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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Officers at Jenda Police Station in Mzimba district have arrested Chikondi Muwa, 24, on allegations that he married and sexually abused two girls aged 16 and 15.<\/p>\n

Jenda Police Station publicist Mcfarlen Mseteka alleged that on December 24 last year, Muwa married one of the girls before marrying the second girl on January 10 this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe father of the first victim noted that her daughter was missing a day before Christmas and was told that a certain man at Section 10 in the district had married her.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was also informed that the same man married another minor and this prompted him to report the issue to Jenda Police Station,\u201d said Mseteka.<\/p>\n

Mseteka said detectives from Jenda Police Station followed up the issue and found Muwa staying with the two young girls at the said location. He said a medical examination at Jenda Rural Hospital confirmed that the girls had sexual intercourse.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two minors have been repatriated back to their parents and the suspect has been charged with having sexual intercourse with a female child which is against section 138 subsection (1) of the penal code,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. Officers at Jenda Police Station in Mzimba district have arrested Chikondi Muwa, 24, on allegations that he married and sexually abused two girls aged 16 and 15. 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