BBC defends Africa Eye Documentary for the Kenya Child Trade after claims for “Hoax”

BBC defended its Investigation of sexual exploitation of children In Kenya, after the government described it as “fraud”.

Speaking to parliament on Wednesday, Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomeni described the documentary as “fake because the people who were interviewed were not minors.”

Murkomeni added that the victims interviewed by BBC Africa Eye have “posed as children.”

The BBC says the documentary was clear that the interviewees are adults who tell “experience from abuse that arose when they were minors.”

Production added that the eye investigation in Africa is “an important part of public interest journalism.”

Murkomeni also claims that the BBC has promised a “financial award” of associates.

In the statement of the television operator, he stressed that the victims were not offered a financial incentive to share his story.

“For more clarity, none of the associates presented in this movie was paid, offered a payment or a” coach “in some way.”

The statement added that the BBC submitted evidence from the Kenyan police investigation in March this year.

The BBC has followed many times to ensure that children at risk will be protected. In April, footage of two women exposed to two women were shown.

The BBC police have been said to have actions will be taken, especially to rescue children.

In the speech of the Murkomen in parliament, he defended the Kenyan government’s protocol to protect children, saying that cases of trafficking in minors “serious” were needed.

There was also criticism on the part of the speaker of the National Assembly, Moses Watgula, who said the purpose of the documentary was to “get tired” by Kenya.

The BBC investigation published on August 4 and has so far received More than one million views on YouTubeDetails of cases of minor girls of 13 years who have been a trafficking in sex in the transit city of Mai Mahiu in the Kenya Rift Valley.

Two different women were shown to admit that they were deliberately and illegally transferring minor girls for sex.

The BBC’s footage caught a woman who calls herself Nyambura, laughing as she says, “They are still children, so it’s easy to manipulate them by handing them over sweets.

“Prostitution is a monetary harvest in Mai Mahiu; trucks mainly feed him. And so we take advantage. She was normalized in Maa Mahiu,” the woman explained, adding that she has a 13 -year -old girl who has already worked for six months.

The film identifies the perpetrators of crimes against children, as well as victims who need emergency care.

Following the documentary, the service of the Director of Public Pursuits told the Criminal Investigation Directorate to investigate the issue.

The BBC noted concern that the survivors of the abuse who have contributed to the film have been interviewed for a long time by investigators by the Kenyan Directorate for criminal investigations without legal representation.

The BBC confirmed that none of the survivors were involved in the undercover investigation itself.

The two exposed women were not detained. Murkomeni said they were not found.