By ANITA CHEPKOECHMore by this AuthorThe East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) has enacted a law that will compel its five countries to prosecute those involved in human trafficking. The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Bill, 2016, comes into force after a global report showed that human trafficking was prevalent in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda. The law will be operational once the Heads of State in the respective countries assent to it in line with Article 63 of the Treaty of the Establishment of the EAC. The report among other things, ascertains that the crime of trafficking in persons is prevalent in the region. The report ranks all countries in the world into four categories dubbed “Tiers” basing on the respective government’s efforts against trafficking as measured by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 standards.

Source: Daily Nation October 19, 2016 15:45 UTC