Why Did Two Men Place Demand On New Born Baby Organs?

Why did two men place demand on new born baby placenta and membrane from a nurse working at a local health centre.?

This is the million dollar question racking the minds of many even as the long arms of the law have already taken them in.

The two men, Richard Lameck, 22, and Friday James, 23, had been convicted by a Mangochi First Grade Magistrate Court.

It followed the court’s conviction that that the two had an ulterior motive when they approached the nurse at Malombe Health Center to sell them a placenta and membranes belonging to a new born baby.

Mangochi Police Station Prosecution Officer, Sub Inspector Ted Namaona, told the court that the offence “conduct likely to cause breach of peace” which Lameck and James committed was contrary to Section 181 of the Penal Code.

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Malawi24 quotes Namaona as saying that the two went to Malombe Health Centre at Senior Traditional Authority Chowe’s area where they met a nurse, telling her that they wanted to buy a placenta and membranes of newly born baby which were wanted by a herbalist.

The prosecutor further said that Kaliwo reported the matter to the Senior Health Surveillance Assistant of the facility who invited the convicts into a room before reporting the matter to officers at Malombe Police Unit who arrested the two.

Appearing before First Grade Magistrate, Roy Kakutu, the two pleaded not guilty to the charge of conduct likely to cause breach of peace, and this prompted the state to parade three witnesses that testified against them.

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Magistrate Katutu therefore adjourned the case to 21 February 2023 for sentencing.

Lameck comes from Chipole Village, Traditional Authority Chowe in Mangochi while James comes from Paramount Chief Kawinga’s area in Machinga district.

The Eagle reports that use of human vital organs has become endemic in fetish traditions.