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Detained UPND Mazabuka Central Member of Parliament Garry Nkombo has been admitted to the Livingstone General Hospital for a fractured arm and ribs sustained after he was allegedly physically attacked by North Western Province Minister Obvious Mwaliteta in the presence of police at Livingstone Central police station.
And Zambia Police Chief Inspector Nebert Chellamaumba was locked up in court cells by Magistrate Chola Musonda for failing to carry out a court order to issue murder suspect Mazabuka Member of Parliament (MP) Gary Nkombo with a medical report within 48 hours as ordered by the court last Friday.
This was when the case for Hon Gary Nkombo, who is charged with murder contrary to section 200 of the Penal Code chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia, came up for hearing.
Last week, the defence complained that their client , Hon Garry Nkombo, was unwell after he was allegedly assaulted by Western Province Minister Obvious Mwaliteta. This prompted Magistrate Musonda to directe the station officer in charge to issue Mr Nkombo with a medical report within 48 hours.
Magistrate Musonda asked Nkombo if the police had given him a medical report following a court order last Friday but the Mazabuka lawmaker said he was not given.
This prompted magistrate Musonda to summon the criminal investigations officer but the court was told that the officer was out of station and Inspector Chellamaumba came to court to represent the police.
At this point, magistrate Musonda said he expected police officers to take court orders seriously.
“I have found that you disobeyed the court order. It is not the intention of the court to punish police officers but if you neglect your duty to implement court orders, this honourable court will not be shy to punish you,” Magistrate Musonda said after which Inspector Chellamaumba was led to court cells.
Magistrate Musonda has since directed Livingstone district prosecutions officer Jonathan Chenda, who was present in court, to immediately facilitate the medical report for Nkombo to receive medical attention.
However, Southern province Commissioner of Police Charity Katanga defended the Police saying that there was no written court order for the police to issue Nkombo with a medical report.
“We only learn’t of the magistrate’s directive through the media and there was no written court order as was done in one instance in Lusaka where a magistrate gave an instruction in court and followed it up with a written court order to the police,” she said.-Daily Nation/
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joe
March 5, 2013 at 11:56 am
where there is no vision thats what happens
Collins Blaise mbulo
March 5, 2013 at 1:21 pm
The headline is misleading.that guy is not a police chief.
CNP-4U
March 5, 2013 at 1:42 pm
that police chap should have spent years in jail..styopet..
space
March 5, 2013 at 1:43 pm
Bakake Musonda, they think calo cabo bafikala.
Bantustan Nyandule
March 5, 2013 at 3:01 pm
This guy must have got himself in the fracas that led to the death of the PF cadre. What type of force did Mwaliteta use to warrant that kind of injury??? Broken arm and ribs. Ni accident or a very heavy fall.
pamputi pa HH
March 5, 2013 at 3:06 pm
Iwe ci Musonda usobela na boma ai? Tizakupisha shichopeti ya muntu!
SNOBAL
March 5, 2013 at 3:20 pm
why join the rough game wen u know u ar a weak soldier. mwaliteta ni nshimbi mwana.
police
March 5, 2013 at 3:57 pm
tumfweko.com u r misleading us. I thot its madam C katanga kanshi niba C/INSP. THE HEADLINE SHOULD READ ‘POLICE C/INSP DETAINED-’
Judas
March 5, 2013 at 5:03 pm
MWALITETA NI ZEEEEE.This game is for real men with strong punches.just one punch ka Garry you are complaining like you have been hit by a goods train.’aati Tonga Bulls’aaaah aaaah aaaah.not with our M.p mwaliteta
Antonio Dinorscio
March 5, 2013 at 8:00 pm
It must be embarrassing for the PF to have a law maker in the name of mwalisomething busy breaking people’s ribs while the police are watching and cheering. It can never be worse than this. . But he should remember that his day of reckoning will dawn on him. And to imagine that the govt appears to be tolerating this. Nsoni. No wonder they are being investigated by other govts who see this as abuse and nonsense.
duh!
March 5, 2013 at 9:45 pm
I am confused here. how does the police issue a medical report? isn’t the one injured supposed to get a medical report from a doctor after a medical examination? the police is supposed to give a police report. Since when did such simple and trivial laws change?
dh
March 6, 2013 at 9:42 am
The doctor and other medical personnel always require a police report before attending to anybody with an assault case or even accidents. I think the writer should have said police report first and then medical report. At this stage the police are not involved in following up the results from medical people. Maybe in this case since it’s to do with politics.
Ba Ficolour
March 6, 2013 at 8:36 am
The Zambia Police needs to evolve. they should stop seeing the citizenry as annimals who the have been charged to heard. this institution has is at the heart of human rights violations,abrogation of the very laws they serve and has continually failed to dicharge its functions. There is no one checking over this institution to who does it account?
Phiri
March 6, 2013 at 8:39 am
How did Mwaliteta have access to a murder suspect in police custody? when he is no longer a man in union?
nawaitwika
March 6, 2013 at 11:28 am
Gary Nkombo you just scared the man you killed must have beaten you in your dream wait for more punches from him his soul will never rest until you are all brought to book. You just want vegence but you cannot take it like that lies will not take you any where. How did emotional Mwaliteta clober you in the cells naimwe ba judge muli ba musango shani verbal orders do not work release the man or you will be put in cells yourself Stella where are you arrest the judge ata bane
The Lead
March 6, 2013 at 4:10 pm
Read and follow the story PROPERLY!! Mwaliteta attacked Nkombe when he (mwaliteta) found Nkombo at ZP who was registering a complaint about PF cadres having attacked UPND camp during the night when campaigns had hieghtened!!
It was a serious case and a very sorry sight!
Stella Libongani has completely failed and gone MUTE!!