Minister warns parents against using children as source of income on streets

The Minister of State for Children and Youth Affairs, Faith Mercy Lakisa has warned parents against the vice of sending their children to the streets, using them as sources of making them money. 

Ms Lakisa, who is also the Woman Member of Parliament for Alebtong District, said in the two months she has been in office, she has observed that much as authorities like Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) carry out operations to take street children back to their homes upcountry, they are soon returned by those who profit from them.

“Children on the streets are businesses to some…