A Kitwe maid who ran away with two children from a Kitwe home has been arrested by Police in Kabwe, Copperbelt Police Commissioner Joyce Kasosa has said.
Ms Kasosa said the maid dumped the six year old girl at Big Bite bus stop in Kabwe while the six months old baby was in her custody.
A Good Samaritan picked up the six year old and advertised through posters that they had a child in their custody and Police have since retrieved the baby from a Good Samaritan in Chibombo district.
The kidnapper is currently in police custody at Choba Police Station in Kabwe.On Sunday the teenage maid in Kitwe disappeared along with the two children she was looking after.
Linda Chintu, 18, was last seen on Sunday with the two children.
Copperbelt Police Commissioner Joyce Kasosa said the two children were left in the maid’s custody by their parents at their home in Nkana East.The incident happened between 16:00 and 17:00 hours on Sunday.The father to the children, Kennedy Simfukwe reported the missing children to police in Nkana East.
Thank God for this. I was so worried as if it were my children.
Always treat your maid with respect and pay them well and on time especially if they are looking after your children.
Also know where they live and do a background check. Don’t just employ the cheapest and dumbest you see.
@Nubian, it’s not about treating your maid well. It is irresponsible for any parent to trust a maid to the point of leaving her alone with young kids that age. It doesn’t matter how nice one is to the maid or how much one pays her, the fact is maids are unstable mentally, economically, socially, etc and can erupt any time.
@Bob. Nubia is right. Looking after employer’s childrenwhen they are out of home, at work or shopping. That is part of the work of the maid. In this story I suspect that the maid is unhappy with her work. Let us wait to hear her story. Mistreating, over time, unpaid salaries are the big things that make one feel like going against her/his employer. 🙁
@Bob, kutumpa uko, Numbian is extremely right.
Infact the maid should be praised for saving those 2 children, she took them with her, instead of leaving them….. Ati kidnapping, fi PF imisango? Leave the girl alone.
Thank God indeed. She should be locked up and through away the cell keys.
@Monk Sq Analysis:
What a cock up!! Where on earth do you come from?? Have you been to any descent school?
….Did you mean “throw” NOT “through” away….the 2 are different and change the meaning! It is not too late for you to go to night school!
….I didnt know that ama Diasporas of nowadays are full of dunderheads!!!
if we use our relatives to look after our kids we will be doing to things right….: reduce the risk and look after our extended families.I am worried this can happen in so many homes today and now.
Using relatives is better. There is always someone in the family who is in between things say they just completed school and in waiting. These maids are mad.
children are usually harmed by people very close to them. employing relatives to babysit is no guarantee that children will be safer.
What exactly happened? Why did she do that. Please LT, stay on this story and conclude it with good closure. Don’t do the typical thing of blacking out now that she has been arrested. Thank goodness the children are alright.
What a relief!!! Gosh was I worried. To you Good samaritan thank you so much for your kindness and well thought initiatives. Imagining the tears of joy such a reunion will bring.
She needs counselling, not custodial sentence. In my view they are all victims. Much as you can make checks and balances, its hard to predict someone’s behaviour. Relatives can also abuse kids as we are all aware of how trusting kids can be; its a human tragedy. Lessons can be learnt; but at 18 the young lady needs empathy just as much as she needs straightening. Its a traumatic experience for the kids; thank God they have been found.
Maids, maids, maids. Its trick bane!!! Some of us dont have relatives and can only rely on maids. But no matter how good you can be to a maid, there is still that danger. I pay my maid and garden boy K1500 and K1700 respectively but, I still ask for a day off when my youngest daughter is unable to go to school. The reason being that I don’t trust these chaps to an extent of leaving my kids the whole day with them. We’ve read stories of garden boys defiling young girls and boys, Ugandan cruel maids, Nigerian savages etc. Best option is relatives if you have any. Maid is like a PF cadre, dangerous and ignorant.
Ba Jo, relatives are even more notorious at molesting children. Those uncles and brothers you trust your children with are also dangerous. The best is to talk to your young children about inappropriate touch from adults.
Also, it is not true that maids are volatile and dangerous. Many Zambians are maids in diaspora, its all about earning a living.
It depends on individual you employ. Some maids and maids who are your relative can be a pain or good. No wonder why in the west either the mother or father will stop full time job or the two will work around to ensure that one of the parents is with the child at all times. At the day is not the best place to take a child who is less than 4 years. We had a Christian living care we sponsored from Zambia to come and look after our baby, she was good to certain extent. One day our baby fell from stairs, but our living care hid from us, the baby was touching part of the forehead she hit against the step (s) and saying it was paining. She denied that the child did not fall. At the hospital, we were told that the child had fallen: 3 sports were found. A sister was present when the baby fell
I see, everyone is judging the maid, and with good reason because whatever the difference with her employer, the children are too young and innocent. But what are we to do? Relatives are worse and most relatives of nowadays don’t have time or interest to babysit. Should I tell my wife to stop work and stay home to look after the kids? Or perhaps I should stop work since my wife earns more than me? Or maybe I should hire the maid from a day care agency. Then I can report to them when she is acting funny. Please help.\