Abstract:
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is global prodigy which cuts across all status boundaries ranging from social,
economic, cultural and political. This has continued to affect pupils on a daily basis. Even though the present
prevalent appraisals of CSA are based on official data sources e.g., Social welfare, children office, governmental
institutions and rescue centers, these appraisals only account for corroborated or reported cases leaving behind
the unreported cases especially in the rural areas.Part of the antagonistic impinge of CSA are the avoidant
coping stratagem like depression, attempted suicide, substance use, high sexual desires or hyposexuality. The
study concentrated on the etiology of child sexual abuse among pupils in Emesa Sublocation in Kisii county.
The study utilized descriptive survey design. The sample size was 100 pupils, 100 parents and 10 Key
Informants. The results present the causes of child sexual abuse as walking to school, pornographic content in
mobile phones and TVs, parental negligence, single parenthood, orphanage and poverty. The study recommends
that in order to mitigate child sexual abuse, the key stakeholders such as parents, teachers and local
administrators need to know the etiology of sexual abuse. This will guarantee their fight against the identified
causes unanimously to get a solution to this vice.
