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freespch
freespch
9 years ago

At least 20 but 18 the girl is still young please.

Tengupenya
Tengupenya
9 years ago

But this is a contentious issue. Why fight nature? Once living things are mature to reproduce, let them reproduce naturally and freely. why hinder the social institution for reproduction of humans until later in their life? Are we looking for so called illegitimate children just by delaying marriage beyond puberty?

Tengupenya
Tengupenya
9 years ago

We will now cry that it be raised to 21 with parental consent and 25 without parental consent.

kwanoxolo sathandwa sam

mmmmm

Youth League Chairman: Kawale 1 market
Youth League Chairman: Kawale 1 market
9 years ago

Another flawed piece of legislative thinking, utterly detached from the reality on the ground. Most girls in rural Malawi drop out of primary school between standard 5 and 8. After this, it does not take long for them to move into marriage – oftentimes, with parental consent. Our politicians always think “in a box”. A better solution is to tackle the causes of the higher school dropout rates first (sanitation, walking distances to nearest secondary school, etc). By ensuring that the majority of our young girls complete secondary school, this problem will not be there at all! Otherwise, adzingokhalira kukweretsa… Read more »

mohamed
mohamed
9 years ago

Koma choyamba muyenera kukwimitsa chitetezo kuti ana asapezeke atasiya sukulu asanafike zaka 18 ndipo asapezeke olowa m’banja asanafike zaka 18 ndipo ahead master ayenera kukhala ndi udindo wokatsegula mulandu kupolisi mwana akapezeka kuti wasiya sukulu asanafike zaka 18

Maliseni
Maliseni
9 years ago

Thanks Government for living up to your words.

Maliseni
Maliseni
9 years ago

Monitoring will be easy if we raise defilement age as well to 18. This shall mean if you propose a girl aged 18 and below and she accepts, have sex with you that shall amount to defilement. Musician in Zambia was arrested and imprisoned for sleeping with a 16 years old girl. Malawi need stiffer implementation of the law.

Charlie Hebdo and Pegida Supporter

How do you monitor this? Go and the girls involved in sexual activities at drinkinking joints eg Siquese Chitawira, New, Chilimba, Bwandilo, Lower Biwi etc. Raise education standards first. This is the problem of looking at a problem at the surface of it. The root causes are ignored.

Charlie Hebdo and Pegida Supporter

How do you monitor this? Go and the girls involved in sexual activities at drinkinking joints eg Siquese Chitawura, New, Chilimba, Bwandilo, Lower Biwi etc. Raise education standards first. This is the problem of looking at a problem at the surface of it. The root causes are ignored.

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