We may experience famine, Musenge warns UPND
Appearing in the Lusaka magistrate court before magistrate Nthandose Chabala, the 40-year-old man accused of incest.
It is alleged that on dates unknown but between January 2018 and February 2021, he used to sexually abuse his own daughter and made her pregnant twice.
A police officer Given Hichiaanka testified how he was allocated a docket of incest from the victim’s mother who reported how her daughter had been defiled by her own father since the age of five.
The mother reported her husband Mr for Musenge incest after said her poverty levels among the ma
daughter was made to abort the jority pregnancy Zambians twice and said in various communities have con
she divorced him after find
tinued to escalate with government turning a deaf
ing out what was going on.
ear The to girl the explained cries how of her the people, but was instead con
father used to defile her, and
centrating on silencing those reminding govern
the last time he had sex with her ment was last of year its in campaign February. promises
“My father used to have sex
In an interview, Mr Musenge said the UPND has
with me and I never used tell anyone no plan not even of alleviating my mother poverty and promoting food
as he used to threaten me that
security and this was why it was coming up with
he would kill me, I was even made pregnant twice but he
cooperatives which had failed to work from the
gave me unknown substances to time drink of so I UNIP could terminate the pregnancy, and all the
“The Cooperatives which the UPND or the New
pregnancies where terminated,” Dawn she said. administration were preaching about have
Mr Hichiaanka said after
been attempted on several occasions by successive
the report, the victim was taken governments to the hospital and starting it was with UNIP and very little or
confirmed after examinations
nothing was achieved. The levels of poverty among
that she was sexually abused.
The case was adjourned to
the majority Zambians have continued to escalate.
May 11 for defence.
“Yes, poverty has continued to worsen in com
AT the rate things are moving, Zambia may experience famine because the UPND government is failing to find solutions to alleviate poverty coupled with the erratic distribution of agricultural inputs is threatening food security in the country,’’ Mwenya Musenge has said
munities and the government is failing to find solutions to poverty alleviation and, to make matters worse, he erratic distribution of agricultural inputs is threatening food security in the country. We may experience famine,’’ Mr Musenge said.
Mr Musenge advised the UPND government not to blame the opposition Patriotic Front (PF) or the climatic conditions for its failure to set the stage for poverty alleviation and food security by not distributing agricultural inputs on time.
He said it was shameful that the UPND which bragged to be well-versed in agricultural issues could fail to distribute agricultural inputs on time, reducing farmer to sharing fertiliser in buckets and Medas.
Last week, more than 50 farmers in Katoka Mema area and other parts of Kamfinsa constituency in Kitwe said they could not live on ‘Free Education’ alone and needed food for survival and it was imperative that agricultural inputs were delivered on time for the sake of food security.
Jennipher Chilombo, a 59 year old farmer of Minsaka area said the new dawn failure to deliver agricultural inputs on time is not only an abrogation of its campaign promises, but also an act which may threaten food security