COMMERCIAL sex workers in Ndola have complied with the Ministry of Health directive to wear face masks and maintain social distancing.
This came to light when Youth, Sports and Child Development Minister Emmanuel Mulenga, in the company of Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe conducted a removal exercise of street kids in Ndola, Thursday.
The operation was conducted yesterday morning between 01:00 hours to 05:00 hours.
But when some sex workers around Broadway and Savory Hotel noticed the ministers and state police, they scampered for safety.
However, Mulenga called back the sex workers so that he could engage them on COVID-19.
To his shock, the sex workers were fully equipped with face masks, hand sanitizer and they maintained social distancing as guided by the Ministry of Health.
The sex workers told Mulenga that they were aware of COVID-19 but they still needed to feed their families through their business.
And Mulenga told the women to take extra care and ensure that they adhered to the guidelines.
He also discouraged them from engaging in the vice as it was dangerous and a risk to society.
“This is not right, you need to be with your families instead of risking your lives like this, God loves you and you have to change your lives before its too late,” said Mulenga.
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If the minister and the permanent secretary are doing chores that line officers, then why keep the line officers? Isn’t this proof that the ministry has staff it does not need?
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There is no such a thing as commercial sex workers. Let’s be factual. These terms will not get us anywhere. We are degrading His people. Let’s admit that these are prostitutes who have been relegated to such degrading means of production. Similarly social distancing is not applicable for prostitutes. It is simply not appropriate to venue think about it. We should be aware that a prostitute in Zambia can sleep with as many as 10 men in a day. So when it comes to COVID 19., we are simply losing the battle with the so called sex workers. Please just legalise prostitution and allow them to pay tax rather than pretending that they are sex workers when we know they don’t pay any tax. What kind of commercial workers are they?
But those in the photo are not masked up
Is prostitution legal in Zambia? I can imagine if the minister had met thieves stealing whilst wearing masks and observing social distancing what his comments wouldn’t have been