Thu, 09 Mar 2017 12:24:59 +0000 By AARON CHIYANZO. CHIEF M’bang’ombe of Katete district in Eastern province has ordered the establishment of committees in all villages of his chiefdom to promote education against child marriages and look at family affairs. Speaking at the handover ceremony of three community schools by the Japanese government in Katete, Chief M’bang’ombe noted that many young girls in rural areas were subjected to early marriages at the expense of their education. He warned his subjects that he did not want to hear of parents in his chiefdom forcing their young girls into marriage. Chief M’bang’ombe explained that there were many problems in marriages that many young people would not understand and that was the reason why many marriages nowadays were ending up into a disaster. He encouraged children to instead concentrate on getting an education so that they could better their lives, that of their children and also become […]
Form sensitisation committees on child marriages, orders Chief Mbang’ombe
