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Kenya: Street Children's Lobby Accuses Police
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The Nation (Nairobi)
9 November 2007
Posted to the web 8 November 2007
David Macharia
Nairobi
Police were on Thursday accused of failing to take action on those who sell glue to street children.
Officials of Ex-Street Children Community Based Organisation Joshua Lubale (chairman), Benson Juma Akumu (organising secretary) and Peter Njenga (secretary) said sniffing of glue by street children was widespread in Eldoret.
The organisation was founded by former street boys in the town.
The officials said in Eldoret that it was easy to pick out the shops and individuals who sold glue to the children.
Most of the children, they said, were willing to reveal their source of the substance.
The Children's Act 2001 protects young ones from use of hallucinogens, narcotic and psychotropic drugs or from being involved in their production, trafficking or distribution.
The officials also accused quacks who had invaded charitable organisations, and especially children's homes, saying they were using them for monetary gain.
They called on those willing to give donations to liaise with the district children's officers to be shown the genuine homes.
Food and clothing
They said the quacks were using food and clothing donations to attract children to the streets from recognised rehabilitation centres particularly in Eldoret.
Meanwhile, the Eldoret mayor's Christmas tree fund was launched on Thursday with the aim of collecting more than the Sh400,000 raised last year.
The fund was launched at the council chambers and presided over by town clerk Stanleus Odimu. Council employees donated cash to the kitty.
Various institutions and individuals are expected to donate.
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The main event will be the lighting of the tree at Town Hall next month.
I work in Cape Town South Africa with ex street youth and have a project that has produced a leader group of 50 young men and woman who spent their lives living on our streets - www.mylife.org.za. My opinion, the police will never be able to stop the "glue seller", the manufacturers of Glue need to be taken to task. No child in Cape Town does HENKEL GLUE because it is tolurine free and has no effect on them....except for a headache. We need to lobby all the glue companies to put a halt to tolurine - it is possible... [Read Full Text]
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