Misungwi community demands tougher penalties for child abandonment

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Misungwi community demands tougher penalties for child abandonment

MISUNGWI: FOLLOWING a rise in child abandonment cases by female parents in Misungwi District, community members have called on authorities to impose stern punishments on offenders to deter similar incidents. The appeal was made this week during the ongoing Samia Legal Aid Campaign, by Old Misungwi Village Chairperson, Mr Seif Rashid, revealing that five children from three different families were abandoned last year, including two with disabilit…