A GRADE eleven pupil of Kabanana site and service has been fined K3,500 in the Boma Local Court for impregnating his fellow pupil aged 16.
Before senior local court magistrate Bertha Zulu was Dorcas Mwale, 37, who was demanding compensation from Mirriam Namovo’s son.
Mwale told the court that she wants the juvenile to also take up responsibility of her daughter who is in grade 12 by paying her school fees.
“My daughter stayed away from home for three days only to later discover that she was with my landlady’s son. I also discovered that she was pregnant. The young man accepted responsibility,” she said.
Namovu’s son accepted impregnating Mwale’s daughter.
“She was my girlfriend. We started dating in September last year and she discovered that she was expecting my child in March this year.
She then decided to leave her parents’ house upon discovering that she was pregnant because she claimed she was no longer comfortable living with them,” he said.
Standing beside his mother, the juvenile told the court that he pleaded with his girlfriend not to leave her parents’ house. She stayed with a friend for three days.
Despite accepting responsibility, the juvenile lamented that he was unable to meet his girlfriend’s family demands because he was still a school boy.
However the court said both juveniles were responsible for the pregnancy though advised against the two marrying because they were still both at school.
The court said the juvenile was expected to offer support once the baby is born as well as pay for damages.
(DailyMail)
Kunyola sibalesa, manje kanyoledwe.
Willy Nsanda (MHSRIP). asked them reporters a simple question. Bushe imwe tamu nyenga? tamutomba ba gelo? why reporting about others. Iwe ka reporter, tawakwata gelo?
We have gone through these things. Ama damages takwata issue. Issue its to accept a child when they are about to join PF youth group.
Why kukonda malamulo ya chinena. especially ba Daily mail. everyday. Uyu anadya ulya. uyu banamudyela. etc.
But what law says you have to pay damage especially for an under age chap with no means of earning a living. This is nonsense
So there’s no defilement when culprit is school boy/man even with underage girl? No wonder there’s too much sex in schools. All one needs is put on a uniform and claim to be school boy/girl irrespective of age and everything goes. The same girls will go out and lure some poor out of school chap like kenene whom our laws would not hesitate to slap a 25 year term. Certainly not much justice there
16 is consent age
Comment:kukonda nyele
However the court said both juveniles were responsible for the pregnancy though advised against the two marrying because they were still both at school.
If both were responsible why fine only one of them?
Mukwai what is the charge? Pregnancy involves two people why charge only one? She received his spermatozoa and didn’t pay for it. Where I live people pay thousands of dollars to buy from a spermbank
Primitive society.
Comment: pf is the cause of all this!