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Luo Says There Are Two Nightclubs That Are Driving Her ‘Crazy’
PROFESSOR Nkandu Luo says there are two nightclubs in her constituency that are driving her ‘crazy’. The gender minister indicated that she has written to the council about the conduct of the two nightclubs, which she says were usually littered with condoms every morning.
She was speaking during the launch of the Tasintha programmes research report on sex work in Zambia on Friday. Prof Luo, the founder of Tasintha which focuses on the reformation of sex workers, expressed disappointment at the failure by some local authorities to discipline bars and club owners who were failing to adhere to stipulated laws on how they were expected to run their businesses.
“And when you go to some of these clubs, for example in my constituency, I have about two of these clubs that are driving me crazy. One of them is in Kalingalinga, and unfortunately they have opened another one in PHI. I have written to the council to see what they can do about that. When parents call you in the morning to go and see what is outside these clubs, it’s condoms and condoms, and when you see such kind of thing, it actually tells you much of sex took place that particular day. And when you go to sit and watch, it is our young girls, the adolescents that are being abused,” Prof Luo added.
“And I think as a country, we should be asking ourselves serious questions about what the future of our country is. So if our councils are going to give licences indiscriminately, if when we complain as members of parliament and ministers but this falls on deaf ears, then we have a serious problem on our hands. And speaking as a member of parliament myself, and I walk around even in the evening; every other street is selling alcohol. When people leave whatever it is that they are doing, very few of them go home; the majority retire to beer gardens or to clubs.” Prof Luo called for the introduction of a policy to help curb drug and alcohol abuse in the country and the publication and implementation of legislation targeting alcohol abuse to bring sanity in the nation. She said the rate at which some Zambians, especially youths, were abusing alcohol was a serious source of concern, which needed to be addressed urgently. “We need to address this matter seriously and I think it is high time that as a country, we put in place a drug and alcohol policy and even maybe turning the pieces of legislation that are in the Ministry of Local Government, publicise them and implement them,” Prof Luo said. And Prof Luo added that prostitution was the worst form of gender-based violence.
“When you ask what most of these girls experience in their sex work, the majority of the girls have experienced beatings and physical abuse by their clients and sometimes the police when they apprehend them. Now for me, that is gender-based violence again,” she said. “Gender-based violence can be psychological, can be physical, can be through rape or defilement or even killing.” Pro Luo expressed confidence that the report issued by Tasintha would play a vital role in helping the nation re-strategise and handle sex work matters. She reiterated her ministry’s commitment towards ensuring zero tolerance to GBV in the country.
“I believe that this report is going to help us as Zambians re-think sex work in this country; how we put programmes in place that can help empower our young women and girls to get other sources of income for them to survive, than thinking that they can only survive through sex work,” said Prof Luo.
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KABASO
April 26, 2015 at 1:28 pm
SHOULD THEY DO IT WITHOUT CONDOMS? WHY IS PROF LUO MISLEADING PEOPLE? IS HE TRYING TO SAY THAT THERE IS NO SEX IN ZAMBIA? NO, ZAMBIA IS FULL OF CASUAL SEX EVEN AMONG MARRIED PEOPLE. WE CAN EVEN TALK ABOUT PROSTITUTES. LET PEOPLE HAVE SEX AND PROTECT THEMSELVES
Shaka Zulu
April 26, 2015 at 3:07 pm
‘Is she….’ not ‘Is he….’
Zsquared
April 26, 2015 at 1:44 pm
some the night clubs it hell, I think the owner is the nephew to satan the devil himself. leave the Minister alone u sounds to be owner and the nephew. Nangu ni money tefyo. The is coming u cry and remember the days u were spoiling God “s creatures coz of money. Wafwa mwana Hell???????
Seseseko wabongisa
April 26, 2015 at 1:54 pm
Sex wil be order of the day minister as long as unemployment,povert remains high,to tel u facts pipo want money for suvival and this the easiest source to them,take it or leave it.so reduce poverty and unemployement those acts wil reduce as well
Zsquared
April 26, 2015 at 2:00 pm
U are right my dear not comment yamene yili pa mwamba. people should bear in they minds that Hell is real and people here on earth are busy killing each other by going to such places.remember the day of judgement is coming.
Ms Luo
April 26, 2015 at 2:05 pm
Luo has a point about indiscriminately dishing out permits for clubs and pubs. The councils or even the president needs to do something to create some sanity. But sex work is work! It is not decent or safe work now because the government has not legalised it. This means less control and policing of the trade is almost impossible. Prostitutes cannot form associations to advance their interests and welfare. Legalisation can delink sex from drug and alcohol abuse as bars are mostly meeting places. If sex work is legalised men can go for help to known places without wasting money and time at the bar which has the potential to create avoidable domestic disturbances. Anyway, avail us the report on the Internet we read for ourselves.
the ruthless fascist
April 26, 2015 at 2:54 pm
Manje wat do u want them to do ?
Shaka Zulu
April 26, 2015 at 3:09 pm
Soon some nitwit will claim the condoms are used by PF.
New Educated Zambia©
April 26, 2015 at 3:13 pm
Luo use your head. We know the clubs you are talking about and we know that exchange of money for sex is taking place. A normal person and actually a professor like you should be able to dig deeper and analyse the root cause of such despicable behaviour. We expect you to note that the majority of prostitution in zambia are due to the failure of the PF to ensure economic indepencence of most women. This in turn leads to people being desperate and going to such extents jsut to raise money to get basic needs of life. So please luo start by utilizing our tax payer money responsibly and placing the right priorities. Vote UPND they are failing their own constituencies kiki
major chileshe
April 26, 2015 at 7:59 pm
Yes and we cn only deal wit the root cause by askin sum1 in ur party to b human enough and return the money he got from our mines
MAFUPAYOKOYOKO
April 26, 2015 at 4:07 pm
As a parliamentarian make sure u come up with some policy to this issue and make sure its implemented to the latter! Have been to some countries where policies on such issues have bin put in place and the gov’t work tirelessly to make sure they are implemented. That’s what we need in Zambia not hopeless chaps like NEZ who are always expressing their bitterness! Let’s build mother Zambia and not destroy it with cheap politics.
New Educated Zambia©
April 26, 2015 at 5:38 pm
kiki what do you think my comment is calling for? Do you idiots in pf expect to be spoon fed everything? In my comments am always stating the importance of sound governance and economy management. Sound governance translates into having key legal policies which if implemented right would prevent stupidity such as this. In terms of economy i think it is preety obvious even for a fool like you that once you improve the economy it will lead to people finding other sources of income rather than indulging in this stupidity. Now tell me who is in charge of our economy and governance? there fore who is not doing their job? FOolish boy
king Solomon
April 26, 2015 at 6:26 pm
Just wondering if you have even entered your cracked foot in a night club, shetani iwe.
Hello Haters
April 26, 2015 at 5:19 pm
Madam where is your niece, that advocate for tomato business? am sure if you go with her to that place, she be able to convince the same girls to stop selling p.u.s.s.y and instead venture into tomato selling. Lots of souls will be served, have seen the ka place during day time, it’s ugly, but am told at night it’s ka wi-sex-fi hot-spot.
major chileshe
April 26, 2015 at 8:01 pm
Hahahahahahaha crazy,case of high on ur own supply bakamba
The Gentile
April 26, 2015 at 5:54 pm
Was at mayela last night
tutu
April 26, 2015 at 7:38 pm
so bena luo ninshi mulefwayafye live atini?imwe ilyashi lyachipapa iyo
major chileshe
April 26, 2015 at 8:02 pm
Hahahahahajaha
major chileshe
April 26, 2015 at 8:02 pm
I need to vist this place
Zambian Nympho
April 26, 2015 at 11:51 pm
Madam Professor, if yours is a real “Christian Nation” you should follow the Laws of the “holy land” and follow their examples by legalizing prostitution so that women can work in safe and clean surroundings!!
Zambian Nympho
April 26, 2015 at 11:52 pm
“No person’s human or civil rights should be violated on the basis of their trade, occupation, work, calling or profession.
No law has ever succeeded in stopping prostitution.
Prostitution is the provision of sexual services for negotiated payment between consenting adults. So defined, prostitution is a service industry like any other in which people exchange skills for money or other reward…
Non-consenting adults and all children forced into sexual activity (commercial or otherwise) deserve the full protection of the law and perpetrators deserve full punishment by the law.
Workers in the sex industry deserve the same rights as workers in any other trade, including the right to legal protection from crimes such as sexual harassment, sexual abuse and rape…
There are some unscrupulous people in all walks of life -government, law, journalism, banking, law enforcement, the stock exchange, medicine, the clergy, prostitution, etc. If every profession were criminalised when some of its members broke the law, there would be few legally sanctioned professions. Unscrupulous people should be summarily dealt with by the law, regardless of which profession they corrupt.”
Jan. 16, 2009 – Prostitutes’ Education Network
Zambian Nympho
April 26, 2015 at 11:56 pm
“Prostitution should not be a crime. Prostitutes are not committing an inherently harmful act. While the spread of disease and other detriments are possible in the practice of prostitution, criminalization is a sure way of exacerbating rather than addressing such effects”
Zambian Nympho
April 27, 2015 at 12:00 am
“Decriminalization is not at all a solution to every injustice that exists in the sex industry; it is a starting point. If prostitution were not an underground activity it would allow us to much more effectively address the serious problems of forced prostitution and juvenile prostitution and the other abuses which are part of an industry that operates completely in the shadows. …[T]here are many who… want other options and they should be given alternatives and assistance. And then there are also those who organize for their rights and are not quitting at the moment and they should be afforded options, their rights, and self-determination as well. Whatever ills are attendant to prostitution, criminalization of prostitutes exacerbates the abuse.”
Zambian Nympho
April 27, 2015 at 12:10 am
PROSTITUTION IS LEGAL IN THESE COUNTRIES
Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Mali, Mexico, Monaco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St Martin, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Zambian Nympho
April 27, 2015 at 12:12 am
KINDA LEGAL*
Burkina Faso – The act of selling sex is legal, but soliciting prostitution is not. So she’s going to have to make the first move.
Colombia – Though some guys who’ve been will tell you it’s impossible to get laid for free in Colombia, technically, you’re only allowed to make a business transaction with your new girlfriend in the “tolerance zones.”
Iceland – The actual act of having sex for money is not illegal. But paying for it is. So basically the only way to do this legally is to stiff (giggity) your escort.
Ivory Coast – Same as in Burkina Faso, soliciting a prostitute is illegal, but if you end up with her and pay for sex, you’re fine.
Japan – Japan says prostitution is illegal. But they have these “soaplands” all around the country where you can pay an independent contractor for a massage (so it’s not a brothel) and if you happen to hit if off really, really well and other things happen to go on, well, then that’s all fine and dandy.
Liechtenstein – They’re cool with it as long as you’re not doing it out on the street. So Richard Gere will have to look elsewhere for a fancy dinner date in Vaduz.
Norway – Following Iceland’s “Nordic model” of prostitution, having sex for money is legal in Norway, but paying for sex isn’t. Same holds true in Sweden.
Russia – Since all those smoking hot Russian models are CLEARLY dating those 75-year-old billionaires for their good looks and charming personalities, Russia has deemed formal prostitution a mere “administrative offense,” kind of like drinking in public or speeding.
Sweden – See Norway and Iceland.
USA – No, just because you got some “extras” at one of the places on this list does n’t mean it’s legal there.°
tutu
April 27, 2015 at 1:31 am
uuhm zambian nympho,alakwena wabaneshinta ficoment ubukulu? u are nympho,so do u live up2 yr name? I wud like 2 do u fintu tamba pamulabasa,pantu nomo girls balakana,wamonaposhani?
Tough love
April 27, 2015 at 8:30 am
The drinking problem should be priority on the list of ailments to be rooted out in Zambia. Most HIV infections and deaths are directly linked to this scourge. Zambians need to make adjustments to their social culture if some of the hudles are to be overcome. It’s no secrete that a lot of lives are being lost and ruined on a daily basis because of insufficient laws and enforcement capacity. We have to come out in the open and address this monster before more lives and families are ruined. This should be a concern for every right minded person, it’s beyond politics .