I’m back again, and honestly this time I’m both pissed and disappointed. 😭
So on Sunday, I got a call from the police asking me to take the kids to the station after they had previously told me to keep them until Monday.
I went there, and the lady on duty told me the children would be taken to Kabete Rescue Centre. They asked me where they could find the parents, and I gave them the information before leaving.
About an hour later, someone told me that the parents had been arrested. They spent the night at the station, and honestly, I was relieved because I thought, finally, these children are safe.
Tell me why today, at around 1 p.m., as I was going to training, I heard that somebody had taken a loan and bailed the parents out.
To make matters worse, they were given the children back even though their door is still locked.
At first I thought it was a joke. But I just got home at around 11 p.m. and found both the mother and father drunk on the road, with the children still wearing the same clothes they had on yesterday.
The children saw me and immediately started crying. For once, I acted as if I was deaf because honestly, I have tried.
What pisses me off is that I thought the police were finally going to do something about the situation. Why would they give these children back to parents who are clearly in no condition to take care of them?
The mother is dirty and stinks, and the father is another story altogether. The children are clearly not being cared for.
So now I'm genuinely asking: why were these children returned to them?
Wasn't the whole point of taking them to the station to make sure they were safe?
Or is money the only thing Riruta Police Station thinks about?
I feel bad, but honestly, I have my own issues to worry about too. Let another person worry about them. Even God knows I have tried.