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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Some concerned parents and guardians in the Ndola district have expressed happiness about the government\u2019s pronouncement to arrest those sending children to sell on the streets.<\/p>\n

Mable Mwenda a Ndola resident says the government should ensure that parents and guardians who send their children to beg or sell on the streets must be punished by the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is child abuse, the children need to be in schools and not on the streets most of these kids found on the streets are sent by their guardians hence the need for government to step in,\u201d Mr. Mwenda said in an interview.<\/p>\n

And Mercy Mwenya another resident said kids are being deprived of the opportunity of going to school as they spend most of their time selling on the streets. Mrs Mwenya e said parents and guardians should take advantage of the free education policy by taking their children to school<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Luanshya\u2019s Gandhi primary school PTA chairman Charles Mulenga said that there is a need for the government to first understand the reason why parents send children to the streets before arresting them.<\/p>\n

Mr Mulenga said that some children may be in the streets because of peer pressure and not because of being sent by their parents hence the need to analyse each case with parents before arresting them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is need for government to also check physically the homes where these children come from as they may find that selling in streets would be the only means of survival for the family,\u201d Mr. Mulenga said.<\/p>\n

Recently , Ndola District Commissioner Joseph Phiri advised the Zambia Police Service to arrest parents who will be found sending their children to sell on the streets instead of encouraging them to be in school following the implementation of the free education policy.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Some concerned parents and guardians in the Ndola district have expressed happiness about the government\u2019s pronouncement to arrest those sending children to sell on the streets. 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