An Inquest into the death of former Lusaka Police Commanding Officer, Wazakaza Nguni, has concluded that there was no foul play in the car accident that led to his death.
The Inquest has concluded that Mr. Ng'uni was over speeding and died in circumstances that only he was able to control.
This is according to a verdict delivered Tuesday in Lusaka by Principle Resident Magistrate, Charles Kafunda.
Magistrate Kafunda said according to evidence before the court no one can be charged for the death of Mr. Ng'uni.
He said evidence from the eight witnesses that testified indicate that Mr. Ng'uni was over speeding and his vehicle overturned four times.
The inquest was started at the request of Mr. Ng'uni's widow Hilda and son Keli who suspected foul play.
Mr. Ng'uni died at aged 65, on July 5 last year.
Commenting on the Court's finding, Mrs. Ng'uni and her son, Keli said they have accepted the verdict.
However, they still believed there was foul play in the death of Mr. Ng'uni.
[ZNBC]
Boza, much as they accepted the verdict, the family knows there was foul play and they should help the nation by revealing more informations to the court of law, bcoz they will live in peace.
Waza mudala watu!! rest in peace!!it’s one of those things in life!we never want to accept the truth right?overspeeeding and drinking whilst driving kill people.
Many Zambians have died in strange circumstances but have never heard of any inquests being set up to investigate the death.These are double standards we need to level the playing field.Even a poor man’s death in strange circumstances should also have inquests set up.
the Nguni family shold pay the cost of the inquest
Waza was just a civil servant,Why an inquest when he should not have been overspeeding.We all know driving under the influence impedes efficient performance.Zambians want to investigate what common sense can tell in a split second.Carry out an investigation why we are still poor
no.3 mr. intellectual, u really dont know ur public or criminal law inquests are not just set up to establish the causes of any mysterious death, be it a rich or poor man, they are set up to investigate fatal incidents which involve people in the public service if we had an inquest for every mysterious death i don’t think govt would be able to pay for half our university bursaries, u don’t just wake up one day and say have an inquest for every death that’s taxpayers money u are talking about……….. ati INTELLECTUAL!! pa zed bwafya……….. R.I.P WAZA.
Much as i dont support wastage of public funds, i dont support the inquest either weather wazakaza was a civil servant or not. #6 lacks the vital point of knowing that a lot of people in the public service he/she is talking about have died and buried with no inquest what so ever. Teza Nchinga died along Great North Road, was there an inquest? Not at all. This particular inquest is just too selective. May be this was done looking at the situation, a fews days before he died, UNZA students demanded his blood!!
An inquest is an inquiry into the CAUSE of an unexpected death. It can be RTA, suicide, drowning,killed by gun shot,dying on operating table etc. It is not just for people in the civil service, that is a very big lie. In Zambia we rarely have an inquest and this is the first one I have heard. May be the procedure to follow is for the relatives to ask for it. We do not know most of our rights as Zambian citizens and it could be that Ng’unis wife and son are more enlightened on this matter. The disappointing thing is that they have not accept the outcome of an inquest. The question is why did they ask for it?
Zambians are very superstitious people. Every one who dies was poisoned, witched, killed by shushushu etc. Can this forum tell me a prominent Zambian whose death was accepted as natural? Give me names.
That chap must have been drunk hence the overspeeding, charge him posthumously for dangerous driving. No one is above the law.
Man this is an intersting forum, i wonder where i have been all this time, its hilarious. As for the various comments, i have this to say google it up and i am sure you will find the meaning of an inquest, lets not be ignorant when the answers are right before our eyes, Zambia Chalo chesu
Our KOKOSHI pa ZED must have some state troopers on the road side to monitor speeding vehicles.
it is enigmatic to understand ur contribution no.7 but then again u are an enigma. YOU are the one who missed the vital point, my argument was concerned with methods of accountability as regards taxpayers money, this was a deliberate govt policy which was used to investigate a public incident brought to the attention of the attorney-general, who acted as required, hence the inquest. Unlike Teza Nchinga who was only known in a department, Wazakaza had thousands of law enforcement officers under his command they were bound 2 ask questions and if they weren’t answered they would have been discontent…. come on guys can u compare waza and nchinga?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN INQUESTS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE SET UP IN ANY SUSPICIOUS DEATH INVOLVING ANY CITIZEN OF ZAMBIA.HOWEVER,THIS IS NOT DONE COZ MOST OF YOU ZAMBIANS ARE IGNORANT.
no.14 for a person who has a doctorate in law and educated in massachusetts you are a disgrace. u are over 7000 miles away from us in the west and u dont know what an inquest is, for ur information it is a state investigation into a suspicious death, disaster or corruption scandal, for all ur alleged education ulifontini ku bulaya u can’t even spell HARVARD, i doubt u were educated their anyway if anything u are in lusaka at a nearby internet cafe. Who’s ignorant now?
I was shocked to learn that the man died driving himself. When did Wasakaza know how to drive or even obtain a driving licence? I had known him to be driven since the time he was commanding Lilayi Para Military colledge not because he was big boss but because he did not know how to do it. The wife knows! What foul play?
Cmon 16, how long does it take to learn to drive?You are so trivial and backward.
dnt drink & drive,smoke weed & fly.if u drink like fish a dnt drive swim home.r.i.p
inputi insula,u r vry foolish.waza ws killed
let waza rest in peace. its common knowledge he ws drunk.
Na former minister Mapushi efyo afwile ifi fine. Atwele bu amateur bwa kwensha mu misebo ya ma nshoko.
Evidence on Hand was that Waza was overspeeding. I however, wish to dispute that. We are not told what speed the witness was doing when Waza overtook him. My theory is that the fastest car can only move as fast as the slowest car on the road. Therefore, it is probably the road that was coming too fast towards Waza’s car and the obstacle in the form of a slow car on the road confused Waza that, in a split second, he had to decide on the brakes or the accelarator. Fatally, he decided on the latter and the road even approached him faster than before – something not covered in a Paramilitary Police Officer’s Syllabus. The rest, as they say, is History!
# 22, meaning he was not a competent driver and that concurs with #16. Coupled with drunkenness. RIP ba Bwana.
#19 mabolo yo!
Ng’uni treated people like things when he was at the helm of the Police in Lusaka. His passing away is a relief to students who go through dehumanizing conditions in order to complete school.
I knew this man when he was station officer-in-charge at Chambishi police on the C/belt.He was proud and excited about his duty and championed crime. He administered is station with military attitude such that his junior officers revered him since he woke them up at 04:00hrs to do physical exercises wearing white attire,regardless you are on duty or not .He was later promoted and transfered to Kitwe main police station.His deeds, later catapulted him to his last position he held in Lusaka.On the C/belt heard of the Anti-Robbery Squad and helped neutralize and extinct and number of very dangerous criminals.To achieve all this and a lot more, he used to drive a lot.
# 26 ‘drive’ or ‘drink’