Government to ban caning at home
Apr 12, 2011
THE Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development wants the Children’s Act amended to ban corporal punishment in schools, communities and in homes.
By Juliet Waiswa
THE Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development wants the Children’s Act amended to ban corporal punishment in schools, communities and in homes.
The assistant commissioner in charge of children affairs, James Kaboggoza, said the public should be on the lookout for perpetrators and hand them to the authorities.
“This is an awful practice that should be stopped. I urge the public to promote practices that can actually change the lives of children without causing pain to them,†Kaboggoza said.
The ministry intends to amend the Children’s Act, 2006. Kaboggoza also said his ministry was strengthening the child protection unit to handle cases of defilement.
He said the laws in place had failed to pin the perpetrators, adding that the manner in which the victims are handled makes it hard for them to give testimonies in courts of law.
Kaboggoza was presiding over an award-giving ceremony for activists against child violence at the offices of Raising Voices in Kamwokya. He said most of the cases of defilement occur in homes and are mostly committed by relatives.
THE Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development wants the Children’s Act amended to ban corporal punishment in schools, communities and in homes.
The assistant commissioner in charge of children affairs, James Kaboggoza, said the public should be on the lookout for perpetrators and hand them to the authorities.
“This is an awful practice that should be stopped. I urge the public to promote practices that can actually change the lives of children without causing pain to them,†Kaboggoza said.
The ministry intends to amend the Children’s Act, 2006. Kaboggoza also said his ministry was strengthening the child protection unit to handle cases of defilement.
He said the laws in place had failed to pin the perpetrators, adding that the manner in which the victims are handled makes it hard for them to give testimonies in courts of law.
Kaboggoza was presiding over an award-giving ceremony for activists against child violence at the offices of Raising Voices in Kamwokya. He said most of the cases of defilement occur in homes and are mostly committed by relatives.