PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR FUTURE

Finally there is something that our chattering world can agree on: children exploitation is an affront to humanitarian dignity. Child trafficking, labour, pornography, defilement, forced early marriages and neglect!!! The prevalence of these terrifying incidents reeks to high heaven and there can be no doubt that a child somewhere in the world requires assistance.

Who is it to blame? How will this menace be controlled? Are among the many rhetorical questions puzzling our sober minds and still unanswered. Don’t they have RIGHTS!!???? Why should they be exposed to a lifetime punishment? All these inhuman acts leave behind emotional, mental, physical and psychological traumas as the child grows. The government in conjunction with some humanitarian bodies has tried its best to impose harsh laws and measures taken to curb these offences. The immorality still crawls at an alarming rate to further affix its roots in society. Incidents have been reported but who cares about their suffering and grievances?

The persistence in occurrence is attributed to drugs and substance abuse, ignorance, joblessness, idleness, escaping responsibility, lack of self-control, influence from barbaric cultural practices and beliefs and poverty among others. According to my views, I believe all these can be done away with through education and Making an example of those found guilty these should be the best remedy in controlling this behavior.

Woe unto you all who indulge in the sins for the Bible clearly pronounces judgment upon all concerned. Children are the perfect example of those who will inherit the kingdom of God as stated in the bible. In the gospel of John it says our loving God gave out his only begotten son to be crucified for our sins. From this perspective how precious are we as human beings and why can’t we be thankful and grateful when innocent creatures are denied a chance of survival!!!

The behavior can’t keep on cropping up amongst us as we look because it is so painful. It’s a high time for me and you to stand up to save the innocent and come up with solutions and ways of ensuring respect, appreciation and upholding of oursssss values. We can choose as a nation and worldwide to be principled enough to do the right thing all times or we can be greedy and selfish and write our own obituary now.

BARBARIC BAPTIZERS

Shsssssss............
Listen; just listen to the silent cry
A cry of generation
Caged in a vast prison
A vast prison of culture
Tormented by an obligation they don't understand,
Forced through unbearable pain,
A lifetime pain

That night...
That blistering cold night,
That night that destroyed my dreams,
I silently remembered,
The sneering pain!
That mocking eyes!
The cheers!
Were they jeers or sneers!
But the eyes
I remember those eyes
Then a flash!
That flash!
A chunk taken off the pot

Look at our emaciated hands
See our lamenting faces
Feel our broken hearts
Discover our wicked souls
We are corpses
Living corpses
They said we are a fruit tree that needs pruning
To bear fruits
They say we must fight for our lives
To live in our inheritance
Our ways of life

But the sears
The sears that need heals
The makers of great motherhood
Why hide under the veil of pretense
Why not face the reality
The agony of our faces
The dangers of chronic pelvic inflammatory diseases
Painful labour that could spit the whole life

Many are the people who live an unbearable life
Blinded by obligation
Caged by culture
Sentenced for life by tradition
but what can we do?


We shall say no to the baptism
of fire and the baptiser
Yes, to that which brings forth the best in life
No, to the baptism that takes away the only chance to fulfill life

Attention all nations
Attention all stations
Say no to the baptism of fire
Say no to the torment

Should we sit down and watch the barbaric baptizer take our lives away?
NO!NO!NO!NO!
We are the pinnacle of change
A monument of liberty
Change with us
Let's preserve the pot
The precious pot!

FROM THE HEART OF AN AFRICAN LADY

The future brightens beyond the horizons when an expectant woman expects a new born. This is evident with a smile on everyone’s face.She started by asking rhetorical questions like; “who is it to blame?Abortion!! Abortion!! Abortion!!! When will this puzzle be solved? Religious leaders, elders in the community, politicians even fellow youths av tried to fight it out but it seems their efforts are in vain. Myths have been narrated, laws have been passed but when will this inhuman act of killing innocent unborn creatures be controlled? It has coasted many lives due to some influences, beliefs and facts.

I would blame poverty as the biggest cause. Many young girl escape responsibilities by aborting due to lack of resources and the fear of how to bring up the infant. Some from poor backgrounds are tempted to fall in love with old men with the intention of exchange for money with love. Finally they end up losing when the guy dumps her leaving her with abortion as the only option. Due to poverty and the rise of the costs of living many young girls tend to be ignorant of the risks of abortion hence fear the costs of raising the unborn and end up in the act. Mass media, televisions, radios and newspapers also do play a role in encouraging abortion through certain adverts and programme. Peer pressure and stigma from fellow youths and friends also make it vigilant for the one who is pregnant to abort and survive among them. New technology like introduction of morning after pills create room for abortion as the girl’s use them with intention of preventing pregnancy and finally end up messing up when one get pregnant. Drug abuse has been one of the key factors as many end up getting unplanned pregnancies under the influence of drugs especially alcohol. Education also has some influence to abortion as a school girl would prefer to abort and continue with school rather than to be a drop out. Some religious beliefs and traditions which state that one can not get married with a child also develop an impact on abortion. Without forgetting parental pressure has a big contribution to the act. Some of our parents are too harsh and by imagining their discovery on their daughter’s pregnancies they can even kill you hence one ends up aborting as the best option.

Obviously the effects are very open to be seen, infertile can be traced when the process is poorly performed as it may lead to physical damage to the uterus and fallopian tube hence making them unfunctional during fertilization. Also this problem can lead to miscarriages while pregnant as some uterus mussels may have been weakened by the poor process. Infection by some STIs and HIV virus many be spread during the process by the use of contaminated cutting objects. What I feel the process is not fully guaranteed because it may have side effects on the child if by chance it survives. Also there is kind of social discrimination by friends and other community members and one is viewed as a murder. Emotional trauma is experienced by most girls as it haunts one even in marriage one feel uncomfortable till death. Finally the whole process may lead to death.

Personally I really feel hurt and very sad by the way some people in the community view and question the issue of abortion, asking, for how long should we preach for it to stop. I do wonder how this barbaric act is still cropping up in our midst and among our young girls. Why should we sit aside and look, innocent infants and the leaders of tomorrow being mercilessly and ruthlessly got rid off and dumped? I would like to kindly request the whole world to come up together,join hands and make abortion an history.