Thursday, March 28, 2024

23 year old woman attempts to sell 2 year old son,

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A 23 year old woman of Kabanga village in Samfya has confessed that she was tempted to sell her two-year-old son at K 3 million to a businessman because of poverty.

Both the village headwoman Kabanga and the woman, Marjorie Nkandu, confirmed the
incident to ZANIS today.

Marjorie, 23 said she resolved to sell her two-year-old son because she was failing
to provide for the boy and the other two  siblings after divorcing with her husband
early this year.

She said after divorce, she was not receiving any support from her family and she
feared that she would starve to death  hence the reason to sell her youngest child.

Marjorie said she got courage and approached a named businessman to inquire if he
was interested in buying a child after drinking illicit beer she had brewed.

However, Marjorie’s attempt to sell the child is said to have failed after the
businessman refused to accept the offer and reported Marjorie to her relatives about
what she was intending to do.

Headwoman Kabanga said the case of Marjorie Nkandu trying to sell the child was
reported to her four days ago and had since held a meeting to resolve the confusion
that had arisen between the family of Marjorie and her former husband.

The headwoman said the matter was also reported to police, but later withdrawn after
the family of the businessman and that of Marjorie agreed to settle the matter
outside the court.

She also said the father to the three children has also withdrawn custody of the
children from Marjorie for trying to sell their youngest son for cash.

Meanwhile Marjorie told ZANIS that she regrets having attempted to sell her child
and has since vowed that she will never drink alcohol and has since abandoned
brewing illicit beer.

7 COMMENTS

  1. What a news to hear! Mad woman Nkandu K3Million for your son? Shame. Iwe ciwishe usende abana wafyala mwishilu.

  2. That is insane. 3 metre ku shitisha mwana shuwa! and I’m ashamed that this has happened in an area my late father is from.

  3. Some years ago a friend of mine Miss Mulenga from Kaunda Square T/ship lusaka had a baby boy from a relationship with an old white farmer who had a farm somewhere on the Copperbelt. The farmer was a married man with a big family he only met with Mulenga whenever he went to Lusaka on business. When the boy was born, the farmer stopped all contact with Mulenga to avoid child support and his family finding out about the affair with her. A year later, Mulenga met a black lady from USA who came to Zambia looking for a child to adopt because she could not have kids of her own, She offered Mulenga US$10.000 for the kid but Mulenga’s family intervened and stopped Mulenga from “selling” her son to the american lady. Two years later i visted Mulenga in Mpika where she had moved with her son since life in Lusaka had become too tough for her and the child, i found that Mulenga’s child had become so thin and only fed on a diet of delele and nshima, Mulenga died a year later, and the boy????????????

  4. I THINK THIS LADY IS SO FOOLISH SO TO SAY,AND THRE IS NO NEED OF CONFESSING BECAUSE THAT WAS A BLOMER MISTAKE…

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