A woman of Lusaka’s Kanyama compound has apologized to her twelve year old son for having burnt his left thigh with a hot iron.
Elina Lungu was ordered to apologize to her biological son by Lusaka resident Magistrate Judith Chiyaika after the victim applied that the matter be withdrawn.
The juvenile told the court when called to testify against his mother that he was no longer interested in the matter and that he wanted the court to allow him reconcile with his mother.
And when asked on why she had to assault her own biological son, Elina said she was angry with her son because he absconded from school.
Magistrate Chiyaika has since allowed the reconciliation and has since discontinued the case of assault occasioning actual bodily against Elina.
She, however, warned her against committing the offense again saying next time there will be no room for reconciliation outside court.
Magistrate Chiyaika urged Elina to control her temper and that loosing temper to an extent of burning her own son’s thigh is serious and that next time if not careful she will end up killing her child.
She noted that the burns suffered by the boy are grave and that if she was not the mother the matter would have preceded to trial.
[ MUVI ]
Very good judgement and we have to understand that parents mean well sometimes. Life goes on
Sick mother. Why would she want to scar her own child. moron
#1 Don’t Kubeba,
I admire your comment, you are a model parent.
Judgements like this makes the Zambian judiciary a joke. This is serious bodily harm on a MINOR. It does’t matter whether it is the mother, uncle, father, brother or grandfather. If it was a girl who was raped repeatedly by her father, who is do you think is supposed to protect her, the mother or the LAW? The courts should be protecting CHILDREN, they can’t protect themselves. This kid was just threatened not to testify, and court went along, that’s why many abuses go unreported. The injury is enough to convict not let the perp. go
@ Steve no# 4 Calm down. We all Know that what happened was wrong but this woman can still be counseled. It’s africa our people haven’t still reached european psycosis yet. This judgement is fair and just. For missing school I would have kicked that child though.
#5 Uletontonkanya.”…..our people haven’t still reached european psycosis yet”.Did you mean ‘psychosis’? A mental disorder? #4 is right. Whether the boy forgave his mother has nothing to do with the case.This is a clear case of child abuse and the case should have continued in court.He’s right. The Zambian justice system is a joke.
# 6 uletontokanya …you think this is Europe or America ? This is Zambia we are talking about.Haven`t you heard about cultural relativism ? Don`t compare the working of the justice system in some other country with ours, coz each and every country has a reference point when making decisions and laws.Some Zambian`s are a joke.
#4, you are very very very RIGHT!!!! What will stop another mother somewhere to do it to one of her under 15 years child. The boy was forced to “forgive” the mother. I am sure the boy did not even understand what he was going into!! Assault is assult, regardless of who does it.
# 6 uletontokanya …you think this is Europe or America ? This is Zambia we are talking about.Haven`t you heard about cultural relativism ? Don`t compare the working of the justice system in some other country with ours, coz each and every country has a reference point when making decisions and laws.Some Zambian`s are a joke
#5 I am not saying you are stupid but that is a stupid answer. you insinuate that we must follow a linear path towards Europeanisation a supposedly more advanced social state than ours! What balderdash! I do not need Westernisation to value my offspring! My mother who never entered Western classroom would NEVER NEVER have done this! She was at times angry with me and siblings but never metted out any corporal punishment. She would say things that made me ashamed of what I had done. That shows African mothers can be as angelic as your considered superior race. That is why I love my mother more than anyone else. #2 and 4 are very right. it caan only be an unthinking mother who does this- not an unEuropeanised mother as you would like us to believe.
I want Lusaka Times to unneccessarily censor me so Iam repeating my blog:
#5 I am not saying you are Stoopid sbut that is a stoopid answer.. You insinuate that we must follow a linear path towards Europeanisation a supposedly more advanced social state than ours! What balderdash! I do not need Westernisation to value my offspring! My mother who never entered Western classroom would NEVER NEVER have done this! She was at times angry with me and siblings but never metted out any corporal punishment. She would say things that made me ashamed of what I had done. That shows African mothers can be as angelic as your considered superior race. That is why I love my mother more than anyone else. #2 and 4 are very right. it caan only be an unthinking mother who does this.
Censored again!! I said I DO NOT want….
Right now as a father I know not to compete with the mother of my children because I think mothers are more prone to Parent child emotional affection than us men. We spend 9 months under their protection and they are the first person we feel on arrival. Then they provide food for us the next 36 months or so(breast milk). there is therefore a stronger natural bond between them and us which Men should not waste time fighting. I maY probably tolerate a cruel father but not a mother!
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