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vendredi 4 octobre 2013

Information On Violence Against Kenyan Kids

By Rhea Solomon


The government of Kenya says it is committed to ensuring protection for Kenyan kids from all types of violence. However, it has become quite difficult to put the words in action. If you walk in major cities of this nation, like Nairobi, Nakuru, Mombasa and Eldoret, you will observe that children are still undergoing physical and emotional violence.

While it may be true that the country has established mechanism to help with the protection of children, what they have done is just a fraction of the task. There is still a need to enhance the implementations of the set mechanism to ensure effective control and prevention of all forms of violence against children. This is necessary and not a subject for debate.

In the same line of sexual issues, partners, boyfriends, romantic lovers and girlfriends were discovered as major perpetrators of sexual violence. This group is most followed by some violent neighbors and inhuman parents full of sexual minds and lack of sympathy for children. Most children who experienced sexual assaults in their lives report that those who subjected them to the act were ten or more years older than them.

Physical and emotional violence is catastrophic and has many disadvantages attached to it. Most children, whether male or female, have suffered emotional and physical violence in the hands of their parents through kicks, whips and unnecessary blows. These youngsters grow knowing nothing other than the negative sides of life and there is therefore a need to control these situations else, the future for the country is at stake.

Many children in Kenya are experiencing violence from their own parents. These parents have nothing more important to do with their children and they therefore go out of their way and abuse them by beating, whipping and boxing. Some even go to an extent of harassing them sexually, a conduct, which shows no respect or protections of the rights of a child.

The up-to date survey report suggests the need for a clear response plan. The plan will have to address the difficulties facing the young population in the country. The plan should yield a well-planned approach that will go a long way to make sure that children in the country are not subjects to violence, inferiority complex or intimidation.

It looks like Kenya is a state where a strong society is yet to exist. The government has to work around the clock to create a society where men, women and children not only have but also enjoy equal rights, quality of life and opportunities that rise on a daily basis. This, however, will never be realized, unless the Kenyan people themselves understand the wisdom of their ancestors that the children are the hope for the future.

The government cannot ensure creation of a perfect living environment for Kenyan kids on its own; it needs your help as a loyal member to a society and a patriot to its nation. There is a need to transform the foundations of violence and create a nation where every child enjoys protection without any excuse. If making Kenyans revert back to peace after the inferno that enveloped the land during post election violence was that easy, child protection should be the easiest thing.




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