By Suzyo Mtonga
Kulima Tower thugs, so called Kaponya’s or Ngwagwazi’s today stripped and beat a woman for walking around town half naked. The young lady, who looked to be between the ages of 17 and 20, only identified as ‘Mwana waba Banda’, walked through town without a thought of being harassed, but her wild hairstyle and revealing and tempting bare back top dress(which was the only thing that seemed to be on her body), was not as casual as she was. She ignored the better advice of her fellow women who asked her to buy a chitenge and cover herself up or not to go towards Kulima Tower Bus Terminal which is famous for stripping up indecently dressed women. She was stopped by one drunk vendor who was so upset by the scene and forced the young lady to show him what was under the short dress, ” tione tione mwene ionekela” meaning, lets see what your virgina looks like. Within a few seconds her dress was up to her breasts. What was even more disturbing was that she was not putting on any under wear. Seconds later an angry mob was around her, beating and stripping her totally naked. Her screams reached the ears of the women folk at the Salaula stand near by and they covered her with longer clothing. The video tells the rest of the story.
There is split opinion amongst the people about the how this situation should have been handled. Was the action of the kulima Tower call boys called for? Should they have just left the young lady express herself in the manner in which she did? Should there be a law on dress code? Some will say mob justice was the only answer but is justice justice if there is no hearing? Others argue that people dress like that all the time at places like Manda Hill, Acades and Levy Junction which are famous shopping malls in Zambia’s Capital city so why should it be any different anywhere else. Others oppose this notion and say, Zambia is Christian nation, such dressing is not appropriate and must not be encouraged.
What is the right way to go about this situation because this is not the first and last time this is happening. We do not want a xenophobia type of thing happening in our beloved Christian nation. How are the government going to protect their citizens from indecent exposure and mob justice
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