Randy teachers deserve stiffer punishment

...as DC is slammed for wanting to bury case

District Commissioner Luka Mwamba has been condemned for suggesting that the sex party involving teachers and pupils, some believed to be minors, was old and did not require any form of publicity as it was water under the carpet.

Some callers on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) Radio 2 phone in programme argued with the District Commissioner that just because it was not reported did not mean it was not worth public attention.

Some callers challenged Mr Mwamba to follow up the matter with teaching authorities in the area to ensure the offenders were properly dealt with to avoid a repeat or mimic of the same.

“The DC cannot say it is an old story when it has a lasting effect on the school girls involved in the same thing, how can he say that as if trying to hide something,” a caller said.

And Ministry of General Education spokesperson Nondo Chilongo has threatened punitive action against the perpetrators of the sex party that took place at Mkushi Boarding School if found wanting.

Mr Chilongo said the school administration must take full responsibility of the problem at hand in line with the ministry’s disciplinary procedures to ensure a reasonable conclusion to the matter.

“Teachers are expected to be parents and custodians of their learners such that they are expected to take full responsibility of their pupils.

And Zambia Republic Party, president, Wright Musoma says stiffer punishment was needed for the four teachers that were involved in a sex party in Mkushi with pupils to deter would-be offenders than just suspending and transferring them to other schools.

And the Teaching Council of Zambia should begin to show its relevance on issues such as this on what disciplinary action must be taken to protect the profession and the children implicated, Senior Chief Madzimawe of the Ngoni people Ngoni has said.

The teachers took the five pupils to Chalata for a drinking spree and later indulged in a sex party called “a feast.”

Chief Madzimawe said transferring the offenders could not be possible reprimand for such a high profile offence which deserved proper counselling and subsequent punishment.