By ANDREW MUKOMASINAZONGWE District Commissioner Sheena Muleya has warned parents to desist from marrying off their school going girls whenever they have financial pressure.Ms Muleya told the Daily Nation that a district multi-sectoral team had been assembled to deal with early marriages.She said that the district had also engaged the traditional leadership in Chief Mweemba and Chief Sinazongwe to help in sensitising their subjects on the issue.Ms Muleya said that girl child was a treasure to the Government and as such, it would not spare any parent or guardian who would be found marrying off underage girls.“I want to urge the people of Sinazongwe community especially the headmen from the two chiefdoms to look after the girl child.“As a district, we are championing the call that the two chiefdoms should be with government in the fight against unwanted pregnancies and early marriages,” the DC said.Ms Muleya stressed that Government would not hesitate to take stiff […]
SINAZONGWE FIGHTS EARLY MARRIAGES
