Male twins aged 14 months have been burnt to ashes in an inferno in Michelo village of Chief Chamuka in Chibombo district.Their mother sustained severe burns in the same inferno and is receiving treatment at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka.
Kaminembe Community School Parents Teacher’s Association (PTA) Chairperson, Devious Chifumpu, disclosed the development to ZANIS in Chongwe today.
Mr Chifumpu said the twins were burnt on August 7, 2009 around 19:00 hours after the house was set on fire by two children of the same family.
He said the children wanted to burn a rodent that had entered the house but in the process accidentally lit the bed on which the twins were sleeping.
Mr Chifumpu said the twins’ mother got burnt as she tried to rescue the boys and was rushed to chongwe clinic where she was referred to the UTH.
Meanwhile, Mr Chifumpu has appealed to education authorities in Chibombo to send teachers to the Kaminembe Community School to avert the shortage of teaching staff facing the school.
He said the school, which runs from Grades one to Seven, has only one teacher on government payroll being assisted by three untrained teachers.
Mr Chifumpu said the community in the area is finding it difficult to pay the untrained teachers K450,000.00 each monthly.
Efforts to get a comment from education authorities in Chibombo failed by press time.
ZANIS
The Govt must not let these kids grow up without an education,
May Your Souls Rest In Peace,MYSRIP
Its unfornute human lives were lost in such a manner. May Their Souls Rest In Iternal Peace. Kaminembe Community School runs classes from Grades 1-7 and is manned by one trained teacher assisted by 3 untrained teachers. Sad situation. Does this school not fall under Kembe constituency. Who ever the area MP should be held accountable. Recently there was a list of newly recuited teachers released by Ministry of Education HQ and Chibombo received a good number of teachers. I am sure this schools is under Ronnie Shikapwasha or Moses Wamuteteka. MP switch on.
May their soul rest in peace
What a great loss may their souls rest in peace
It is sad that we lost those lovely twins…May Their Souls Rest In Peace