NO child should be forced to enter marriage just to make the parents or guardians rich without regard for the minor’s health.Some parts of our culture need to be scrapped to stop parents from forcing children, especially underage girls into early marriages.Child marriages in this country are rampant, especially in rural areas where the practice is taken as normal.Today, we have a report of 16 girls retrieved from marriages in Eastern Province and their parents fined.Alert teachers noticed that the girls were conspicuously missing from classes and after some inquiries, found that the youngsters had been married off.The law prohibits marriage of under age children but this does not stop parents from imposing their will on their innocent offsprings and forcing them into marriages.Most parents are driven by economic reasons in marrying off their children. For a cow and some goats, they are ready to trade off their girl-child into marriage with no regard to […]
FIGHTING EARLY MARRIAGES
