Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:42:46 +0000 By PETER MALASHA THE 33 girls who were recently withdrawn from Kangili Primary School and married off have since been enrolled back to school, Mkushi District Commissioner, Luka Mwamba has revealed. Mr. Mwamba told the Daily Nation that his office would not tolerate early marriages in the area at all costs and perpetrators of the vice risked being prosecuted. “The department of Social Welfare has taken it up to purchase school uniforms for all the 33 girls except one who has eloped with the husband to Serenje.” Mr. Mwamba said. He thanked Chief Chitina, Mulungwe, and Shaibila for their support in the campaign against early marriages in their chief doms. Meanwhile Nshinso ward councillor, Xaviour Chisenga said some parents were still withdrawing their girl-children from school whom they married off due to high poverty levels de- spite sensitisation campaigns. He told the Daily Nation that the trend was on […]
