Damba Rogers
The new anti-child sacrifice bill currently under draft is calling for the death penalty for anyone caught and found guilty of engaging in acts of child sacrifice.
According to
hon. Bernard Atiku the chairman
member on the parliamentary forum on children who is spearheading the drafting
of the new bill confirms that, they are in the final stages of tabling the bill
before parliament.
He states
that in the coming few weeks, he will be applying for the certificate of
financial implication to have the bill tabled before the house. They have traversed
the whole country seeking for opinion from all stakeholders before coming up
with the new bill and hopes that by the end of this year the bill will have
been passed into law.
Acts of
child and human sacrifice in the country are on a rise due to the loose law
that has not be so clear with light penalties with the only tough penalty being
years in jails for the rest of the culprits’ life which to the members is
simple and does not threaten perpetrators to stop the vice.
Atiku
further challenges government to resource all the child protection policies and
task all departments handling with child issues to plan and integrate various
policies on integrated early childhood development.
He then says
the committement from government is still lacking due to insufficient funding
and he urge government to walk the talk.
Atiku says. The new draft is brought in a
good manner geared at protecting children from wrong hearted and irresponsible
people.
However, the
director child protection at Dwelling places, Maureen Muwonge says, many reasons ranging from economic social
problems are contributing to child abuse which has seen many chidren move to
the streets.
But the children who were holding the children’s parliament today where they highlighted some of the problems they face, they tasked leaders to enforce all child protection laws if they are to be protected to have a brighter future.
The event is used to have children air out their problems leading to the cause of child abuse and task government to enforce the existing child protection laws.
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