The issue of child marriages was given much attention this month. This follows after the unfortunate death of a 14 year old girl while in labour. We came to know her as Memory Machaya.

When much pressure from our society finally lead the police to investigate and arrested the paedophile husband, some more unbelievably news has surfaced.

It is now said that Memory Machaya is alive, however the 14 year old girl was called Anna Machaya. Anna and Memory were cousins.

So you might wonder what’s the deal with the name swap? Well, the real Memory Machaya is a 22 year old and swapping the names was meant to cover up that it was indeed an underage girl who had died while in labour.

Some have started to call out that Anna’s parents, who are said to have arranged this decoy plan, are to be arrested  for obstruction of justice.

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One would think that this would be a lesson to parents who advocate for child marriages. Unfortunately, so far it seems as though even Memory’s parents might not have learnt a lesson.

According to a report by the Manica Post, the parent of the deceased 14 year old are said to be planning to give Memory’s little sister who is 9 years old to Evans Momberume. Evans was the husband of Memory and the alleged father of the child she was giving birth to when she died.

This replacement process is said to be done in accordance with the chigaramapfihwa tradition. This tradition is when a husband who has lost his wife is given another to replace her from the wife’s family.

Meanwhile, various groups are still calling upon the relevant authorities to arrest Momberume for impregnating a minor and the church leaders for Memory’s death.

The ZRP issued out an official statement underlying the action that they will take in relation to Memory’s case.

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The 14 year old, Memory Machaya, is said to have died during childbirth at an Apostolic church gathering in Marange. She is said to have been pregnant with Evan Momberume’s child. Memory was the ‘wife’ of Momberume and had been forced out of school while doing form one.

The incident sparked so much anger amongst Zimbabweans especially since they were not seeing the police do anything about the matter. Social media users are currently trying to popularise the hashtag #justiceformemory. It is so sad that the issue of child marriages is still an ongoing concern in this day and age.

View the ZRP official statement with regards to Memory below:

Influential persons like Strive Masiyiwa are moved by such sad stories of child marriages and advocate for the girl child’s right to education.

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