Sacrificing kids does not create wealth

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Dear Editor, Witch doctors perform the ritual of child sacrifice for profit. They believe that sacrificing human beings creates lots of wealth! Traditional leaders and healers have often denied child sacrifice to be Ugandan culture. They attribute it to the world’s global village that has seen us copying practices from other cultures. The Universal Declation of Human Rights Article 3 states that every one has a right to life, liberty and security of person. Sacrificing children automatically deprives them of their right to life. Many times we have heard of children gone missing only to discover their mutilated bodies after a few days. At the moment, Godfrey Kato Kajubi is a suspect on trail accused of murdering a 12 year old boy who was a pupil of Kayugi primary school in Masaka District on October 27th 2008. There are many other cases but they are voiceless as it is so difficult for the under privileged to get justice in court. Most times, the rich always get away as free men after sacrificing innocent children.   Many bodies of children have been found mutilated. The sight is so ghastly and pathetic and one wonders what relationship there is between sacrificing humans and wealth! There is certainly no relationship between the two and it is high time people stopped the crime of taking away young people’s innocent lives. They end up reaping misery instead of wealth from their crimes. Article 3 International Convention on the rights of the child states that in all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative bodies, the best interest of the child shall be a primary consideration. This includes protection of children and care which is necessary for their well -being.   Basing on this, parents shouldn’t send their children to shops in the night as they can be kidnapped since such crimes as child sacrifice and kidnapping are mostly done at dusk. Parents should advise children not to befriend strangers and not to take gifts from people they don’t know. Teachers shouldn’t accept anyone without permission from the child’s parents to pick them from school. Children too should keep in groups especially when going to or are from school.

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