few years ago, it happened to over 21,700 children, according to the “Disrupting Harm” report of 2022.
