Njoya T’s wife in court for burning niece

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE –
Zambia Association of Musicians president, Njoya Tembo’s wife Brenda has been dragged to court for allegedly burning her niece with a pressing iron.
Njoya’s wife, Brenda Mukalula is alleged to have on October 26, 2016 brunt her juvenile niece with a pressing iron on her chest at their house in Lusaka’s Chalala area.
Brenda is charged with assault on a child.
She is alleged to have been angered by the girl ‘s using of an iron which the couple had stopped using.
The girl’s classmate testified yesterday before Lusaka magistrate Greenwell Malumani how her frined ‘s hands were swollen and had a reddish blister on her chest when she asked her, she told her that she
had been burnt by her aunt.
She said that her friend informed her that her aunt beat her and later burnt her with a pressing iron on her chest after she used a pressing iron she was told not to be using.
The girl’s class teacher also testified how the school management summoned Brenda after the girl  reported the case to the teachers.
Winfridah Mundia a teacher at Woodlands B Basic school said the pupil reported to the school management how she was allegedly beaten and burnt by her aunt.
Ms  Mundia  told the court that she observed marks on the girls back and her thighs with a reddish blister on the chest.
The assault incident was reported to woodlands police station.
The girl is a double orphan and  is now leaving with her grandmother in Bauleni township
Trial continues.