Nchelenge District Commissioner Wilson Kasoloko has urged the Council and Zambia Police to ensure that no night club or bar is allowed to have rooms in their premises in order to curb high incidences of HIV/AIDS cases.
Mr Kasoloko says it was unfortunate that while HIV infection rates were dropping in parts of Zambia, in Luapula Province, and Nchelenge District in particular, the infection rates are increasing.
He said the Fishing Industry, introduction of Guest Houses within the night clubs, and under age patrons in drinking places, were the major contributing factors that raised levels of HIV/AIDS.
The DC further stated that other factors include women or female fishmongers having unprotected sex with fishermen in order to get favors as well as un-regulated brewing and drinking of illicit beer.
Mr. Kasoloko said this when he addressed scores of Kashikishi residents to commemorates the 2008 World AIDS Day yesterday, whose theme was “ Leadership and Stopping HIV/AIDS, Keeping the Promise”.
He said the theme would not have come at a better time than now, calling all Leaders to take a leading role the fight against the pandemic.
Mr. Kasoloko directed Nchelenge District Council and all Law enforcement Agencies to ensure that everyone found wanting in this regard is brought to book, and their Licenses should not be renewed.
Speaking earlier, Nchelenge District Aids Task Force (DATF) Chairperson Thomas Tembo said that society should forget the mystery about the origin of HIV and concentrate on caring for the affected and the infected.
Mr. Tembo said stigma and discrimination should be a thing of the past, but care and support to the affected and vulnerable groups should be the leverage for future interventions if the fight against HIV/AIDS was to be won.
Delivering a commemoration sermon, Rev.Musonda Matutu of The United Church of Zambia Nchelenge Consistory, urged Government to ensure that all the resources mobilized towards the fight against HIV/AIDS reach the target beneficiaries, People Living with HIV/AIDS.
number 1
Whose move is this one ? Because Katele has a night club now you want to start this cheap politics ? We know you!!
Oh by-the-way No.2!
These guys only speak when it is World Aids Day. Wait, when it is 10th December, it is back to business as usual.
Night clubs do contribute to the high rate of HIV/AIDS yes I agree with you.but don’t you think that some of the pipo go there to make money for their families? Today I visited one of the post offices in south africa,there was a long queue,I was peplexed coz i have never seen such a long queue before.I had to find out what was going on,and I was told that the pipo In that long queue were receiving grants(children,old aged and those with disabilities).why can’t our govt do this sure?Anyway Only God Knows.
Reduce poverty and AIDS will reduce. You guys know how bugaz play but isnt Aids being an issue in their places???
i rest may case!
Just legalise prostitution and educate the prostitutes on the dangers and effects of HIV/AIDS. Those prostitutes want to make money for their families. Closing the brothels will not cure AIDS or reduce the infection rate. let the government have contral over the brothels and maybe they might contral the spread of HIV. Yes Zambia is a christian nation but dont christians love sex.
Come christman the same people will be their helping themselves.
the man(#7) is right
If these brothels are closed (mind you these prostitutes are Bembas) the prostitutes together with their clients will make themselves invisible and continue with their normal business in the same buldings.(he he he).
Sex thrills,it excites and it tantalizes but now with the HIV virus mu ZED Mulepwa and eventually every one will be positive.
Bane lets repent and hence be able to keep the promise.
#7,thanks for that comment,brothels have masroomed like nobody`s business all because of poverty,Hiv/Aids isues are becoming rampant because these girls cannot say no to unprotected sex especially when they see a K20pin.My advice to you #7 is that u have an audience with Bwezani (ho,Nama soya)to reduce the mealie meal price,reduce uneployment levels and the general living standards.The only sad part is that you won`t achieve this coz Bwezani really cherishes brothels,by now state house has something of that sort that is why he looks sleepy all the time,now he takes his catch as and when he feels like so why would he bother to look at national isues, Maureen is leatest catch.
Iwe #II, you should have manners and respect for the head of state, ala. We all know he cherrishes brothels. So what?
Prostitution is bad, brothels are bad, rather lets have all the men compulsorily circumcised , then aids will be a forgotten story after 10yrs.
VIVA CIRCUM fimofimo, not CIRCU malyalyalyalya or is it masturbation
what about good morals.lets abstain if we are not married until we marry also before we marry go for vct.Those that are married remain faithful to God and to your partner.Lets deal with sin its the main source of aids.Like it or not the consequences of sin wil always catch up with you.The wages of sin is death.so repentance is key,because the free gift of God is eternal life.In fact it has become old fashioned to continue living in sin.Jesus is coming soon the signs are too vivid.Brothel or no brothel pipo should repent
Zambians our cultural norms and ethics have been erroded by modernity no wonder people are embracing everything which comes on the scene. Please lets respect our cultural and social values and brothels will no longer be entertained.Most importantly let us allow biblical principals to regulate our lives.This topic on brothels indeed makes sad reading!
advise a child on how to protect him/herself and not closing the night clubs.sex is everywere even in church it is there.
Get out of here ba wilson.Don’t you have something else to say on world AIDS day?We both know that it’s utopian to have a night club without a brothel in the vicinity.Why not just ensure that all brothels in Nchelenge have condoms in their rooms?
Wilson wabufi sana. Tulanwa nankwe and he is the same chap who likes these same brothels. Let him dare me to reveal all. Good point #I7.
PLease close those brothel, Sodom and gomorah has come back in Bemba land. Mwe babemba, muleke ubuchende; first it was streetism in Kasama now its brothels in Nchelenge
# 9 STOP BEING SACASTIC & DO NOT THINK EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN NCHELENGE IS BEMBA – DULL CHAP
#19. Bembas are in Northern province and not Luapula. Abaushi/lunda/Abena Ngumbo.
To be specfic,govt should regulate the operations of Mushima Bar(Katele’s) and Kafindondo Bar. That is where things happen in that small town. I was doing a research that on Sex for fish a few months ago. Hey, the biblical sodom and gomorah is in Nchelenge’s Kashikishi township. Stranded young guys have literary shifted from Lusaka and the Copperbelt to Nchelenge.
Im wondering the calibre of people who are in the habit of attributing all the bad things to the BEMBA’S.Brothels are they only in the bemba land? Prositution as left no tribe go to southern province Livingstone in particular you will find these nasty brothels, Mongu and Chipata inclusively. So amplifing issues about the bemba’s will not help the situation but worsen the it as this is the urgent issue deserving collective and united approach or else the dignity of our nation will be ruined. May God help us!
sex is secret. brothels are also secret places .how is kasoloko able to identify them. one pro said they help alot of pipo some even talk about the economy and HIV on tv.
a ba bemba balanda ati ” buhule busuma “its just the name that is bad.
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