{"id":147066,"date":"2026-07-17T07:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/dci-marici-kenya-partner-to-combat-child-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T07:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:02:52","slug":"dci-marici-kenya-partner-to-combat-child-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/dci-marici-kenya-partner-to-combat-child-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"DCI, Marici Kenya partner to combat child trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and Marici Kenya have a signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen efforts to combat child trafficking and exploitation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a statement, the MoU, signed by the Director DCI Mohamed Amin and Marici Kenya CEO Benson Shamala, marks a significant step in enhancing the fight against child sexual exploitation and trafficking through stronger collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership will focus on capacity building, community engagement, survivor-centred support, and coordinated responses to emerging threats facing children. It also seeks to strengthen investigations, institutional capacity, public awareness, and child protection systems.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the signing ceremony, Amin reaffirmed the DCI\u2019s unwavering commitment to protecting children, describing the partnership as a critical milestone in safeguarding vulnerable children and ensuring perpetrators are brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Shamala noted that the MoU reflects a shared commitment to strengthening child protection systems, supporting survivors, and ensuring they receive the care and justice they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>Marici Kenya is a child protection organisation that aims to prevent and tackle child sexual exploitation and trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation supports investigations, strengthens institutional capabilities, raises community awareness, and promotes survivor-centred interventions<\/p>\n<p>Together, the DCI and Marici Kenya will leverage their expertise to prevent child exploitation, protect vulnerable children, and reinforce a coordinated national response against child trafficking and abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/dci-marici-kenya-partner-to-combat-child-trafficking\/\">DCI, Marici Kenya partner to combat child trafficking<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and Marici Kenya have a signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen efforts to combat child trafficking and exploitation. According to a statement, the MoU, signed by the Director DCI Mohamed Amin and Marici Kenya CEO Benson Shamala, marks a significant step in enhancing the fight against child [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}