Bring back bogwera

Some time ago, I ranted, in this column, on the need to fix the defective boy child. Today's boy child, I repeat, is a defective being. Don't say that I am being negative. You are the ones that have been saying that they should be hanged. You see no value in them.

Truth be told, we are producing thugs and murderers by the dozen and there is no organised, collective effort to address the situation. My desire is to save them from you. 

I do not pretend that adult men are any better. Nor do I pretend that every boy child is bad. I am not about to join in the “all men are trash” nonsense. I do not, further, seek to suggest that only women suffer violence. I know that all society is brutalised in one way or the other. I was a prosecutor for 10 years, remember. Sorry to rub that fact onto your faces.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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