Malawi Parliament has sternly warned the government against arresting street beggars some of whom are minors, saying this cannot be a solution to the tendency. Chairman of parliament’ Social Services Committee Richard Chimwendo Banda said the arrest of young street beggars will only turn them into hardcore criminals as prison is not a good place […]
Former Manchester Police Chief, Peter Fahy, on a three day visit to Malawi on Tuesday met Inspector General of Police Lexten Kachama where he expressed his concern over how the Malawi Police handles the street kids. Sir Peter, a police officer since 1981, has been Greater Manchester’s chief constable since 2008 before resiging to become chief executive […]
Officials from the ministry of Gender, Women and Elderly are now walking shoulders high in Malawi’s capital city, Lilongwe having successfully chased away street children and relocated them back to their parents. Principal Secretary in the ministry Mary Shaba described the whole operation as successful. Street children never go to school and are blamed on […]
Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has urged government and other stakeholders to put in place policies which will address street children problem in country’s cities and towns. On Sunday when he addressed various stakeholders at Civo Stadium in the capital Lilongwe when he presided over the commemoration of the International […]