Malawi Police arrest parents for marrying off girl, 14

A mother of a 14-year-old girl who has just given birth in Machinga, is in police custody for marrying off an under-age girl.

The 14-year-old girl and the baby

Machinga police spokesperson Davie Sulumba said the police have also picked the mother of the boy who married the girl when she was 13-years-old.

“The boy has bolted when he knew that we had arrested his parents. They married when the girl was just 13-year-old,” said Sulumba.

The issue came to light last week when she went to Machinga district hospital to deliver and she told the nurses that she was aged 15 and married.

Sulumba said this raised the curiosity of the medical staff who later discovered that she was 14 and was married off when she was 13.

Sulumba said the parents have since been charged with celebrating child marriage, saying the wedding ceremony took place at Chiganda village in chief Nkoola’s area in the district.

The child is now under the case of Child Safety Site under Yoneco, according to Sulumba.

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39 replies on “Malawi Police arrest parents for marrying off girl, 14”

  1. Z chinyama you are an idiot. The worst fool,under the planet.Go back to schools you filthy bitch

  2. People should wake wake up.Come on ,in this twentieth century. Uncivilised idiots.shut up don’t comment on such disgusting issues. All this is done simply because of poverty. Children should be protected not abused. Do you honestly think that those who attended the wedding are normal .Shame on you people for supporting this rubbish.Well done police for doing your job. Keep it up .I wish the malawian government should introduce very strict laws and punishment to those who abuse young girls .promot girls education we need more women in power, girls come on.

  3. Achawa aku Machina sopano mwanditumizirayi manyanzi Kodi iwe nkoola ndichifukwa chake umalandira Ka ufumu kakoko kuti unziwakwatisa ana achichepere chochi?

  4. 14 year girl is old, go in SA u gonna find yung girls age of 12 to 15 get marriage. Please leave is a choice n things change nowadays so police take out that girl

    1. You’re a lunatic you should be checked maybe you’re one the men who is abusing young girls what a shame you’re.

    2. U must beca paedophile… Ur just a wrong person in the society… I am sorry but ur a psycho… Next time get sober before making any comments public

  5. Our Yao tradition permits girls to marry akatha nsinkhu. Even the colonial government gave exemptions for the Yao people

    1. Remember colonial government did care for you guys so what ever bad you do among yourselves they didnt care.

  6. apolice please go kumudzi kwathu they also marry off young girls, when the chiefs try to intervene parents silently send the girls away to marry. when neighbours like us say something they insult you, and call you names.

  7. Aaaaaa tisavutitsanepo apa ndikakakulu kamunthuka kanayamba ndi kale uhule wakewo kuchita kuuma nazo mthupi ndi mmiyendoyo —Isaaa !

    1. Sickening
      Stupid
      Son of a bitch
      If you have nothing good to say then shut up your stinky toilet.
      This world would be a better place without things like you. I pray you die early.
      Stupid idiot. This child needs your support not that nonsense. Be careful your children could go through the same challenge. You are here now and tomorrow isn’t yours at all. Watch your words. Dog.

      1. Nambo mweee chichi kkk .Antesiletu mundu aju kkkk.Mpakanna kumpa lyina Mbwa kkkk.Namo itendegwe apa takutesa syoni kwabasi.Mwanacheju junondipe,amangwetuuu!!Jwukusosya ukamuchisyo waupungu kuti aujile kusukulu kkk.Uwe tukubenda Mnungu kuti kali myalako kakule chenene ,mamagwe ajale kusukulu kkk.Nambo nganalemwatu pele atesile chenene .Ngati wandu wane anene wangali umundu kkk

  8. You must also arest the village headma/woman because the wedding ceremony took place in his/her village.

  9. Arrest the village head as well since chiefs are always informed about weddings at village level. Don’t leave out a Nkhoswe.

  10. Just a word of advice, it’s good practice to block the faces of minors. The whole nation does not need to know her name in such a situation let alone her face.

  11. Your story is good in that it highlights the challenges that Malawi is facing in respect of child marriages. However, I feel that you have been insensitive by publishing her photo thereby subjecting her to public scrutiny. I just don’t understand why there was a need to publish her photo. Is this ethical reporting?

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