Editor,

Please, allow me the chance to express my feelings about something very important that has been bothering me for some time now. It has become a common sight to see young boys of schooling going age serving as conductors, commonly called apprentice, for commercial vehicles. There are a lot of implications to this, including security. These young boys’ attitude in traffic put their life in constant danger. And also, some of them are so young that one begins to wonder what they are doing in the traffic, instead of them being in the classroom.

I know that many of these boys do this work mostly with the consent of their parents, but I do believe also that some of them are forced into it by deplorable circumstances at home. Unfortunately, this makes them easy prey for the merciless and selfish vehicle owners, who totally lack any sense of humanitarianism. Some of these drivers have their own children, but they are so selfish that they do not even reflect on the implication of their act on their victims.

I am wondering, however, what child right organizations, like the child protection alliance (CPA), are doing about this.

In the mean time, I want to call on the government, especially the national assembly, to look into this issue of extreme importance.

Jalamang Fadera

Busumbala