Dr Antony Walela heaps praises on school kids working on the farm, says it keeps them safe from Covid 19. REACTIONS WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH.

Dr Antony Walela praises kids working on a farm as he thinks it keeps them safe from covid 19. Replies will make you laugh.

The Bungoma county CEC for health Dr Anthony Walela has lit social media waves by his suggestions on changing school calender to help provide farm labor. In what he calls helping ensure ready labor and food security. School going kids are at home over covid19 scare.

Bellow read Dr Walela’s views and the reactions.

*Dr Antony Walela wrote:

This morning, I saw many school going kids engaged on their family farms as I drove to work. This gave me other ideas about our school calendar. If the December holidays where kids idle at home can be reduced to 4 weeks as March and April holidays are increased to 7 weeks, the economy of this country would grow faster. Mimi sijui kitu inaitwa Child labour. Ni kazi ya nyumbani tu

Kenyans had mixed reactions as posted below.:

Moses Marango wrote.

Doktari Antony Walela, child labor is illegal in this country. You cannot have it both ways. Either children idle at home, playing and being just kids or engage them in illegal forced labor. I would rather my girl just played “kati”, watched Nickelodeon, cartoon network and even PJ Masks instead of side stepping this prime need for kids only for the desire to watch to come back to her later on when she turns 50.

You should have called the police and child services department, arrested their parents and even the adults who had previously passed by without doing a thing. Responsibility of torts doktari

Norlan Siyimbu disagreed with Marango Moses as he commented.

Moses Marango my child can not watch Sofia or ride that bike the whole day ati because it’s being a kid. If my parents would have brought me up like that,ningekua shiiiiingwa (you can google the meaning) for the rest of my life. Samaki mkunje angali mbichi. “Child labour” imekuwa misused term kwa hii Kenya yetu.

Moses Sikutu wrote:
Let me call police. (we are yet to know if he called the cops)
Nandako Sifuna wrote.

I support you fully, unfortunately as a teacher I will loose my four months of paid leave in a year, so nooooooo.

Beverly Kongani supported.
This is not child labor, the other day I saw CBC kids cleaning markets, isn’t it the same as doing farm work at home?

Fred Lutta opined:
Hio sio child labour, I support

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