NANCY SIAME, Lusaka
TWO out of the 11 girls who were allegedly sold by their parents to Tanzanian businessmen are still missing.
Immigrations director general Moola Milomo said in an interview yesterday his organisation and other stakeholders have failed to locate the only two remaining girls.
“We are still doing our level best to ensure that we bring them back home and reunite them with their families,” he said.
Mr Milomo said the search for the two girls will continue.
“We have information that one is in Morogoro while the other one is reported to be in Dar-es-Salaam and we are working with security personnel in that country to ensure that they both return safely,” Mr Milomo said.
He said the other nine girls have been reunited with their families and are enrolled at Tawela Primary School.
Mr Milomo said of the nine girls that were rescued, eight have returned to school while one has refused.
“It seems she was abused and she cannot cope with going back to school,” Mr Milomo said.
He said the girls were retrieved from Tanzania by immigration officers with the help of other security wings.
In July last year a child-trafficking syndicate was exposed in which Tanzanian businessmen allegedly bought 11 girls aged between 11 and 17 at K36,000 each from some parents in Nakonde.
Nakonde district commissioner James Singoyi said it is suspected that the children are being engaged in illegal sexual activities, although they were being taken to Tanzania under the pretext that they would work as housemaids.
Daily Mail
The Govt was to prosecute those parents for practicing and supporting slavery which was abolished in 1865. Besides how effective is our intelligence machinery to fail to locate these kids? If poverty wasnt rampant in Zambia those parents/guardians wouldn’t have sold those kids, it all goes back to the Govt’s failure to eradicate poverty in rural areas where they garner votes.
I saw one in mbeya
How can this woman say that it is suspected she was abused? Just this very statement shows that these chaps have no idea what they are doing and are not qualified to deal with social abuse cases. The people who should be commenting on this are the qualified social workers speciailised in this, who should provide support to these ladies to rehabilitate them into joining society again. Here again the PF has failed to ensure proper structures are in place with competent office bearers. Vote UPND
the idea of thinking the lose of the 9 girls is because of failure of government to perform by chi educated Dana be is pathetic…even big country’s like uk r heard of losing people..make things worse they can’t even stop the mexicans from entering USA .our government has actually performed way better than other governments…its said 11 girls were sold out only 2 remain..it means our security forces are working in collaboration with its neighbours thanks to Pf…I’m sure if Hh was president he would have equally found those girls and made them his wives…typical southerners
You see instead of being bothered by this problem and investigating what the underlying causes were you are busy seeking praise for what the government is supposed to ensure in the first place. This is what the PF stands for haha.
When they build roads (somehting that is the duty of the government that taxes citizens) they claim that PF is doing zambians a favour and bringing development.
This world for real its slowly coming to an end.How can a normal parent or relative shitisha a human being?Notulo tulepita just because of money…These are last days katuleiluka bane
It is because of poverty and high unemployment brought about by that useless party called PF.Simple and logical answer
@ new educated idiot I saw the two girls at hakainde hichilemas house.
Not even so called HH will finish our problems wheN he’s voted in power.let ED work in peace please
Work in peace kwisa? he is supposed to be working for the people of zambia. So when he is not performing as expected then we will hold him to task. If he knew he couldnt handle huge responsibility why stand as president
Stupid fools how can u sell your own blood
I also need to go and buy one these town girls are something else ,always demanding even with no elasticity and tasteless.
@new educated chikala chawiso noko bean,its HH who is doing slavery
Why all the anger and hate. do you PF cadres find it hard to articulate yourselves? Ichisungu chalishupa. Please if that is the case then write in your local language and explain yourself rather than hurling insults and looking like a right bigot
We are still fighting to get back our two girls while the United Kingdom is fighting to retrieve three girls. kanshi ama boys are better!
This country has really gone to the dogs! Instead of taking the matter seriously, the police, immigration officers appear relaxed! They are supposed to roundup all those parents who sold the children en get to the bottom of the matter! What kind of pipo are……zambians?
Hunger under PF.this happened last year. Anyway people were told more money in their pockets without elaborating where that money will come from. These parents must be strong believers of the PF slogan of, “more money in their pockets”.Ala insala nga ya chilamo ilaleta umusebanya filya baimba ba PK Chishala.
ITS BAD WHEN ONE MAKES SUCH A STUPID CHOICE,YOU SAY GOVMT OR POVERTY ITS ANIMALISM.HOW CAN I SELL MY OWNKIND
U pipo what is wrong with you what are u commenting on this matter? This story its not about pf or hh plz mulekwata amano chabakanshi shani the only thing you know is insults.banoko ka beans bawiso ichikala nga iwe bawiso na banoko tabafikwata? Ukabepushe bwino bakakweba ati balikwata nabo chi club zero masushi
Ba edu asking if we should praise the government for the work they are doing…yes u silly Tonga man..we have to..it gives them .motivation to do more…we have previous governments who have collected money from people and ate it…but not the Pf…they build universities, hospitals,schools,roads and brought Ur medicine Ba educated..Ur arvs.even if they work for us..if u can’t appreciate Ur garden boys works then up find he doesn’t perform accordingly. just tell him Iwe garden boy good work..that’s all and that positivity goes a long way…so yes..good work Pf keep it coming waunfwa
We pay taxes and these chaps recieve overly inflated salaries in a country where 60 percent of people are poor. If that is not motivation enough then I think the writing is on the wall for the PF to leave. This is not a business you crazy chap. What motivation? A person now needs motivation to serve his country and be the so called servant of the people? Do you people now see why i say PF is clueless? Vote UPND
Vote HH
Ba edu so u telling me if a security guard catches a theif u tell him to quickly get back to work…or Ur house mother..wen she cooks the food she did not buy u tell her to quickly wash the plates coz its her job.or a student gets a 100 in class u tell her to seat down coz that’s what is expected of them..Ur way of thinking just because I pay them I cannot thank them for a good job must have affected u during colonial days u up tongas were Ur parents could only buy through windows from the white man aka hatch system.give credit were its due mambala..u won’t lose anything more than u already paying.
@carol mweemba chinena I m not a tonga shit and time you coment shit abt me,you wil knw.pamatako
lock de idiot shit of parents,hw cn surely send yr girl child to b sexually exploited by amabwamba yapesha mano,whilst iwe ulile comfy mu bed? growing up wit de type of parents I did,makes me wonder f truely doze were real parents,bafikala inseni tuletasha abafyashi besu ubwaila no bwacha…ngako nako akalihule akalekana ukubwelela kumasambililo nishi ilikofye nangu atishani? bushe nishi nakatemwisha ubukala?