• MWEWOKANI Women’s Organisation chairperson Charity Kalebaika holds baby Joy in the maternity wing at Nchanga North General Hospital in Chingola.

By RACKSON SHAMUTUKU and SYLVIA MWEETWA –
AN unknown woman has dumped a two-day-old baby at a dumpsite in Kapisha Township in Chingola.
The bouncy baby girl weighing 3.2 kilogrammes was discovered wrapped in a sack by passersby who heard her crying.
It was then that the passersby took the baby to Kabundi clinic where it was examined by clinical officers and found to be in good health.
Kabundi clinic health personnel later transferred the baby to Nchanga North Hospital for further observation.
The baby has since been given the name ‘Joy’.
This is the second time that a newly-born baby has been dumped at the same place in Chingola’s Kapisha Township.
On September 17, 2013, a baby boy was picked up from the same dumpsite where it was found wrapped in a plastic bag and was taken to Kabundi clinic for observation.
The baby was named ‘Moses’ and up to now the mother has not come forward to claim the child. He is still under the care of an orphanage in Kitwe.
Mwewokani Women’s Organisation chairperson Charity Kalebaika said it was sad that Kapisha Township had continued to experience such bizarre incidents and, worse, at the same place.
Ms Kalebaila said ‘Moses’ is now grown and is regularly visited by members of Mwewokani Women’s Organisation.
“I’m appealing to well-wishers to bring donations to another dumped baby (Joy) because you never know why God has kept this baby alive,” Ms Kalebaila said. “The mother wanted the baby to die but she was found alive. Children are future leaders.”
Meanwhile, armed robbers in the early hours of yesterday ambushed a business executive of Mkushi District in Central Province and robbed him of more than K90,000 cash.
The criminals attacked the vehicle carrying the business person, identified as Danny Kazipiya, who was approaching Katuba area in Mkushi and opened fire, forcing the car to stop.
Central Province Deputy  Police Chief  Edwin Bwanga, who confirmed the development yesterday, said after the vehicle stopped the bandits demanded to be given the money and got away with K96,000.
Mr Bwanga said that Mr Kazipiya, who was with his driver, was on his way to Lusaka to buy goods for his shop when the robbery happened.
Police have since recovered an AK-47 assault rifle which was used in the robbery and K76,000 of the K96,000 which was stolen.
Police are holding the business executive’s driver and four other persons, including a taxi driver who drove the attackers to the crime scene. The quartet is helping police with investigations.
“I can confirm that we have apprehended five people and recovered a firearm suspected to have been used in the robbery in Mkushi but investigations have continued,” Mr Bwanga said.