consider meting out stiffer penalty on people perpetrating sexual violence against girls and women in the country.
Mrs. Banda said legislation dealing with sexual abuse should be strengthened to ensure that perpetrators of such vices were firmly dealt with.
She suggested that sexual violence offences in Zambia should be made unbailable, adding that this will also act as a deterrent to would be offenders.
She said this when she toured Thulami Girls Shelter for abandoned pregnant girls in Lusaka’s Chilenje township today.
She further called on all parents and relatives to create a conducive environment in their homes in order to stop the vice and ensure that girls were protected and properly sheltered.
Thulami Girls Shelter chairperson, Rowlence Banda appealed to the Zambian government to consider funding organisations that look after vulnerable girls and children in the country.
Mr. Banda said the Thulami Girls Shelter was faced with serious financial problems and it was therefore difficult for it to cater for many pregnant abandoned girls.
Currently, Thulami Girls Shelter has 38 abandoned girls and 12 vulnerable children.
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Hey see people she is not a victim!
Dressing please tapapata, everyday vitambala na ma tie n dye,,,ask Vera how she used to do it
Smoothcriminal, Go to hell and don’t talk about dressing. Atasa kalijo musiye
Thandiwe now you are talking. There truly has to be stiffer punishment for the culprits destroying the leaders of tomorrow.
This is what is expected from the president’s wife. I hope she gets enough support both at home and abroad.
Nine Chale ! What is this shoot out at at a school in Baden-Württenburg I hear? Are you safe Mudala wandi?
Terrible! It’s only about 45mins from where I live, but thank God we’re all safe.
Abena Jam@co and ba Chale, i thought about you bloggers when i heard that rampage on TV, stay safe fello bloggers.
Jamaco,
That’s not the topic at hand please. We’re talking about our first lady here. Why don’t you want to comment? are you a victim?
Morality should come first, what example are we drawing from the first lady?
The RB family tree is growing….Thulami chairperson is a Banda,the goalkeeper in the just ended CHAN finals was a Banda,the goal scorer was a Banda(Dennis Banda) then another defender was S.Banda then there was Henry Banda in the midfield and there was another Banda on the bench.As if that’s not enough,the family spokesperson at the funeral of the late Gen.Tembo was a Banda(Chifumu Banda!) and the NCC chairperson is a Banda also! I think I should marry a kama Banda girl from the east so I can get tapped in!!!!!!!
I will give you 95% for saying that Thandi,I have decided to keep a 5% to myself coz noy only girls and women are victims of sexual violence even men in some areas are victims.
But Thandiwe is a Victim look at the age difference between her and R B first we have to punish her husband. lol
iwe respect!
That is a disgusting, disrespectful and evil statement just there.
You need some serious help and probably Jesus.
trueth HURTS……Can you just explain why you think its disgusting and disrespectful,its actually true,she was very young when she got married, by then she could have said NO ba Banda, you are twice my age and fit to be my Dad,i cant get married to you…..and i dont think she is in a better position to comment anything on marriages and morality
Lucky Dube once sang that “If you can’t say something good about somebody just shut up” Punish our president for what? Have respect for your president mwaice.
is it true what they say about kaonde women?
age is just a number.Respect people in authority
Ba J & ba 9 Chale @ shanti ma shooting guys ? We have heard this story from ba mrs LPM and now it’s mrs RB .hope something will be done , we want action and not talk talk
Spring Chicken don’t worry, we’re safe. Let these crazy kids continue shooting each other.
Shes slowly finding her feet. She has made quite impressive statements of late. Our exposure levels may differ as individuals but we should support one another in noble causes.
Stiffer penalties is not the answer to combat this,out of control, cancer but therapy. The bars of a prison will not prevent convicts from reoffending. The problem lies deeply anchored in their minds. The public needs reeducating on this issue.
need education not reeducation! Mwati uli wapa ZED iwe?
start with RB . he is the culprit
iwe for wat? at 18 a female is ready for sex en all community duties according to law. love knows no boundaries. if u find love her why not. go fetch yo age mate who wont love you en live wth dem. we live once my friends.
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Yah! RB should be arrested for marrying a “girl” instead of finding a woman. The two are just two parallel for each other. Infact RB’s first two children are older than her! shame , shaaaaaaaaaaaaame!
maybe u’r a culprit as well. Y ar u finger pointing at Thandiwe? ma jealousy
Shameless woman! What about your so called husband? We must start with him.
Recommendable job first lady , I can not imagine the psychological trauma these lasses could have experienced without the help of such organizations as pregnancy is very stressful, worse still for the teens. Please reach out and help you are in a better position as you probably went through the same …..
Very impressive comment Mr Wiseman, especially to come form a man. You are highly regarded and continue this spirit.
Ba Thandie,
This is the best way to go about being the first lady. God bestowed you on this post.
should read…God bestowed you to this high post.
Thanks Cutey , Its very important at times to become non partisan and examine issues from what they are . The first lady deserves our support on this one .Pregnancy is no mean task .If it biologically feasible for men to carry the pregnancy a lot of us would have ended up as mental cases . This is factual
Ba Wiseman….It is more than factual. Men could just have one baby after one experience in the labour ward.others would be swearing obscenities.
Now these abandoned pregnant girls… are they abandoned by the men impregnanting them or their parents??. No parent should abondon their child in such a predicament. What ever happened for these kids to be pregnant sometimes is due to parental neglect. Trace these parents and Social workers to intervene so that financial woos at the institution can be eased. Every child is brought into this world against their wish. Parents are partly to blame for this epidermic.
You are right cutey parental misdirection is at play here , yet what is the immediate remedy when a problem has presented it self ? immediate solutions and long terms later, Which are some things the first lady is addressing ,notifying the public of such vices . Remember some yrs later we had very draconian rules in schools of expelling girls found pregnant and yet leaving the culprits either fellow class mates or teaches to have a field day……..
Ba Wiseman, Iam glad those dragonian rules are gone. Its good to see girl- child mothers going back to school and having realised their blunders of teenagehood.The perpertrators used to go scot-free indeed and Iam still wondering who brought about that decision of disciplining one culprit and letting the other go ,especially in the cases of two students or a male teacher involved.
Have a good day.
Some of these NGOs?? A Pregnancy promotion center is even being promoted by First or I don’t whose 1st lady for RB. I will never accept such NGOs in my next government. I will only approve those who are discouraging sex. How do they get pregnant anyway when there is all these HIV education everywhere? I am suspicious of all these named Banda, what kind of libido do they have?
Good job Thandie…Way to go!!! Please use your time in this position to pursue such matters. Save the girl child so that everything becomes on par with men. Please keep on keeping on. This is a sound cause and may god bless you with the strength to push this one through. You have tonnes of gate keepers piled along your way. Good luck!!
As long as we still have retrogressive words as girl child, we can only see how far we have gone in terms of development.
3 RqU # 15 Howz it going? How retrogressive is the term girl child? I believe this term is in line …as in reference to ‘girls’ with issues that are related to any sort of violence inflicated on girls world-wide. As a generalised term, it highlights all issues of violence affecting young women so as to prevent particular regions from being itemised and analysed statistically. I believe, correct me if I am wrong, this is why UNICEF and NGOs widely use this term.
excellent words and about time. Let us hope there will be a chorus from male politicians in support of this. It is they who should make a difference, first by offering leadership and being role models for the younger generation, and secondly by using their majority voting power to effect proper legislation on this issue. I disagree that the accused should not be afforded bail. They are innocent until proven guilty. What is required is an effective and efficient legal system, not draconian measures being deployed as soon as a person is accused of committing a crime. ‘Accused’ and ‘guilty’ are not the same! People who inflict mob justice should also be prosecuted without fail.
Well said Jaro # 16…infact any sort of violence inflicated on girls/women based on subordination and trivialisation should be dealt with legally…as in properly. However, I am not saying men are the only culprits in as far as mistreating/abusing women is concerned but women have and continue to suffer this predicament and it is about time women plight is taken into favorable consideration. Our mothers were once girls and all women regardless of age, colour, tribe etc need to be treated with respect and not as second class beings that are there to save man!!!
#16 We totally support you in the understanding that ,violence of one form begots another.This said , as you rightly pointed out the promotion of non bailable offense is rather archaic and foreign to the modern ideology of justice
Kudos to thandiwe, as a victim herself the matter is close to her heart!
Yes, we need that in our society. we have alot of sick people prying on our young ones.
Am sorry blogger but I have to use caps to scream out!
PLEASE WHO IN THE WORLD IS DRESSING THE FIRST LADY ???????
Herself!!!!!!!!!! or meant poor wardrobe choice?
# 19. Why are you concerned about Thandiwe’s dressing??? Lets stay focus on the real issue she has raised.
U CANT SEE THAT SHE IS TRYING TO SUIT HER DRESS WITH THE COLOR OF THE VEHICLE.
Zambians, Zambians, as usual, shooting from the hip with half baked facts. Firstly Stripper, Thandiwe is not only younger than RB’s two eldest,, she is younger than his youngest (Dingani is 33), but that is besides the point. RB married her when she was a mature grown woman, so really, many of your comments just show you up as ignorant!
justanotherzambian with your information that makes Thandie 32 at most. Are you then saying that its ok to marry with an age difference of 40 ha, that’s like grandpa’s agegroup. Father’s age group is bad enough please….
This is indeed a good message from the first lady. Just one question though, isnt there a chance that all we are doing is dealing with the problem and not the source? It seems to me like perpetrators of such vices are sick. what should be done about their sickness?
CBT while being held at Chainama East State Prison Hospital any additions ?
Leave Tandiwe alone, in Bemba we say, icikalipa cumfwa umwine. She knows what she is talking about. A Triburnal should set up to probe Tandiwe’s allegations, they are very serious.
Thulami Girls Shelter, do they have a website?
Thanks
FJ
In general zambians don’t have a good dress sense and Tandiwe is no different
Vitendeni chabe. On dressing, I think the First Lady is well dressed in our traditional Chitenge. Do you expect bamuka bwana to wear thongs in public?
This is good mother Thandi especially that we have to fight against abortion! Let them save life instead of killing it!!! This encourages young women to opt to keep the baby rather than choosing to kill innocent children
You all go round mascareding as educated people , even those of you who live in Europe and America. You see these things and that’s what you are doing when you go out for studies, men and women. You all go for young and old respectives when it matters. Chiwamila galu? Leave the first family alone and treat them with respect. Do not triviorize the sanctity of marriage. If you do not have one, shut up. In law, it legal for any man and woman to marry above 18 years. RB met his wife when she was a teacher in Chipata, do not tell me she became a teacher when she was still a child. Grow up.
Madam First Lady do not mind the detractors. Do a good job you have nothing to fear. And people do not start inuendos of saying the one n goal was aBanda, on the bench, the speaker at a funeral, chairman NCC!!! Surely you are going too far with te game of hate at successful people. Do not corruptly woe others to think twisted like you think. The Bandas you talk about are busy and innocently saerving the nation in their various portofolios, and you encouraging the nation to hate Bandas because they are all over. No, you are sick.
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well done mrs president
Bu first lady bwalusa meaning. Look at this ****er!