Henry Kapoko, the man at the centre of the K10-billion scandal at the Ministry of Health has been denied bail in a Lusaka Magistrate court.
Kapoko a former Human Resources Manager at the Ministry of Health was denied bail on Friday when his application came up before Magistrate Kenneth Mulife.
Bail was not given on grounds that he attempted to evade arrest and tried to flee the country.
Mr. Mulife ruled that the only time Kapoko begun to cooperate was when he engaged lawyers, Nicholas Chanda and Kelvin Bwalya.
He said the defence therefore can only attest to the days when Kapoko engaged them as lawyers and not before.
Mr. Mulife also granted Kapoko the right to appeal.
Kapoko has pleaded not guilty to obtaining K1.9 billion by false pretences.
He is on unknown dates but between January 22 and February 28 this year, with intent to defraud the ministry of health, obtained money by false pretences.
He is also accused of having purported to have used the funds to order and ship into the country mothers’ baby kits when in fact not.
Kapoko is linked to the misappropriation of more than K10 Billion from the ministry of health and his assets worth K3 billion have been seized by the Anti- Corruption Commission.
The assets include a lodge, two houses, and several luxurious vehicles.
[ZNBC]
No bail for baby killers! Kapoko’s baby has four chins kuli good milile while he pocketed money for medical care for other babies to survive and be fat like his.
Give him bail. Zambian prisons are terrible, he will not run away.
Corruption in the morning, at noon and in the evening…..what a nation!
#2 when you say the prisons in Zambia are terrible what about those who are locked up there, you also need to be speaking out for them.
he has bribed all the cops.so now he is receiving respect more than the officer in charge.if he wants even his henchmen can deliver one of his many prostitutes and he’ll be given one office by the cop on duty to use.
The reasons are more than enough. Its sad for him when he had built such an emporer image, but its good he will get to interact with some of the people he denied health services.
# 6 that is funny.
Who eva is talking about me ati naliiba, naimwebene elo imwe sana. Ngokwiba ukokwine ninsele?
“He is also accused of having purported to have used the funds to order and ship into the country mothers’ baby kits when in fact not.” This is such a shame. And he did that while his wife was expecting a child I suppose. Expecting mothers in Zed go with their own gloves to the hospital when they are due just so the nurses can use the gloves to deliver their babies. Bane baleba balashako. This is greed in its highest form. Let him stay in prison so when his HIV/AIDS status starts to manifest he can remember millions of babies that have died so he can fatten his wife and sit his a.s.s in his luxury cars. I feel like b.i.t.c.h slapping him!
the guy needs to be sodomised
Mukandeke….. good looking you are. Lets hope you are …………. your pose looks good.
This man if guilty(not if found) should not be given bail, AHH!! am distarcted by Mukandeke…. am losing my thoughts. Ohh am back, now where was i? Ahh mukandeke has enough money to bail, yaaaba, mukandeke again. anyways shes cute dont blame me.
am off blogers, morrow Zambia ehhh
# 7 thanks
Balebekata one-by-one!
Good!! just as I said it… No bail…
let all get in. Not only ka kapoko a ka small thing. We want big fishes like Maureen , Miti, chituwo etc. Why do you want to concentrate only on ka kapoko??? we want big fishes please!!!!
Sad that zambians can be easily fooled.How much wa stolen?And how much is kapoko accussed of?What about others who stole with him?Can’t you pipo see that this is an issue between MMD and PF bcoz kapoko is believed to be related to SATA?RB better watch out on how he does things.This surely is not the best way to campaign.
What goes around comes around. Jail time bane.
I am kind of lost. Does the Human Resources Directors in Zambia do procurements too in Zambia? If I am not mistaken the MoH must have a purchasing officer and since they were getting things from outside, the Ministry of Works and Supply must be involved together with the Tender Board. This, my friends could be a pandorus box that might end RB’s rule and a lot of PS’s in the Ministries must have been involved in the scam.
How do you sleep at night, knowing anytime police will be knocking at your door! How do you chew your food, knowing this may be your last meal before jail! How do you explain to your children that, what you own is actually stolen! How many people are you going to bribe in order to clear your filth! Yes Mr. K, even you Dr. M and all the other financial ‘terrorists! How could you do such a thing like this? You are all ‘Dead Men Walking’. The prison warders are preparing your ‘graduation’ gowns. RIP.
#18, Good question and analysis. We need answers.
# 19 Human resources Dept in the MoH is largely involved with training, a lot of money involved , this is all I can say for now as a fact of clarity . Payments abroad , public and private institutions like ESU, ZCAS etc……. for students at all levels BSc, MSc M Med, PhD , Theoretic Scientists…
Number 10,that job has already been done.He is a wife to someone by now
#18 did you hear of the millions of $US in Madam Mwanawasa’s bank account? Don’t be too much in a hury to point a finger at RB. This is like watching a crime movie! Iam loving it, solving the crime jig saw puzzle. The real players are always never suspected. Do you remember who was behind the distribution of medical kits during campaigns in 2006. There was once a Mohan Mathew arrested for deals with Gupta. Again Gupta’s bank is involved in the MoH case……..solve the puzzle!!
As for Kapoko he has special treatment in the cells, with his money he gets to buy his own protection in the cells only problem purchase price might mean he has to bend….l.o.l
# 5 Akapondo u are wrong boy. Kapoko is no longer in police custody but ku remand.
HR managers are not controlling officers! the shark in all this is Miti who was PS.. you bloggers condemning Kapoko are daft! someone authorised those payments.. and its MOH controlling officer( at that time-Miti)..
debate with rationality.. not uku lalandafye pantu namukwata access to internet.. and by law, his offence is bailable, nichifya our judicial system is a mother ****er!
Please advise, are Human Resource personnel also do purchases in govt depts ? He is entitled to bail and it should be granted once applied for. Chiluba and company did the same crime and are out on bail so what is wrong for Kapoko to be granted one
Too bad, but will only be a criminal after found guilty
May all these thieves have their _anhoods cut out.
Black jombo,
Ok,he is in remand now.there they’ll screw him.
Grant him bail. It`s up to the government to put measures into place to ensure he doesn`t do a Katele. After all the latter is a very free man now and “in government”. Even where the law should apply Zambians still come up with excuses. Ati development? Not in Africa.
Whilst he has a right to bail, it is at the court’s discretion. Otherwise, it was wise for the court to deny him bail as the crime he has commited is worse than treason. No bail for this thief, cikabwalala, otherwise he will be interfering with witnesses and evidence.
Let him rot in prison so that by the time the case concludes, he would have served as an example to others.
Take into consideration the number of children who have died as a result of Kapoko’s actions.The funds he misappropriated could have been used to make available medical drugs or services which could have saved those poor kids.He does not deserve bail.The consequences of his actions are far reaching.
You guys, Kakapoka is a very smalll thing. The big fishes are Miti, Maureen, etc. I personally will not accept the out come if this case ends on ka Kapoko only. And we have seen this ..they want only to concentrate on ka Kapoko …why. Kapoko stole but the fathers and mothers of MOH plunderers are there. Why should we deny bail for him if we give bails freely to great plundrers. I think this is being so childish.
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I still insist on fair play here. Kapoko may be incacerated today to blind the people of Zambia, and all of you fools are happy about it, forgeting that the governement is trying to hide the very big fish who are involved and have misappropriated more funds than what you have head. If they where to mention the figures here, you would not even think about Kapoko’s issue. But the problem here is that so many known people will be mentioned. Hence the concentration on Kapoko. They even know very well that the day they will take Kapoko to court to talk, my friends heads will roll! BANDA KNOWS THIS!
We all must know that kapoko is not the only one in this, even the authorities know that too! they are just trying to blind fold you eyes so that you don’t get know the fathers and mothers of all corruption. You people don’t know that all politicians are great thiefs. That is why people like Kapoko just got tired and took what ever they had to, funded the opposition so that we see a bit of change. This even invested all this money in Zambia and epmlyed some of your brothers. Others don’t that, instead they take the money overseas. very Greedy!!
let him be put in jail so that he is sodomised.i strongly think he should be locked up
That judge Mulife if he is the Mulife I know,he was an Immigration Assistant at Chanida Border post 50 km from Katete in 90’s. He may be the one coz some one told me that he went to UNZA where he did law. Its nice that the guy is now denying criminals bail and not entry permits as the case was then. Bravo.