The Malawi Government has hit back at critics of its decision to arrest parents of street kids in the country.
The exercise was expected to start next month but did not go well with some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) who suggested that government should stop the process.
The organizations were lobbying that government should provide a tangible solution to the matter rather than arresting the beggars since poverty forces them to stay in the streets.
However, principal secretary in the ministry of gender, children and social welfare Mary Shawa said government will not reverse its decision since it is following the Child Care Protection and Justice Act.
“The organizations who are against this process must read the Child Care Protection and Justice Act which stipulates that parents who had failed to take care of their children must face the law,” said Shawa.
According to the ministry, government previously targeted the children but it later realised that parents send their children to beg in the streets.
And that is why the ministry resolved to start removing street kids and arresting parents of such kids as well as those who give money to beggars.
She urged the organisations to work together with government by forming organisation where street kids will find help.
According to government findings, Out of 4,400 street kids in the country, only 400 kids do not have guardians while the others choose to go beg on the streets.
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Even here Capetown there r a lonts of streets kids .nde bwanji kunaku sakuamanga .and choti muziwe choti anawa sanafune kutti azakhale chocho ayi .koma kusowa zithu bwanji osawanthandiza kuwapangila chinachake kusiyana ndikuwmanga .inu mwawona kuti kuthesa Mavuto ndikuwamanga basi?
Dats stupid goverment palibe dziko lomwe kulibe wopemphetsa kosowa chochita fotseik
Ndipo ana amene aja amakhala woopsa mbava zoipisisa amangidwe basi
Zoona anjateni zimenezo zimakhala zigandanga zoopsa mu town
Ndale pachilichonse, they mst go hom
CSOs, any suggestions and solutions?
ambiri omwe mukuti amangidwe ndi osabereka (agojo). umphawi sungaletse munthu kubbereka! its nature
Absolutely please this naughty kids collect them please der pulling our money frm our pockets
Vuto la ananso opemphawa sakhutisidwa. Ngakhale mutawapasa zambiri ndalama mawa muwapezanso m’mastreet momwemo
Nobody wants 2b begga Bt its poverty make someone 2b
Rubbish,dnt u knw tht lyf iz tough 4 these kidz,first help them then u cn remove them out of the street
Why not arrest corrupt police and migration officers?
Act faster f
Kumabeleka ana ndikukana kumuthandiza achitechan. Mabwana,ma mp and enanu siyani kupangila patchile plz.
Koma Joseph window walasa waboola nduna zinazi di zumafanana ndianawa mmalo moti aziwathandiza koma ai ndithu kaliyati enawa ndi ana akoso koma amai wina fusanani kunyumbako
policy of id amin slowly slowly u r becoming adictator those r poor people just make job opportunities than arresting their parents.Shame on you
Mr Ngwenya u hate NGOs using porchy cars,hw does the so called gvt(s) use our tax?Buying luxuries for them.Why do they fail to find a good shelter for them?Or the prisons are they for the poor only?
Thandizani makolo akhale mchakudya chifukwa anawo akuthawa mavuto mmakomomu komanso kodi mahule ndi anawa owopsa kwambiri mndani?