A POLICE investigator yesterday told a Lusaka Magistrate’s Court inquest that former Ministry of Health permanent secretary Gavin Silwamba died as a result of drowning.
Assistant superintendent Gift Mweendo said when the matter came up for continued hearing before magistrate Bartholomew Kaongo there was no foul play in Dr Silwamba’s death but the former permanent secretary drowned.
Mr Mweendo, 52 said according to his investigations, Dr Silwamba’s death was caused by an accident which happened when the dugout canoe he was in capsized.
This is in a matter in which Dr Silwamba’s family had requested the State to hold an inquest to ascertain the cause of the former Ministry of Heath permanent secretary.
Dr Silwamba died last year in Lusaka’s Blue Lagoon game management area during hunting expedition with his friend Yuyi Lishomwa.
He said the postmortem report prepared by late Zambia police forensic pathologist Joseph Banda indicated that Dr Silwamba died from drowning.
Mr Mweendo said he had been a detective for more than 23 years and Dr Silwamba’s death was not his first inquest assignment.
Another witness, Max Hamukale said Dr Silwamba was not forced to go on a hunting trip with Mr Lishomwa.
Mr Hamukale, 40, a Spectra Oil financial controller said he was in Mr Lishomwa’s office when Dr Silwamba entered and persuaded Mr Lishomwa to go hunting.
[Times of Zambia]
this story is strange. There are more questions than answers
So is violet the widow telling the truth or she just has some hidden agenda against lishomwa? lishomwa and hakales statement seem coherent but violet said gavin was the one who reluctantly agreed to go poaching
This chapter needs to be closed. Ba mudala paponene mumenshi, elo banwina. Chapwa!! How does Lishomwa come in when he was in another canoe somewhere else? Lets learn to accept death and the loss of a beloved one, no matter how painful. MHSRIP.
Ba Moze epomwaba? Elo flag iyo atishani….mulipabulaya? :)>-
Moderator, Shani mune!!:d/ Epotwaba mudala. Ni pa ZED for life daddy!! Kulai pooona naba mambala aba!! Batuchusha sana!
Ifintu kukosa ba Moze. Tukamisanga nombaline, we will come and sort out bonse bamambala uko Ukufuluka kwena tulafuluka mwandini. Ku diaspora kuno twaiposa nakwena, ni ‘ziba zako’ .Utontonkanyeko kumushi, awe sure kupukunyafye umutwe. Tukawila full force, even if it means coming the ” aPhiri anabwela style”
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#3 ati bali nwina, hahahaha. laughing as if it was a gud event. Yah, we would as well say how did gibson chigaga die? or paul tembo, chabipile fye nshali pa zed otherwise i would have asked for an inquest, paul was a potential president and we know he was going to tell us the dirty pants of ftj
#6 ati bwa, nali uko kumulu ku pepi na tokyo, chabipile fye i had no access to internet as i was on a special tour of duty. one day tukakumana
Ba Che, just let us know when you are near here. There is a small Zed community and I am sure everyone would love to meet you. Enjoy your stay.
# 6 ala wansekesha sana pali “a phiri anabwera ku coka ku harare”. icikalamba muntende ba wishi. nga mula cita manage iyaka drink for your beloved ones back home, then you’re doing a good job.
This man drowned. There was water and grass in his lungs but no other trauma on his body.
The family needs to mourn and move on.
Comment:pliz anyone with Gibson Chigaga’s death story pliz