By Cynthia Khanijiri As you drive along the Nakuru–Eldoret highway, a familiar scene plays out daily. Very young children line up along the roadside, while some run after cars and public service vehicles selling sugarcane, roasted maize, water bottles, among other things. In the eyes of a passerby, it may seem like a harmless hustle, even an admirable initiative. Those who have a bit of conscience may sympathize with them, and that’s the end of it. As harmless and as insignificant as it may seem, it continues to be a deeper crisis that Kenya continues to normalize, child labor. It’s easy to overlook. After all, millions of children in Kenya attend school, and the assumption that the child labor crisis is under control persists. But if you take a closer look, you will realize that some of those same children will leave class and head to building sites. Others will rise before dawn to sell goods on the roadside, or spend weekends helping parents in quarries, or gold mines. Worse still,...