Matiang'i to parents: The government will not raise your children for you

Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has urged parents to be  keen on taking care of their children, adding that the government will not raise the children for them.

According to the CS, parents' keenness in this context will help significantly in addressing the rising cases of social injustice that has crept in society.

He was speaking on Wednesday during the launch of a report on the State of Crime in the country. 

Matiang'i went further stated that the country as a society should confront home-based violence, especially men battering.

He said, "Let us be realistic with one another, the government will not raise your children for you. The government will not manage your husband and wife for you. We must be bold and responsible enough to do our work." 

According to him, the weakness of family bonds and structures have been revealed the current Covid-19 pandemic, exposing many to violence. 

"No one has the right to beat the other whether a man or a woman. We must therefore confront these issues and build coalitions with faith-based organisations and invest in strong social and cultural developments that will restore family values," the CS said.

"Our major problem in tackling some of these things is that many suspects walk in out of courts without progress thus derailing our efforts," he added.

Matiang'i said majority of correctional centers have become grounds for terrorism activities, which is the new phenomenon being fought by  the security sector. 

He asserted, "We are moving to break these new grounds to unlock the genesis of intra-institutional crime in our correctional service facilities. Let us be realistic with one another, the government will not raise your children for you. The government will not manage your husband and wife for you. We must be bold and responsible enough to do our work." 

Matiang’i added that stakeholders need to  build coalitions with faith-based organisations and invest in strong social and cultural developments that will restore family values. 

"Our major problem in tackling some of these things is that many suspects walk in out of courts without progress thus derailing our efforts," he said.