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SAD:Brothers Drown In Nakonde
Two brothers of Ilendela village in Nakonde on Thursday drowned in a stream as they were swimmimg.
Muchinga Province commissioner of police Auxensio Daka said Jacob and Joseph Sinkala, aged 8 and 11, respectively, drowned around 15:00 hours in the Chitopola stream at Ilendela village.
The bodies were retrieved with the assistance of the fire brigade and are at Nakonde District Hospital mortuary awaiting burial.
“We have an unfortunate incident where two siblings drowned in a stream as they were swimming,” Mr Daka said.
The police do not suspect any foul play.
Posted by Kunda
on May 10, 2015. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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Ilyashi lya Pesonde
May 10, 2015 at 2:35 pm
In poor countries people die like due to ignorance and dunderheadness… most Zambians cannot swim because Swimming has gained an image as a “white sport”.
“It is [seen as] a country club sport that only very rich kids get to participate in.
Village kids only splash around in water without any skills of swimming
Swimming pools these days are used by “Money mongering miracle churches” for ‘baptisim’ Just imagine the foolishness in Africa!!
Shimapuli
May 10, 2015 at 5:39 pm
Very sad indeed.Only NEZ and his UPND find pleasure in such misfortunes.
New Educated Zambia©
May 10, 2015 at 5:56 pm
We in the UPND would like to pass our condolences to the bereaved family and close friends of the two brothers. We understand that losing two young men can be devastating. We mourn with you. We in the upnd will continue to fight to ensure the pf implements safey measures across all water bodies in the country. The councils are sleeping and not being proactive. clearly if two people can drown in this water body it shows that there is need for safety asssessments to be carried out because this might happen again.
Gezzeus
May 10, 2015 at 11:23 pm