Child Labour reaches worrisome levels in Kumba

Despite government effort to protect the right of the child against harsh and inhuman treatments such as child labour and child exploitation a high degree of child exploitation, still exist in most of the towns and cities in the country especially, Kumba, the chief town of Meme Division. It is customary in Kumba, to see children below the age of 14 hocking the on streets carrying various items such as groundnuts, snails, boiled eggs, cold water, ‘bitter cola’ and a host of others for sale. This situation is even worst during the months of June to September when these children…