Government has demanded the immediate arrest and charge of a man from the Copperbelt who allegedly repeatedly defiled his nine year-old daughter leaving her paralyzed from the waist down.
Sport, Youth and Child Development Deputy Minster Angela Cifire has disclosed that government has given the Inspector General of Police Francis Kabonde a 24-hour ultimatum in which to arrest and charge the suspected defiler.
Speaking in Lusaka today, Ms Cifire said despite the country being a signatory to various international conventions that are aimed at protecting the rights of children, Zambia has continued to record a high number of defilement and child abuse cases.
Ms Cifire expressed concern that the increase in such cases could partially be attributed to the failure by law enforcement agencies to arrest perpetrators.
She noted that this is why all law enforcement agencies should take it upon themselves and ensure that all offenders charged with defilement and child abuse cases are brought to book by speeding up their arrest.
Ms Cifire further implored the media to also play an active role in highlighting these issues as a way of embarrassing offenders and discouraging would be offenders.
And speaking earlier, Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) representative Hope Khumalo cited inadequacies in the legal system as one of the factors that contribute to the protecting of offenders and not victims.
Ms Khumalo urged government to come up with proper measures that will protect and prevent the abuse of girls and gender based violence cases in the country.
ZANIS
….honestly sure
Such stories realy grieve me to the bome.Mr Kabonde should be given 24hrs to castrate the culprit
Man you are sick! what in the world is happening to our Zambian fathers,uncles,brothers? Nevers Mumba come back and preach Zambia shall be saved, our country is rotting.
No words in my vocabulary are strong enough to condemn such wicked acts. The evil that men do has reached the highest level.
this bastard deserves a firing squad! mubwa wamuntu
Theres an increase of such because theres not much awareness and people prefer to live in ignoramus bubbles where they refuse to accept such things happen. These paedophiles do this because they know they can get away and theres not much that can be done to them.
kukonda vokudya – kudya mambala anadya vina vache! coz a normal man can’t do such, he was under the influence of some herbs/drugs. shame to the poor gal and her mum
GOVT.. please send this man to China and have him shot instead and then let mary be jailed for life please. he doesnt deserve to live…..and if the govt. doesnt do it.. mother of the child…Mother please please poison this f@@l… or cut his canolis and burn his eyes then cut his legs…..Lord help me, such things annoy me
aaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cifire is still a Minister? didnt know that.Ba Copper-Copper nichani chavuta
DESEARVES TO GO IN FOR LIFE SO THAT CAN WALK FREELY,I FAIL TO UNDRSTAND BA MUMBWE ABACHITA IFI,AMAULE UBWINGI MU FIKULWA PANGA YONSE,NGABALAFILWA UKUIKONTOLOLA,MWIKATENI NO KUMUKAKA KAPALA.LETS HOPE KAPALA TALWALIKA AKAMWAICE.
He is sick period. A lot of such maggots around. Remember “aisha wa mene anaimba Danny ati anayasha nkuku 7 chifukwa cha Kawilo”. Rotten pipo “mwebantu!!”
this man is insane , cruel and heartless, getting on top of your own blood , shame on him
FOR US WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE GIRLS IT JUST SENDS SHIVERS IN MY SPINE….. MUKAKENI … CHATILE CHAKWE….. ALA . WE ARE STILL REELING IN POVERTY BECOZ OF PEOPLE LIKE HIM AND KAPOKO WHO SO SELFISH AND SICK IN THEIR MINDS.
Chikakeni chimudala icho.foolish man
The bastard is so sick. but do the police need to be directed to act on an obvious case like this. do they always have to wait for the politicians to give them orders on who to arrest.
uyu chik**mba nao what was he using to defile the girl for her to end up paralised. Kwai ni car accident sure?
Nomba ninshi bukulu sana to paralyse the gal. God forgive me, I just feel like I can cut his balls. Hes a demon
good stuff arrest the defilers
#8, mwandi kwena i feel you. this creature should castrated(testicles included) and then amputated both hands and legs. elo don’t sent him to prison to eat tax money, just let him live a life without hands, legs and without his manhood, let him be a burden to himself! naznda maningi chabe!!!
Men like him who are so ruthless to kids are just cowards. Given chance with their equal, they can’t stand the back breaking excise. Pretending to go to the bathroon, they run away nakend in the middle of the nite. Even a homosexual can beat such a man!
any assassins for hire. call me. this man needs to be taken out. and am serious as a heart attack!
Ok ba LT, I have a bone to pick with you. If you are serious and concerned about this little girl, then you would have given out this mans identity . The fact that there has been a call for an arrest is enough to reveal who he is. If, supposedly this man is not caught, can you imagine what he would do to other people’s children? He is a danger to the community and he belongs in a coffin.
#8 Miss Daisy, I got something to tell you so drop me a line at tabataba75[at]aol.com
#22 Pat if you are a lady, then fine because I have a feeling Miss Daisy is not a lezbo.If you are a man, and obviously I have seen how many comments on how good looking Miss daisy is (which she is if thats her in the picture) then you are a moron. How dare you chose this particular topic to holla at her. If I where Miss Daisy, and i didn’t know you, I would run faster than Usain Bolt. Leave flirting to real players and stop pretending to be a player, cuz you aint got game bro!
hey its amazing how some fools just jump into conversations which have nothing at all to do with them!#22 you bored or something?Go give your advice to your father cuz I don’t need it!
Does the police chief need to ordered to act? What sort of training did this fellow get?
Crime is rife, because police agencies are nothing but political door mats.
A father disables his own daughter to satisfy his sexual appetite. What were the police waiting for? for him to commit another savagely act before taking action. And why didn’t the mother remove this child from harm’s way?
#23, you bored and now trying to pick up some loose conversation? Try some other bloggers maybe they will find you interesting or try to get a life somewhere.By the way,I’m not your bro.Bye!
Very sad and please MMD GRZ, come up with a legal framework that works to the surprise of defilers and will be a warning sign to wouldbe defilers.
Speaking much or however will not help, but action will make the offenders and wouldbe offenders think before doing bad acts.
Sorry to the minor who was abused by her parent.
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Prevention is better than cure.
MMD cannot manage to come up with a legal framework. Even if they were sincere, they have no technical capabilities. Come 2011…Zambians will be too foolish to retain these chaps.
The problem with the Zambian type of thinking, especially those who have never seen the inside part of a class is very backward. What makes them do things like this is not lack of legal flame work, its charms! When they eat and drink from certain roots, then they begin to act like hogs.Others are told to sleep with their daughters, and mothers in law in order to get rich, and they do it. Albino(s) in Tanzania sleep with double locks coz they are in danger, they are regarded as “luck charms”, in Luapuala they are good in artificial thurder, in Southern when you hear of “Monze tea”, be carefull; if you take it you act like this same guy. Zambians must use their heads to think, otherwise the country won’t move forward.
It is not enough for all us just to say let the law should face this man,yes now after the arrest what follows is the next step we need to dicus as bloggers.
I feel that in our country social and mental experts are lacking and this has resulted in a Goverment which is not well sufficiently equiped .
my idea is that let us invest in sensitization and let provide the laws that will promote fairness in our court systems and the state at large in terms of legal procedures .
at the moment in my country Zambia there is no Policy that allows the victim to be fully represented especially the children.
let us work together for the common good and let us stamp up out these bad seeds before it is sunset otherwise we are going no where.
Asefya in his own child sure ! this man ought to be locked up
Asefya on his own child sure ! this man ought to be locked up
OMG!!
am disgusted. this man is worse than a dog. eish!!uku ipwilila amani??? have no words to describe him.