Africa as a whole has been facing the problem of child abuse but the governments have always given deaf ears to this menace in return.
In Kenya alone,some abused children have come out openly to raise the alarm of the unholy act but at times those in authority give light punishment to the offenders.
Majority of the child abuse victims end up being put to perform heavy tasks yet their bodies have not developed fully so as to do such duties. This ends up making most of them develop alarming body structures and before theyreach their sunset years, they keep on complaining of backaches or even chest problems.
Those who commit this offense always take advantage of the situation such as, if the parents of a child are unable to raise the school fees, they opt to release their daughters and sons to go and work as house helps in peoples farms so that they may raise part of the fee and also send some pocket-money back home for the family’s upkeep.
Besides that, if it is a large family, it always become a burden to raise children if the breadwinners of the family are not financially stable. As a result, it will be difficult to cater for the children basic needs,hence making them fend for themselves.
As a result, even if they are mistreated, they will always persevere since what they are after is the money, without putting into consideration their health.
More so, HIV/AID’s pandemic has also contributed to this menace, as the orphans, children from single parent families are left wallowing in poverty after the death of their loved ones, leaving the innocent children to fend for themselves.
A humble request to the government of Kenya, give children needs a priority, then let politics follow.
