Matany town council authorities have teamed up with a section of parents in a bid to curb down the number of street kids within the town council.

Daniel Korobe the Urban chairperson Matany town council says they have been grappling with the plight of street children who loiter around the town council begging for assistance as well as engaging in criminal activities like gambling, pick pocketing, house breaking and smoking of opium among others.

Korobe says this prompted authorities to hold a security meeting that resolved to engage parents through sensitizations on the dangers of letting the children to loiter on the streets and the importance of keeping them in school.

He adds that the decision was embraced by parents, with a section of them volunteering to carry out operations, leading to the arrest of some street children who were later reunited with their families.

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Korobe says this initiative has registered success, with several parents enrolling their children in school.

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