Minister of Youth, Sport and Child Development, Emmanuel Mulenga has called young people in the country, especially those in relationships to stop killing each other whenever they are aggrieved.
Mr. Mulenga says the government is concerned with the increased statistics of murder cases among youths who are in relationships.
He said this yesterday when he met over five hundred youths that have been placed in various institutions under the youth empowerment and apprenticeship programme at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.
Mr. Mulenga said if not curtailed, the trend is set to rob Zambia of future population and leaders and has since advised youths to exercise patience and tolerance when dealing with issues.
Mr. Mulenga said the rate at which the murder cases among young people are escalating calls for urgent intervention from all stakeholders among them parents, the church and community leaders in ensuring the scourge is curtailed.
“The rates of murder cases withing relationship among the youths have actually gone up. There will be no Zambia without you tomorrow if you keep on killing each other,” Mr. Mulenga said.
The Minister has attributed the increase in murder cases among young couples because most of them are just into marriages before knowing each other well.
Mr. Mulenga said he foresaw a society of murders if the trend is left unchecked and has to this effect urged youths to sort out their differences amicably and consider each other as special and important members of their respective families.
He has since called on those in relationships not to rush into marriage but spend enough time with each other, a situation he said will provide a necessary platform for young couples to know each other well.
Mr. Mulenga has also called on young people to use social media to preach messages of peace and love among themselves rather than spreading hate and insults.
They have energy which is supposed to be converted into economic outputs.
Youths have nothing to do
Could Mulenga and his social scientists explore the possibility that this aggression could be the paradox of low esteem giving rise to the desire to be in untenable relationships? I think the components of employment opportunity and community amenities could also play a role here. Just ask for help you politicians …
That’s the barometer of the hopelessness felt by majority youths leading to depression. You have your work cut out for you as a govt.
It’s an issue of concern and must be taken seriously
There must be a reason for all this…. It’s just too much
Another of Lungu’s useless appointments …this man Emmanuel Mulenga is not even fit to oversee a Primary School Tuckshop. Just look at how he handle the FAZ debacle …look at how he let that Elias “MU7” Mpondela stand for re-election for the 100th time.
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It’s always a source of worry when young people full of life start killing each other like that
From an indepth study of various data sets, my team has identified a trend showing that 90 percent of the offenders are linked or support upnd.
A government so pathetic always passing the back to those outside themselves – run out of ideas – dysfunctional – failed governance
This govt should start an empowerment youth scheme that might reduce the murder cases as that’s the only thing they know throwing coins in the air…mind you this is a govt that has been in power for 10 years and they are surprised now… its shocking!!
This needs to be taken seriously
True and sad
Ok this is too much now
Its sad youths are the ones being involved in such acts
@Kaizar Zulu, that is really insensitive.