We Must Take Great Care of Our Children During the Xmas Festivities

In Christmas celebration the children of Juba like children in other parts of the Christian world were the happiest. They like their fellow kids in other ten states of Republic of South Sudan should extra happy to celebrate this Christmas in a free nation of their own. Mostly dressed in very clean clothes mostly new clothes and shoes bought by their parents for the occasion which they considered the most important day for them in the year, the children have taken over the streets of the city and the internal roads which run in-between plots of the residential quarters and moved in tens.

Their presence is felt by the uniform noises that they made. They blew whistles and fired air guns and exploded small crackers to add to their excitement. To some adults the noise the young masters did might be a nuisance but for the kids it was the happiest period of their life. As Christian children the relevance of the day which they were celebrating was that it was to commemorate the day when Jesus Christ was delivered to the world as a saviour and great teacher of the word of His Father. Elders who think that the kids were making too much noise as indicated by some elders coming out from their fences to stop the happy kids from making firing too much air guns they should remember what Jesus told his disciples who had tried to chase the children away when they were closing upon Jesus in multitude.

Jesus said leave the children to come to me, don't chase them away because the kingdom belongs to them. So here we are, our children in Juba have sense to celebrate Christmas as the happiest occasion for them in the Christian calendar. Having said that, there is also need for parents, elders, the police, the medical emergency service personnel and personnel of other public institutions to be on stand-by to render the necessary services to the kids throughout the Christmas and boxing days as celebrations are on-going. The children need to be guided by their parents to move around their homes and not far away from them, keep away from the busy streets where some drivers may be driving under the influence of alcohol and therefore can cause traffic accidents.
The traffic police are to help children when they are crossing the busy roads, the medical emergency service should assign personnel to render health services to children who may fall sick while playing with others in the streets and police personnel have to keep their eyes open and enquire any adults carrying kids. This is to prevent child abductors from ferrying children away from the town given the busy atmosphere of the Christmas celebration. The issue of child abduction is raised because Juba city is full of people of varied interests, people of many nationalities and characteristics. In the past child abductions have been recorded in this city and the case of the Ugandan lady who stole a South Sudanese child and took him to Bobi south of Gulu is a typical example. There are also child abductors in some South Sudan's tribes. It is from these dangerous people that our children should be protected.
We should not neglect to keep an eye on suspicious persons in our midst because some may be moving around with bad intentions. Merry Christmas and prosperous new year to you and your families.

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