{Police in Kamonyi District has urged parents to monitor their children and fight all forms of child abuse.}
While speaking to residents of Karama sector on December 8, the District Community Liaison Officer, Inspector of police (IP) Eugenie Uwimana said that protection and promotion of the rights of children should be part and parcel of their day-to-day responsibilities.
IP Uwimana was addressing over 300 parents suring a parents forum at the village level, commonly referred to as ‘Umugorobaw’ababyeyi.’
IP Uwimana urged them to speak out against child abuse and report abusers “even if they are close friends or family.”
Silence, she said, limits actions against child abusers.
“Some cases of child violence either sexual or other forms, are committed by family members and close neighbors, and in most cases these abuses are not reported. Covering up a crime can also be a crime itself,” she said.
She further observed that some parents are bribed by the offenders to remain silent.
Claudine Umuhire from the National Women Council urged women to engage in economic development activities by using the available opportunities set up by the government.
She cited the ‘KORA WIGIRE’ programme which helps Rwandans to make their projects more efficient, and the Business development Fund, among others.
Umuhire asked them to also joined economic cooperatives to improve the economic well being.
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