Mnangagwa expresses concern over child abuse

JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday expressed concern over the increase in cases of child sexual abuse, saying between January and August this year the courts had recorded 2 091 such cases.

Mnangagwa made the disclosure during the question- and-answer session in Senate while answering to a question posed by Mashonaland Central Senator Alice Chimbudzi (Zanu PF) who wanted to know the measures that government had put in place to protect children who were victims of sexual abuse.

“In 2013 between January and August a number of child survivors of sexual abuse and violence supported in our courts stood at 2 026 girls and 65 boys,” Mnangagwa said.

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