FORMER president Rupiah Banda’s sons Henry and Nenani have been summoned by a team of state investigators for questioning in connection with their father’s campaign funds and materials, according to MMD insiders.
Sources said a combined team of Zambia Police, Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) officers probing the source of Banda’s campaign funds and materials had called the duo to explain their roles in the purchase of campaign materials.
“Mr Henry Banda was the one who was distributing campaign materials. That is why he has been summoned. Mr Nenani Banda, who is based in South Africa, has been summoned to help with investigations because he was one of the people that went to buy bicycles and chitenje materials from India. That information was relayed to their lawyer to inform them,” the source said.
“We are told they will be interrogated in connection with their father’s campaign materials particularly that they were part of the team that went to buy and distribute the goodies.”
The sources said there was no clear date given for them to appear before investigators.
“Their lawyer was told that as soon as that information is relayed to the duo, they will appear before investigators,” the source said.
When contacted, Nenani responded via sms that “I am in a workshop”. However, he did not respond to an sms query about his summoning.
Henry’s phone was not reachable.
Zambia Police spokesperson Elizabeth Kanjela said she had not gotten the information about the duo’s summoning.
“I don’t have that information especially that it is not at the police station. If it’s a team of Zambia Police, DEC, ACC, it will be difficult for me to comment,” Kanjela said.
“They haven’t gone to a police station for us to make it news to you. But the moment I get thatinformation I will be glad to give you the information as soon as possible.”
Police this week arrested Banda’s former senior private secretary Robinson Nkonde and charged him with abuse of authority of office in the former president’s campaign materials.
Banda and the MMD conducted one of the most expensive campaigns with several vehicles, bicycles, chitenje materials, sweets, caps and t-shirts among other goodies bearing the presidential candidate’s portrait and campaign messages.
Police have also seized several of the MMD vehicles that were used in the campaigns. The MMD is contesting the seizure of the vehicles.
Last week, police arrested former mines minister Maxwell Mwale in connection with MMD bicycles.
[The Post]
POLICE Summon RB’s SONS added by on
View all posts by →
meanwhile the MMD had no capacity to campaign and very soon will be too crippled to participate in parliament…whilst PF circulates campaign materials in nakonde and chilanga!
DON’T KUBEBA!!!
Let them give us the source of the funds, coz this election campaign was the most expensive ever
meanwhile the MMD **has no capacity to campaign and very soon will be too crippled to participate in parliament…whilst PF circulates campaign materials in nakonde and chilanga!
DON’T KUBEBA!!!
Now that is jealous coz satas sons are not business oriented unlike RBs sons,they have been succesful.
Pipo! Lets nt bit about th busy. @ th end of th day, we’ll b lost. Let RB b answerable n nt his children. If they were involvd then they wer jst bein uzd o r wer doin it 4 th of ther paps. Stop intimidatin th young 1ns.
I trust we shall not be hearing investigation after investgation until the term finishes and no development.Hey Guys why cant you go on with national plans. we want to achieve our developmental goes quickly so that we have more money in our pockets. We have seen inthe past regimes how investigations came and go with our naked eyes and seen no mutual benefits therefrom. Come on Guys!
They should pay for their wrong doing,who ever it is the father,sons,the wife even relatives if they are invoved.
Don,t waste time to like President Levy Mwanawasa did ,don’t take too long.Proscute people .those who are found with a case to answer let them ,let go to Court and face the Judge.
People People are these politics or we are playing games.Look at this since September and this is November every day we are just talking about RB,RB’s sons, bicycles, motor cycles, Gold and all these are immaterial conpared to the task ahead.Sure how do you fight corruption on a few individuals who didnt still anything if anything all we hear about is bicycles.Please People i think these are fake politics.Lets learn from heavy weights like RB.When RB came to power he stopped witch hunting and making a name from other peoples failures.We know corruption is bad but if this is what fighting corruption is then its better we just do away with anti corruption and its fun why was the truck taken to former Task force offices when govt is saying they will not bring back Nctito’s and Mmembe’s task force where Zambia Airways will be born
And about the vehicles sure why dont we first ask how and where they got funds because will go back to Chiluba style after seven years of fruitless results but only nchito’s Zambia Airways.And ba Sata should know that five years is not a long period ka.Look at what RB did in three years but he was still thrown out.Its the same Zambian’s that removed KK and brot chiluba and at the same time cruisfied him so let him keep that in mind
Why beating abt de bush? RB is d right person 2 answr al de question.let hm testify 4 himself.
LET’S JUST HAVE A LAW THAT PROPERLY LEGITIMISES AND REGULATES PARTY FUNDING. GOVT MONEY SHOULD OBVIOUSLY NOT FUND PARTY CAMPAIGNS, BUT IT SHOULD’NT ALSO BE MADE TO LOOK LIKE AN ILLEGAL THING FOR ANY BUSINESS TO FUND A POLITICAL PARTY, AND BE CONDEMNED FOR DOING IT, OTHERWISE MMD OR UPND WILL IN FUTURE BE DOING THE SAME TO PF – WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND!
FUTILE EXERCISE! IN ALL LIKELIHOOD THE MONEY CAME FROM THE CHINESE, WHOM SATA IS ALREADY IN BED WITH, AND THEY’LL SIMPLY TELL HIM IT WAS A PARTY-TO-PARTY ARRANGEMENT, SO WHAT WILL HE DO?
When investigations are carried out it doesn’t mean develomental programs stop.some of you seem to think that its the police that build roads and so on and so forth.let the police do their work,that too is part of development.mwaumfwa ba kasoka
Investigations into why the chicken crossed the road have reached an advanced stage, soon we shall know the truth
‘am in a workshop!’ does this boy even know what a workshop looks like?
This is not the best way to go. I suggest by law any one intending to conduct a campiegn to disclose the source of funds and/or show record in terms of accounts. Otherwise PF will be dragged to court soon after they loose which ever election for sure they will not stay long. My prediction is that they too will start buying and distributing materials, they better keep record for self defence in courts of law.The wise say prevention is better than cure let us put laws in place to avoid such abuse of public resources. I believe any registered organisation in zambia must render books of accounts annually to the body under which its registered this includes political parties. So where are the laws?
I think these investigations are a share waste of time if public funds were used go audit all public institutions. 2.police is only investigating bicycles surely is this what will bring development.3.pf should also tell us how the chartered plain come about which sata was using otherwise it is a share waste of tax payers money by the police ad political fighting of the former ruling party hope zambians can open there eyes b4 they eat commissions
Pingback: Zambia: President’s Son New Luxuary Cars Causes Uproar · Global Voices
Pingback: Zambia: President’s Son New Luxuary Cars Cause Uproar :: Elites TV
Pingback: Zambia: Magari Mapya ya Kifahari ya Mtoto wa Rais Yasababisha Minong’ono · Global Voices in Swahili