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MOST WANTED: RB’s Son, HENRY BANDA, Flees To KENYA
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INSPECTOR-GENERAL of Police Martin Malama has revealed that former President Rupiah Banda’s son, Henry, recently spotted in Johannesburg, is now in Kenya and warned him to own up rather than continue playing hide-and-seek with the law.
Dr Malama said Henry’s ‘hide-and -seek’ games have dire consequences and he has since asked him to give himself up to avoid further trouble with the police and stop frustrating their efforts to do their work.
The IG said Henry will be assured of a fair investigation and trial thereafter because Zambia is not a kangaroo court.
“Henry is being a fugitive unnecessarily. Let him come back home and appear before a team of investigators so that justice can prevail,” Dr Malama said.
Dr Malama said police are making fresh arrangements to have Henry brought back because the wanted man has left the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to East Africa where the jurisdiction is different from the one initially used to hunt him down in South Africa with SAPCO and Interpol help.
“Zambia is a country of laws and we believe in the independence of the Judiciary. It’s not a kangaroo court that will try him (Henry) but our competent courts of law,” Dr Malama said.
He said Henry has judged himself by continuing to run from one country to the other at an evidently huge financial cost.
Dr Malama said Zambia is a civilised country that respects the law and that Henry will be accorded fair treatment when he shows up.
“We want to ask him (Henry) questions but his running around is causing concern to everyone including his family,” he said.
Dr Malama said the Zambia Police Service will now spread its contacts to security wings outside the SADC region.
“Tomorrow (today) we are contacting security wings outside the SADC to help us with this issue,” he said.
Dr Malama said there are institutions that will protect Henry once he comes back home to answer some questions which a team of investigators have for him.
“There is justice in Zambia. There is absolutely no need for Henry to be on the run,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) has said the immunity of former President Banda should only be lifted once there is enough evidence of his misdeeds.
ZEC president Ignatius Chama said at a press conference at Kapingila House in Lusaka yesterday that there is need to expose the corrupt activities which Mr Banda is alleged to have engaged in while in power.
He said evidence will justify calls from a cross section of society to have Mr Banda’s immunity removed.
Archbishop Chama said it will be unnecessary to remove Mr Banda’s immunity without making public the alleged ‘illegal’ activities that he engaged in.
“The cry about lifting the immunity of past Presidents arises because some people feel there were some illegal actions they committed while in power.
“But the best way to facilitate the removal of Mr Banda’s immunity is to expose the truth concerning the illegal activities for all Zambians to see,” Archbishop Chama said.
He said when it is proved that Mr Banda was engaged in corrupt activities, the law should take its course.
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Think tank
January 31, 2012 at 10:17 am
They shall run away like RATS watch them
dago
January 31, 2012 at 12:35 pm
baba Henry,manje ni globe trotting ? you’re just exposing you’re guelty before being tried.hide & seek game is for children.just come out in the open.
gm
January 31, 2012 at 1:34 pm
you pipo where is chanda chishimba
True bantustans:
January 31, 2012 at 1:38 pm
iwe chikala ig malama which justice are you talking about? unda a grade 7 drop out
Tuesday
January 31, 2012 at 2:26 pm
This is a very good platform to exercise our freedom of expression not freedom of INSULTS. Am one of the Zambians who wants plunderers to face the laws.
mbeba the student
January 31, 2012 at 3:31 pm
bafikala batumfweko1 nalelo mwagwinya comment yandi chinshi kanshi ichimishupa? mwaba amatole kumitwe! chi Henry must come and face the Law. ala fyonse fikabwalala must be prosecuted!
ZED07
January 31, 2012 at 3:48 pm
BA HENRY WHY ? JUST COME BACK AND FACE THEM AFTER ALL YOU WILL HIRE POWERFULL LAWERS AND REMEMBER TOMOROW IT WILL BE THEM UNLESS THEY WILL BE IN POWER FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.WE ARE WATCHING THEM CLOSELY
Swituska
January 31, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Chanda Chiimbwe set the ball rolling and the others will follow… just wait and see
Treva
January 31, 2012 at 5:52 pm
@ CHAKUFWAKALE, PLIZ DEAR READERS READ THE TELEGRAM WRITEEN BY THE ABOVE MENTIONED ILITTERATE WHO DOES NOT KNOW THAT MULENGA SATA IS 20 TIMES MORE EDUCATED THAN HIM I.E MULENGA HAS A DEGREE IN ENGINEERING. THIS GUY CAN HARDLY WRITE SOMETHING SENISLBLE YET HE CALLS PF KAPONYAS. GO TO SKOOL AND THEN COME BACK AND BROWSE.
Wanu Ngwee
January 31, 2012 at 6:05 pm
I like the name of the venue of this press conference held by Archbishop Chama – KAPINGILA HOUSE. Am sure Henry would be scared to go there!!LOL!!
Pornstar
February 1, 2012 at 1:42 am
Kumutombelafye umukashi akaku mputi ngaumfwa akabwela bwamba bwakwe,pa last chikala akasanga ati ashele na mane yakushitafye mutototo takwete neyeule,ubupuba thandiwe ******.
HIV
February 1, 2012 at 7:50 am
eeeeeh you wonder why certain people are taking this platform as an insulting competition,Please let us refrain.Yes if one is not guity y play the hide and seek.Remember we are all innocent till proven guilty.
Mwandini
February 1, 2012 at 8:34 am
Henry, just come back home. The offences you have committed are not grave mudala. If they find you guilty you will go in maximum two years – serve those two years get out, reach your money where you have hidden it and move on…!
On the other hand with a good lawyer, you may actually pull this off and be found not guilty at all – which will be fantastic for your personal growth and political carrier. Can you imagine how you will have a field day lambasting the PF govt for false allegations??….so come back home.
mwambakatongo
February 1, 2012 at 9:56 am
this moroon from a bantustan unless u start thinking straight u will never rule zambia
Mujo
February 1, 2012 at 10:35 am
While I appreciate freedom of expression, I find some comments to be too childish, especially from certain individuals, who want to appear as regular contributors but yet expose their low level of intelligence.
Let’s be constructive!!!
As for Henry, learn from Xavier Chungu. You can run but you cant hide. The more you keep on running, the more leverage you are creating for people to think that you are guilty.
CONCERNED
February 1, 2012 at 4:44 pm
make use full contribution,we have even younger people read what is being published.insult is not the solution.