Zanu PF MP propose Paternal Levy to cater for street kids

Government should introduce a paternal fund to cater for the ballooning number of street kids in the country, a member of parliament has suggested.

Zanu PF Buhera Central MP, Ronald Muderedzwa yesterday said it was not proper 'for us as enlighten members of society to see this type of problem continuing unabated'.

He said the paternal fund would be similar to the AIDS levy.

"I am saying, let us come up with a new law, a paternal law, and a law that is supposed to cater for these people," Muderedzwa.

"This law should cause the nation to come up with a fund; a fund that is similar to the Aids levy, a fund that each and every Zimbabwean who is working should subscribe to, so that we have a fund that does not run dry. This fund will then be used to cater for these people.

He said churches and every sector of society should be engaged to come up with a paternal law.

"This law will cause the nation to have this fund. The fund is going to be used by the nation so that we are in a position to look after these people.

"We have social workers, our institutions of higher learning are coming up with social workers, those who have done psychology and so forth, these people are under-utilised. They should be employed where they are engaged in human behaviour modification efforts. We are saying if we nip this problem in the bud, we will be in a position to come up with a society that is law abiding".

He said once such a fund is set up 'tourists will be very happy to come to Zimbabwe, as they drive their vehicles passing certain intersections, they will not see these beggars, street kids, drunken people who are everywhere and some of them even undressed".