Government in conjunction with the Malawi Police Service (MPS) says they will be arresting people who will be giving money to street beggars.
According to principal secretary in the ministry of gender, children, disability and social welfare, Mary Shaba, the policy will commence soon.
Shaba said the ministry will as well net all parents who will be allowing their kids to live in the country’s streets especially in the cities where there are high number of street beggars.
“This is true because what the ministry is doing is just evoking the provisions in the Child Care, Protection and Justice Act which states that if parents allows the children to beg in the street, that is amounting to negligence,” said Shaba.
She added that parents need to take care of their children at home saying in the streets, anything bad can happen to the children.
Shaba further said if it is implemented, the plan will beautify the streets in the country.
However, some street beggars who spoke with this publication in the commercial city of Blantyre said they are not welcoming the development since some of them can’t manage to feed themselves without begging.
According to one of the beggars, who is physically challenged and begs at Nandozi in Blantyre, they have nowhere to go.
“Yeah we understand some of us do rob people’s property but it’s not all of us. Government need to do us favour, we have nowhere to go,” said the source.
Another beggar, Maggie Mwanyama, who is visually impaired, said they can’t even afford to live without begging.
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that is corruption !they ve to establish a vulnerable Center where all these street Kids wll beCome Enterprenuers thru your strategy not to Arrest Us! If policemen has become Mendicants what more street vendors?
This is true those who said that they dont have any where to they are lying they can go back to villages and join relatives and starts farming
This is totally ufiti! those street beggars are there chifukwa cha mavuto.nanga pot ana ambiri ndi amasiye alibe podalira komanso chithandizo chikumabwera mu dzina la amasiye,olumala ndi osauka akudya ndi omwewo akuluakuluwo awapezere kaye kaye malo oti azikakhala
Kwiiiiii amangwetu! yele yakuwona?
Kuvotela matchona bvuto lake ndilimeneli.
tisanamizanepo apa tonse ndife opempha,kuyambira boma limene,mwachitsanzo panopa tikudandaula kuti chuma sichikuyenda bwino chifukwa choti kumayiko komwe timapemphako sanatipase,ndiye palibe chomangira anthuwa,apapa ndie tikunzana tokhatokha,bola boma linakawa pasa anthuwa chochita
Anthuwa amaonela boma likamapempha kunja so ngat kuli kumanga opemphetsa yambani kaye bomalo amalawife bwanji nsanje kodi,opempha okhaokha tizimangananso?
Mwalemerano eti opempha ayamba kukunyasani sopano.Mayesa mumatola zithunzi mastreet beggers omwewa ndikumakatumiza kunja pofuna kuti musegule orphan care?
kkkkkkkkl timangidwa ambili chaka chino ndi ndende zathu zosefukila kalezi, kaya.
Agalu inu ndalamazo ndi zanu kapena zaine amene ndikuperekane. Mbuzi za anthu nonse amene mwabweretsa maganizo amenewo.
all the pple commenting za mwano here dnt undstand simple things,evrthing u blame president,other begars cn work,or do busines given a chance,bt vuto malawi tinazolowera kupempha,its true begars r world wide bt mmaiko ena they r disciplined pple,they know their places,nt wat they do here
thats a welcome idea,not all street begars live in the street bcoz of poverty,ena ndi mbava,ena have parents who send them there,for the disabled its ok,bt govt must find a way to accomodate them,bt unfortunately akayikidwa ku nyumba za boma amakathawa,worse stil ku Bt pa starndard bank,ther is a disabled begar who is alws drunk,so pena zinthuzi tizione positively on the part of govt,pa kapenga ku limbe,thers a whole lot of pick pockets,whom sme of them r street begars,so mukuti bwanji?
Did you ask people first before coming up with this bad solution? do you know why they are there in the streets begging to the people? . let me get you open, its the gorvenment and people who have responsibilities to take care of such kind of people. so if the gorvenment is not sympathising with those street beggers what do you expect them to do? and they also need a better place to stay , food,education and love so do you provide all those resources for them?as far as they concerned they need your attention but you dont pay. think deep and listen to their crying, they need your help
But Why
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Dont forget to build more prisons for those giving aid to Malawi coz we r also beggars. If u r rily rich, tek poor pipo with u to ur dining tables so dat no 1 wud b found in streets.
Dont forget to build more prisons for those giving aid to Malawi coz we r also beggars. If u r rily rich, tek poor pipo with u to ur dining tables so dat no 1 wud b found in streets.
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