Police in Livingstone are holding an unmarried woman of Zesco Compound in Livingstone for throwing her baby in the gorge near the Victoria Falls.
Southern Province Commanding Officer, Lemmy Kajoba confirmed this development to ZANIS in Livingstone yesterday.
Mr. Kajoba said Ruth Museke 32 who gave birth to a baby boy between 19:00 and 21:00 hours on Sunday, went and threw it in one of the Zesco power gorges near the Victoria Falls.
He said a combined team of rescue workers were still struggling to retrieve the body of the baby.
“Police are still struggling to retrieve the body of the baby,” he said. He dded that the woman is in police custody and will appear in court for infanticide.
And three people died in a road traffic accident that happened on Maamba – Choma Road on Sunday night.
Mr. Kajoba said the accident involving a Mitsubishi Canter truck Registration Number ABM 9151 was due to over speeding.
He said the driver, Most Banda 25, lost control of the vehicle which careered off the road and rammed into a tree stump before over-turning, killing three people on the spot.
He named the deceased children as Tabisa Moonga a two- month- old baby, Frank Mwila 6 months and one male adult, Sleeve Mwiinde 34.
Mr. Kajoba said seven other people were seriously injured and are currently admitted to Maamba Mine Hospital while eight others sustained minor injuries and were treated and discharged.
Meanwhile, a cyclist in his 40s was on Sunday found dead along Choma-Namwala Road around 20:00hours after being hit by an unknown vehicle.
“There was a hit-and- run in Choma which happened along Choma-Namwala Road and involved was a cyclist whose age is not known but in his 40s,” Mr. Kajoba said.
He said the body of Ben Chongo of Moomba Farms was found on the road with a mangled bicycle on the side.
The body of the deceased is lying in Choma District hospital and police are searching for the hit and run vehicle.
And Mr. Kajoba has expressed worry at the increasing number of road traffic accidents in the province.
He disclosed that the province had recorded 13 road traffic accidents between Thursday and Sunday last week.
He attributed the increase in road traffic related accidents to over speeding and appealed to motorists to observe speed limits.
Mr. Kajoba warned motorists against taking advantage of the absence of highway patrols and urged them to regulate themselves.
ZANIS
Sad story. Check her mental status. Life is God given. She ha cursed herself.
Find both the man and the woman and let both be responsible for their action. Whether the man knew of the pregnancy or not . He should have known that the act I am doing may bring the creation of human life.He should have there for his partner.
Consider post natal depression before condemning her.
Sorry but this is due to poverty
well the act was inhuman,the baby also was enocent shame to her!!!some of u yo sines are hiden and not known to the public repent now and ask for forgiveness God will forgive u.
The degree of madness must be high in this woman. After nine month of pain she just decides to do what she did. She must be sent were she belongs.
Why killing your child???? Jail her for life
a woman at her age should know better. an analysis of her mental state is not enough. This woman must face the law. she is so heartless. i condemn the practice and its becoming rampant you know
This is why parents are always talking to there daughters that it is wrong for them to involve themselves in sex before marriage. The ultimate results are pregnancies which have no fathers and the devil takes advantage of such precarious situations to confuse the girl. So the girls of today should learn something from such a situation.
One can surely run out of words to comment on the evil that man and womankind does.
kajoba back in action.
…..after hearing that Chiluba was free!
CHILDREN are a GIFT GIVEN BY GOD.It does not matter how they come FATHER or fatherless they remain precious in the Eyes of the CREATOR.That WOMAN is an exposed DEMONIC SERIAL KILLER who should be behind bars for some times to save the lives of other seeds inside her.
She must have been so angry after hearing chiluba is free that she threw her kid?
Ifi mano ububi sure imwe. CANKALIPA SANA. Throwing an innocent baby just like ..its really wickedness!! Tulamyaba ati atleast nga taulefwaya ukwimita use aka mupila ka condom olo withdrawal method? Aikona ukelaka umu guys nafwatalalafye pamulu wuthout ama plans! see now! Caposa umwana mu menshi !
#3 Spot on. Post natal depression must have likely caused the act. But still life is life and she must face the consequences of her action.