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Fleeing Mazabuka Motorist Kills Toddler, Injures 2
CHOMBA MUSIKA, Choma
A SPEEDING motorist who was evading traffic patrol officers on the Monze-Mazabuka road on Friday ended up hitting into a woman instantly killing her two-year-old child that was on her back.
Southern Province assistant commissioner of police Kashif Mphande named the child as Henry Siloka and the mother as Eunice Banda, who is admitted to Monze Mission Hospital nursing fractured legs.
Mr Mphande said the accident happened around 11:00 hours off the Monze-Mazabuka road.
Police have launched a manhunt for the driver of the vehicle, which was found abandoned near Monze Secondary School with an injured passenger identified as Edward Moyo inside.
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Chilankalipa
March 8, 2015 at 9:07 am
What is wrong with our Police Officers? Time and again, they have been advised not to chase fleeing motorists but to just take note of the vehicle details, date and time of the event and follow up with RTSA.
The foolish driver also deserves stiff punishment for murder and attempted murder, but two wrongs never make a right, so Police Officers must also face the consequences of their insolence. Kanshi bupuba bwa shani ubu?
Greg Kadimba
March 8, 2015 at 10:18 am
Cage the monkey when you catch it.
crimescene
March 8, 2015 at 1:58 pm
He was a farm manager at one of the farms in Choma, owned by a named politician.
jobreaker
March 8, 2015 at 10:55 am
its mazabuka…what do u expect..he is probably Tonga and Tonga is equals to upnd and upnd is equal to violent party….that woman was probably targeted because she was a banda..because she is from another tribe..
kakolwe
March 8, 2015 at 11:32 am
Aimwe ba jo reaker mwajoina icipuba cilya icimona party politics in everything? Pliz wise up! Campaigns ended 2 months ago. We hope to discuss issues in their own light. Be it emotional, social, or any other without the political innuendos. For instance, in your case. A fool was fleeing the police (it does mea the police were chasing). That driver ( & the owners of the vehicle) may not even be UPND nor voters for that matter and you relate to politics of cadrelism.
new educated Zambia
March 8, 2015 at 12:59 pm
Said like a true pf cadre. Carry on with your tribal comments they are only doing us a favour
new educated Zambia
March 8, 2015 at 11:00 am
Sorry bane but hhangover temunobe. Am struggling this a.m. before you criticise me knowthat eeven tthe educated drink and have a laugh. I will comment in full once my madam cooks a ppowerful bfast to eradicate this feeling. I know alot of you are anxiously waiting for my informative contribution. Sorry for the wait.
mwela
March 8, 2015 at 11:42 am
imwe ba zabwino palibe simunvela why do you like chasing erring motorists just take note of the vehicle reg number and go to rtsa the culprit will be cornered within a short time as for the fleeing motorist the idiot probably didnt have the drivers licence,valid vehicle road tax and fitness
Mwansa C.
March 8, 2015 at 12:13 pm
Policemen have given themselves the right to impound the vehicles even when it’s not necessary. RTSA have records of all these vehicles and theirr owners and all police need to do is just give a traffic ticket to an offender and let him/her continue with his/her journey. They deliberately involve themselves in this illegal act of impounding vehicles to create an atmosphere of desperation which leads to corruption. Kickbacks is the only reason traffic police mount rodblocks in Zambia. Can someone please stop this nonsense!
juku1
March 8, 2015 at 12:44 pm
just corner the traffic zabwino palibe.sad fo life lost
sangi
March 8, 2015 at 12:45 pm
jobreaker satanyoko chikala,u ar bringing silly comments when someone has lost her life.
New Educated Zambia
March 8, 2015 at 1:56 pm
Now that my hangover is cured I can give my view. It is evident that the police have not been given the capacity and skills to gauge a situation and assess it on the basis of cost and benefits analysis. We can not have a situation where people are chased just because the PF starved police want to make a few quid. Why cant we have a computerized system where the police can automatically link car registration to the owner. That way instead of carrying out chases that we know wont yield anyhting, we can still enforce the rules on such drivers. The PF lacks capacity to use their initiative. Vote UPND
Spygogo
March 9, 2015 at 1:59 pm
The current system at RATSA is such that when u key in the Reg number for the vehicle, all related details to that car are availed to you. The problem here is the level of education among the police officers. To them, being a traffic police officer amounts to impounding vehicles…..look at most cyclists on our roads at night…..no lights en yet the so called police officers do nothing. Instead of just noting the number for the car en go to Ratsa to trace the culprit, chasing the motorist is their best option…..endangering human life. Out police traffic officers have lots to learn from Ratsa officers who are far more superior interms of how they conduct themselves whilst on duty……keep up ur gud works Ratsa officers en if possiible, teach the fools how to work
mulanshoka
March 8, 2015 at 4:45 pm
HH will finish you all
2020vision
March 8, 2015 at 6:47 pm
Very sad, to lose a child that way is terrible, wishing the mother a sure and quick recovery..ba Traffic muchinje imwe guys sure why always chasing after these taxi drivers find other means that will avoid accidental deaths..
mwanalisa
March 8, 2015 at 8:43 pm
sorry for the loss of the little child and wishing the mother a quick recovery.
Ba Police..How many people….how many people do you want to kill… remember when you are doing the chasing that. they are pedestrians. Please stop this nonsense.
Charles Mulwendo
March 8, 2015 at 10:41 pm
MUCH
It is really sad that a child had to died in such circumstance. Police officers respect your fellow human beings. You are fond of misusing your authority. You are not BOMA as you call yourselves. Now see what you have caused. You caused death of the innocent child and today even the one whose legs were broken has passed away. You have caused two deaths because of your sturboness. In Monze trafic officers even storm gurages and go round the compounds to see the vehicles without road taxies. Shame on you.
my name
March 8, 2015 at 10:48 pm
stop this nosense whoever used my name is a daughter or a son of the devil.
Ghetto
March 10, 2015 at 2:08 pm
Yes tell them they like using other people’s names to make them look bad. They can’t use their names coz balisebana big time and ashamed of themselves.
chika Edk Ike PhD
March 9, 2015 at 3:20 am
@kakolwe usaid it right icipuba chimona AMA politics muli fyonse. Tachilingile uku chi konkelesha so jo breaker please do not use tribalism my brother let him. Chilya ichipuba continue his madness whilst u bring constructive comments on the platform
New Educated Zambia
March 9, 2015 at 11:45 am
very mature approach. I applaud you for taking heed of my advice. Please pass this on to all the PF cadres. It is aboout time we did away with immature politics of insults and violence. Let the nation heal
Toka Kari
March 9, 2015 at 3:39 am
sorry for the death of innocent children
Chilankalipa
March 9, 2015 at 10:35 am
I remember seeing a convoy of taxi drivers celebrating in Kitwe, when one traffic police fool over turned and died while chasing a motorist in Parklands area. Lekeni ubupuba ubu fi kapokola. Muleipaisha abakaele, bushe amatwi yabili bamipela yalicepa? If so pray to God so that he gives you two extra ears and see how you will be looking like elephants.
Rasco
March 10, 2015 at 10:46 am
@Jobreaker, you will die with your own hate. In fact i wished the infliction was on you. You think people in Southern Province dwell on such simple analysis, it is only you who are still agrieved because you nearly lost. The Sothrners have no time for such simple minds. DID you know that it is only Southern Province where you find very Highly Educated individuals. Even the people Who ran your economy before you raided it , it was the Southerners. Take it or leave it “we have one part of society rotten in the name of your type”all they do is stealing and do all sorts of incoceivable things”. I am aware you hate those intelligenciers in the Southern and their decendants who live among you, but you shall NEVER, I repeat, Shall never march them. They are far much advanced in their thinking than you who always go to bed with hate and wake up in the morning with hate. There are a few of you who have lived with our people and are KANSAKO, You in particular need to improve or death is crawling to you soon. CIKUBABE iwe mwana wa Nfwiti.
Lombe
March 10, 2015 at 11:17 am
For sure, the Minister even mentioned a few weeks ago that Traffic Police were making unnecessary road blocks and there by inconveniencing innocent motorists. For how are these dunda-heads going change and stop getting double salaries? Govt should do more to change things not just talking like the Minister did. E.g. Blocks only once a month, secondly, no Police Officer should touch any money at any road block. Reduce penaulty fees to encourage peole to pay, the current ones are too high and if you have less your cash is take without you getting a receipt. Often receipts are only rarely issued if you pay in full.