Vice President Inonge Wina
says she is saddened that a number of girls in Mwinilunga
district are becoming mothers at a tender age.
Speaking after touring Mwinilunga district hospital where
she found some girls (mothers) who had just delivered, Mrs. Wina urged parents to allow their girl-children to
complete their education.
Mrs. Wina said this is because the country needs educated
women who can contribute to the development of the
country.
And Chief Kanyama of the Lunda speaking people of
Mwinilunga district has retrieved two girls who were married
off at an early age in his chiefdom.
Chief Kanyama said as a concerned traditional leader he
decided to retrieve the two girls who were illegally married
to one man.
49 girls have dropped out of school after falling pregnant
from 2015 to date in his chiefdom, he revealed.
The traditional leader has since appealed to government to
ensure that Kanyama boarding school starts running as such
so as to reduce the cases of girls falling pregnant. Credit. ZANIS
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