By Suzyo Mtonga
Kulima Tower thugs, so called Kaponya’s or Ngwagwazi’s on Wednesday 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
Ati ubwamba kumukashana amano kwati ni ba RATSA ukukosa umutima. Zambia culture is a stigma OR SPIRIT left by our fore-mothers of the seventies, if you were young then, there was mini skits and scolls. kinki was the hair style and they were also working naked to incite men especially at savoy hotel and Lusaka hotel. BCL club and stenely bars were for the second class and lyatitima of Ndola was for the 3rd class and the least were for Yolo Tavern and Chimwemwe tavern that is only in Ndola. What mentioning all these places? These are places which even when we want to prayer we should break these spirits. PRAYER………………… amen in Jesus name
learn to b looking at some of the things n forget simple for it is not your business Those dogs from kulima tour needs to touch a manners let people dress the way they want without fear n they are not even kulima tour dogs but those stupid pf cadres who have now taken the powers in their hands sham on u zambians
We Are In Sodom And Gomora, Christ Is Coming Soon
Too bad
nangu kushitisha nakasuba shuwa ukwenda ubwamba, insoni ebuntu.
Anyway, facial construct looks fair. I hope she has a beautiful nyozi too.
IT IS NOT HEALTH TO STRIP A WOMAN NAKED IN PUBLIC, BECOZ WOMEN ARE OUR MOTHERS.THEY DERSEVE RESPECT.
What the fu….Naine nifuna kuiyona nilangiseni.
Ba zakula nanzelu kip it up ba kaponya
that, is a blood stupid girl
pipo of God, that was not the rigt way to help the girl.Way do we even call oursevs as christains we are not let us show good exmple.whn Adm and Evil sinnd and were nikd God clothd them He did not mke them more nikd.Read the Bible and undstnd it shere the good news of LOVE to every1 good or bad after o we are all guit in the eyes of God be on your guid He Is cming VERY SOON like it o not,beliv o not christn o not.
Ati let us see how it looks like. She was supposed to be gang raped as that seems have been her aim. How would she move around without a panty. Should we say she was sexy.
Parents they are the one to blame how can you let your child walk out chintako they say charity begings at home well done ba kaponya wish i was the president i would have promoted as a minister of zambia ponona.
That was too much; she wasn’t even wearing a pant!!
Zambians Should Lead By Example If We Beleive That Zambia Is A Christian Nation Then A Woman Should Dress Like Mary Mother To Jesus
What it nomal at Levy, Manda hill, Acades,East park malls must not be abnomal at Kulima tower and Soweto.Who has set these standands anyway?The cancer is in the mind of these thieves.Most of them were after her cell phone and the hand bag.What type of morals are they trying to impose on people who are within there rights which they have failed in there own homes and compounds?Guys lets not behave as if we live in a forest. If the police who knows the rights of this young girl was nearby, these thugs would have been behind the bars by now.
i think this is a wake up call for whole the ladies..its a shame because nowadays you cant even know who is a mother or a daughter.becoz daughters are copying from there mothers.shame on women.with such type of dressing.one for the first time.i deliberately,left my car i jumped in a public trasport buses.to town.women surgging in a bus.everything was outside and she sat in front of me.i regranted using a bus.i remembered my car i left home.they we’re useless bids in her weasti..a pant which looks like a rope..i tried to tell her.to pull her trousers.she never minded.so iam in support..ba nyanya.God forbid.f
This country is sick, what is wrong with someone not wearing an underwear, when it is hot some women like to go without any. For us who are civilized and lived in so many countries, The girl is the victim here as this country is dominated by foolish men who think a woman is for punching and undressing. In a lot of Southern African countries amd overseas, people wear as they like as long as they cover their breasts and their private parts. Why beat a woman All those kaponyas should be identified and locked up. Some countries with beaches, you findwomen in bikinis and there are a lot of people there too. Sickening malefolk in Zambia. Asuming that the girl is suffering from mental illness? She needed help and notto be stripped. I hate Zambian men.
to bad wat is happening in our nation
But I have seen those pictures before.. last year and the year before. Are you manufacturing stories?
serves u right bitch,we are tired of seeing your loose asses evrywhr
any woman nud deserve tribulations under christianity
Those advocating for ladies to walk naked are not mentally sound “insoni e buntu”as a human being remember that u are the image of God almighty. Y wud u want to disgrace God,let the call boys continue striping them.
You r right there Bernard. Very ryt. Meb ninsala ku nyumba.
God doesn’t know nakedness. It’s a superficial mentality manufactured by man. Who told you you are naked? The one who was ashamed of his nakedness.
100% right for thugs
yangu mwana ba banda
Moving naked is now a right shame for zambia.imagine walkin in town daylight without a panty shame.
This is what happens in a country where God’s law is neglected and where so many human rights are allowed.Imagine,even moving while naked without offals inside is a right. Sorry 4 zambia.
women are suposed to dress decently bcoz they are our mothers
I think this girl is g0in mad, without underwear something is long
Adam & Eve were nacked & didn’t know before they sinned. After that God dressed them. This time people are nacked & cant see cos the devil’s blinded them.
If one understands the meaning of liberal they would not have stripped the girl, whether she was half-naked or not. You don’t force your conscience on others. Christianity is different from Islam in the sense that Jesus did not say force people to obey my commandments. Christians would have taken this girl for counselling so that she makes the right choice.
Wat is christian abt this nation? u betta open yr eyes WAKE UP!
this girl should be Febby/Phebby Banda from Libala near Mukandawire school. She is got a sister by the name of Maggie Banda. These gals are simply loose. This febby was married to a bus driver. but she is staying with the mother in libala and i dont know whether they are divorced or not. too much drinking and clubing and hooking up men for money. hope she is leant her lesson that you cant walk in town naked like they do at home.
this small likes dressing very badly, she hangs out every weekend at the drip weaing a chitenge with no underwear
we just need to introduce a law which stipulates that if someone is found naked, that person should be arrested, or pay a certain amount. and the other people to blame are parents because they need to advice their children, but the question is that mothers move naked how can they advice their children,?
Dress properly and no such thing will occur. Walking around half naked is simply not right. The naked rights we have in our bedrooms cease immediately we step out of our bedrooms. No one will cheer or applaud you for being naked in the sitting room of your OWN house with all the other family members around. In fact they will try to rush you to a mental clinic should they find you in that state.
Am not in favor of act but at the end of the day she asked for it. this shows how the moral level of this country have been hijacked by this so-called free world where anybody wakes up says,does and moves in any direction they feel like.
sorry for that reaction to the young lady and what is sad is that she had no under what a shame. parents, the church and the government have to come to the aid of this rooting society quickly before even the little dignity we have goes away.
You are being foolish. Morals are for yourself. You can not impose them on others especially in a globalised world.A Muslim has his own morals, a christian his, an atheist His a Hindu his, a Bemba his, a Tonga his but you want a uniform world where everyone has same behaviour. It won’t happen no matter how hard you try to force it.
ZAMBIA A CHRISTIAN NATION
Please know that we dont have any group of people called kaponyas, these are thugs, these are thieves. The dressing of these thieves called kaponyas leaves much to be desired as they are filty and spread disease. These thugs have no right to undress an indecently dressed girl. Instead of effecting citizens arrests on cadres who are moving with weapons in broad day light, they are busy harrasing young girls who simply need to be counselled and not to be un dressed. Critical – Has Police identified and arrested these thugs?
“What was even more disturbing was that she was not putting on any under wear.” Lol! Mwana waba Banda …… was just doing what most of our ladies are doing nowadays. Walking around almost naked in the hope of attracting desperate men whom they can squeeze the scarce Kwacha out of them in exchange for sexual favours. Shame on them for throwing culture to the wind.
“What was even more disturbing was that she was not putting on any under wear.” Lol! Mwana waba Banda …… was just doing what most of our ladies are doing nowadays. Walking around almost naked in the hope of attracting desperate men whom they can squeeze the scare Kwacha out of them. Shame on them for throwing culture to the wind.
That’s what happens in a situation where you have a huge number of people sitting around with nothing better to do. The kaponya’s behaviour is a symptom of what’s wrong with our nation. In a normal setting, these young men would have been busy earning a decent living and not minding about who is dressed in what way. Similarly, under normal circumstances, the girl would have been in school/college somewhere preparing to have a decent life.
That said, I hope we can all note that “Mwana waba Banda” is the victim here.
Let the people dress the way they want and let the Kaponyas do to them as they wish. since those who don’t dress well and those who strip them are all not mentalt stable… it a free country and free means anything can happen (no rules related to dressing).
killer punch! Kikikikiki!
just be animal a girl like that to display her inner part,its shame.Wikabwakeshapo viabupuba.