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Wed, 20 Dec To report errors in the texts of articles published, fill out the information below and click Send. Kenyans are the leading abusers of the children, followed byItalian, German and Swiss tourists in that order. The UNICEF Representative in Kenya, Haimo Laakkonen, said thedemand for child sex workers was partly buoyed by the lack of aproper control strategy with parents abdicating theirresponsibility of care for their children.
UNICEF and severalorganisations have experience in other countries in reducing boththe demand and the number of children entering sex work," he saidduring the launch of the sex tourism report.
The UNICEF official said children were being lured into commercialsex because of poverty, and the high level of acceptance of childsex work in a "significant group linked with tourism.
The UN agency has also called for strict application of thetourism code of conduct, binding Kenyan hoteliers and staff toreport all forms of abuses against children within their premises. But he said the Kenyan government was already taking steps to promoteresponsible tourism, stressing: "To combat exploitation of Kenyanchildren by tourists, the government now requires all foreigners tostate their residential address in Kenyan before being allowed intothe country.
