The future of our children must not be compromised

        -Hon. Solange Kwarmba, CPDM MP for Mayo-Tsanaga

Hon. Solange Kwarmba, CPDM MP for Mayo-Tsanaga

The CPDM member of parliament for Mayo-Tsanaga, has called on parents and dissidents in the NW and SW regions to allow children to go to school, arguing that education is a fundamental human right for every child. Hon. Kwarmba was speaking to The Median in Yaounde, on the sidelines of the opening of the November session of parliament, on Tuesday 14 November 2017.

            “On behalf of the people of Mayo-Tsanaga division, and on my personal behalf, I am calling for a return to normalcy, and for peace to reign in the Anglophone zone of our country. Parents and especially the dissidents and the general population should allow our children to go to school because education is a fundamental human right for every child. As a mother I cannot be indifferent to the fact children are not going to school in some parts of our country,” Hon. Solange Kwarmba said, adding that things are going out of hand in the beleaguered Anglophone regions and so all hands must be put on deck to arrest the situation and seek a lasting solution to the crisis.

            “You know that the first development of a child is mental. So when you block the mental advancement of children then you have blocked their human development automatically. So children must first go to school if they must develop properly and be mentally balanced,” Hon. Kwarmba explained further.

            Also fielding questions about Boko Haram insurgency in the Extreme North where she originates, Hon Solange Kwarmba said things are gradually returning to normal and people have started going about their businesses as usual.

            “I think things are returning to normalin the Extreme North. Law and order is returning and I seize this opportunity to salute the bravado of the forces of law and order for the good work they are doing on the field. I also hail the head of state, President Paul Biya and the local administrative authorities who are not relenting in their effort to see that peace and order reigns. I cannot forget our vigilante groups who are also helping the security forces with vital information on ground. You know the vigilantes groups are the interfaces between the populations and the enemies – Boko Haram,” remarked the youthful lady MP, who is a member of the age bureau (bureau d’age) of the national assembly.

            Asked about the situation of the Cameroonian woman and how she rose to become MP, Hon. Solange Kwarmba responded: “I that that the situation of women is improving. In Africa for example, we live in a situation where the men used to think that the woman should be relegated to the background or be given just secondary roles in society like being in the kitchen, working in farms or nursing the children. But today things are changing for the better; and women are now involved in just every domain in society including politics and governance. You can see the number of women in parliament and the government has increased markedly in the past several years. Men are beginning to understand that the woman can also do those things that they thought that only they could do, and the women can do even better than the men.”

            She added: “As for me, I was born in a family of politicians. My father was the pioneer mayor of the area where I am parliamentarian today. So I was born and bred in politics. I am a product of politics. I have been in politics since for many years now. Politics is in my blood.”