Twenty-six girls at Kakwelesa Primary School in chief Mukonchi’s area in Kapiri Mposhi district have withdrawn from school owing to pregnancies and early marriages.
And chief Mukonchi of Kapiri Mposhi has ordered parents of the affected girls to immediately remove them from marriages or face excommunication from his area.
Chief Mukonchi also warned of stern action against men impregnating and marrying underage girls in his area.
“All men found marrying and impregnating girls of school going age and the girls’ parents should be prosecuted and punished accordingly,” chief Mukonchi said. “I’m not going to allow this to continue happening in my chiefdom.”
He urged the police to visit his area and arrest the culprits.
The girls who include one doing grade five, 12 grade sevens, five grade eight and seven grade nine pupils withdrew from learning after falling pregnant and they were married off by their parents.
Meanwhile, Central Province campaign against early marriages coordinator Dorothy Mambwe and chief Mukonchi confirmed the development in separate interviews.
The girls are said to have fallen pregnant and married off between 2013 and 2014.
Mambwe called on government and Non-Governmental Organisations to enhance sponsorship of the girl children in rural schools if issues of early marriages and pregnancies were to be addressed.
Mambwe, who is also MMD Chibwelelo ward councillor blamed the rise in early marriages and teenage pregnancies amongst school going girls on lack of support to continue with their education.
She observed that most girls in rural schools were not receiving adequate support from government and NGOs championing girls’ education.
“Poor government sponsorship and support from NGOs such as FAWEZA is a major cause as to why we are experiencing many early marriages and pregnancies in rural schools as compared to urban schools. Therefore, we need government and NGOs to also reach out to schools in rural areas,” Mambwe said.
Mambwe also urged stakeholders to critically look into the matter by conducting educational sensitisation activities in order to create awareness on the effects of early marriages and pregnancies especially in rural schools.
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Well spoken Master. Traditional leaders should champion the fight against these vices
Finally someone sees beyond the teacher!!! Good. In the past everyone had emphasized ba teacher! Which made the rest of us ‘randy’ professionals to hammer away at will. Thumbs up for the chief!
The govt must think in the same line as the chief, and widen the dragnet to include all adults playing with pupils. Pantu nga kwaba abonaula tukasukulu, niba tax driver. Thumps up chief.
The Chief is correct that why I am 28 and I am poking my 40 year old maid Ba Joyce.I do not have time for kids.
So iwe musatanyoko ka burret you are dipping in some old game meat called ba Joyce of 40 years old. You are very stupit kanshi. Panyo pako!
The problem goes to the same girls who engage themselves into sex activities when still young
I have a good idea,just castrate them,because some men think with their second head betwen their legs insted of the one above their shoulders!
Just cut the f………g balls who ever is found banging the young stars
I wonder why big people, well respected in society are in a habbit of having sex with their own children.bushe ba tumfweko could it be that their manhood leads them.ineeeee I strongly feel utubwamba twabo tutintiiiiiiiiiiii mweeeeee ! ad all they need is friction mu twana..ataseeeeeeeeeeee tuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
The Chief has spoken….Lifunde imweee, so now the Law of this Chiefdom is set and clear, muleufwa No More under age Sex…….in the Land.
Let the Girl child alone,just remembered if you are starved of Sex go to Nightclubs and get all..including Ebola
In addition to what has been said,must also find the root cause and not entirely put the blame on men.
Men are not always to blame, children have to sensitized as well. A 14 year old, is old enough to think, especially in villages where they are well taught.
Meant to say have to be.
Just shut up you moron. My girl friend is in grade 9 and she is sweet.
IMWE UTUBAICE NATO TATULEUMFWA NANGU NINEBO NGAKAFULA KUTOMBA. GO 2 NITE CLUBS U LL FIND THE SMALL GIRLS THERE. ELYO TWALIBA TIGHT
Well spoken chief you deserve to be respected. Let us all join hand teachers and parent so that we can meaningfully fight the pregnancies in schools.
guys men are not as weak as u may take them to be, abaice bashino nshiku ni nchenshi. I hav escaped on several ocasions highly seductive behaviors & proposals from the so called stars (15/16). They evn refuse to be called abaice bcoz of menses.
Mostly these girls are impregnated by boys not elderly men as most pipo think. All they nid is counseling if a relationship is discovered by elders. Eco tulefwila bwangu utwaice experimenting wat they see on Telemundo.