A fight ensued in Lusaka yesterday at the Old Leopards Hill cemetery when family members to the deceased person differed over the appearance of their relative’s body after body viewing.
Relatives to the late Mary Banda descended on their in-laws from Central Province.
It is alleged that Mrs Banda, 41 years who died in the early hours of Tuesday this week, June 9 was beaten by her husband, Royd Kembo.
Trouble started at the church procession at the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross when body viewing was conducted. It was at this point that the relatives to the deceased became incensed with the appearance of their relative.
At the Old Leopards Hill cemetery, Mrs. Banda’s relatives demanded that another body viewing be conducted before burying but Royd’s relatives objected and insisted that the burial ceremony should instead proceed.
But Mrs. Banda’s relatives said they will not bury until a postmortem is conducted amid shouts from their in-laws that the body of the deceased was cleared upon collection at the B-3 funeral (Home) parlour and subsequent church service.[quote]
A ZANIS crew that rushed to the Old Leopards Hill cemetery found the two families embroiled in the fracas.
A check revealed that Royd’s family had been thwarted from handling the burial procession and the deceased’s family had taken charge.
Narrating the ordeal, Monica Mwale, sister to the deceased claimed that Mary suffered injuries after her husband beat her up because the late was allegedly bleeding from the nose and ears.
“My sister was beaten by her husband. We want to know the truth to what killed our relatives. We don’t know what we are mourning because… and why is Royd’s family objecting to conduct a postmortem?” she asked.
Fanwell Mwale, another relative to the deceased accused Royd’s family of not being supportive at the funeral.
But Elvis Kambanya, brother to Royd in an interview challenged Mary’s relatives to prove who certified the alleged beatings.
Mr. Kambanya dismissed the allegations as unfounded and that there was no police report to justify the claims.
He regretted that the funeral was marred with disagreements between the two families.
“Let them tell us who certified that my sister-in-law, Mary was beaten by her husband. Because what I know is that the doctor certifies the body while a postmortem is conducted by the doctor and the police,” Mr. Kambanya dared.
The couple had four children.
Police Service Spokesperson Bonny Kapeso when contacted for a comment over the matter stated that he has not received the report.
Mr. Kapeso said police could only act upon receiving a complaint and advised people to desist from taking the law into their own hands.
ZANIS
Hmm!
Drama gets deeper
Yangu tata…
pipo still batter their spouses,criminals!
Where were they all that time to demand a postmortem at the burial place
This sorry saga doesn’t sound good. MHSRIP.
Iwe LT! You are telling us Mary Banda died, then you say Royd Kembo is survived by four children! Naupena? You mean both are dead? Whats the true story here? And who are your sources anyway? Ulina boza maningi LT.
Imwe! Chongo pa malilo? Wat is the world coming to.
Iwe Monica, why was your sister beaten? You know something. Its like the two of you were naughty. Naiwe Royd, There was no need to beat her. ba kazi kupaka! Weshilu we!!
LT, kubufi wapena!!!! Ati ‘Royd Kembo is survived by four children’
Some songz by muzicianz are often very educative and we must learn from them. The Glorious Band’z “Isambo Lyamfwa” is one such song…
#4 my question too indeed
Ba Royd just confess so that you are forgiven. You will have no peace if its true you killed your wife. You will be cursed for the rest of your life and your ending will be very bad. Who are you to take life?? God have mercy.
Beating a wife until she dies, sad indeed. Why didn’t you just divorce her than what you have caused. These people must have demanded for a postmortem when they still had time. This criminal husband must face the law otherwise he will be walking free on the streets were he does not belong and continue killing other peoples daughters. Chi murderer must be arrested for his crime.
This is funy tho really sad!!
Morning Ba Moze,
This is Maloza. mipamba, Why should these pipo be fighting at the cematary? Couldnt they sort out their problems before the burial. mawe aya ni maloza.
#15, Zina kukula!!! Am ok, and you. maloza indeed. Kumanda sure! Royd siamvela. Needs to be caged. Lishilu sana Royd. No wonder he is survived by four children!!!
#15, and Ba Moze, You know why these pipo were fighting kumanda. They did not see the body of their relative. Royd took the body to the mortury be4 the relatives came in fear of the unknown. Now after body viewing they saw that the body was swollen and blood ozzing in the nose. They just concluded that Royd anapaya mkazi wake. Knowing him…………………………. kaya.
Scrutinizing the story you can tell that Royd is hiding something. If I kambongolo did nothing to my wife and her relatives demand postmortem, I would agree coz it will set me free from unfounded accusations. But ba Royd and family are refusing which shows that they did something to her. Ba Royd and family behalve…..let them go for postmortem if ndeed you are innocent.
More over, Ba Royd and family that deceased woman is not your relative. I have not seen people who are not relative to the deceased take charge of the body to this extent of dictating what the deceased’s relatives should and should not do. I am really shocked. Awe kwena aba bantu ma devils.
Kambongolo, you are very correct. Royd (survived by four children) is definately hiding something! Why refuse? Better to clear the air and live life freely!
Aaweee mwee! this story needs editing, i don’t understand it at all!! so was she buried or wat? and wat did she suppoedly die from in the first place? is her husband dead or wat?
#8 – Ba Moze if somebody beat your sister or daughter because she has been ‘naughty’, then that would be ok with you?
Mwana wa fimo fimo, There is a ‘naughtyness’ which drives some men to this point. Thats what i mean. Of course i would not be happy if it happened to my sister. That was a marriage mind you, and as a brother i cant interfere. Its sad a life was lost. We all cant think alike my friend.
But we dont know many details regarding this couple and yet you jump to the conclusion that it is the victim who at fault! That is what i was referring to. Whatever she did (assuming she did do something wrong) does not justify her being beaten to death and I think we shoud show greater sensitivity to a family that has lost somebody in such tragic circumstances
#21 i also need answers to those questions
Mwana wa chite, people die in such circumstances every day my friend. Just how sensitive can you be? It is sad it has happened, yes, but until we know the circumstances (like you say) am afraid all we can all do is speculate. we found death, we live with it and we shall leave it behind.
Iwe naiwe Zoe. What questions kanshi, ah.
SAd story. Boxing Ku manda Ka! Anyway maybe they were trying to entertain the dead.
Sad story to hear, Royd and his family are hiding something. Role to prevail so that he (Royd) can face the cosequenses of being a muderer. Its not an easy thing to loose someone and May the Amight God confort Mary’s family. MHSRIP.
Iwe Moze ma funso yakuti,what sickness led to her death and was she buried stil after the fights??Nalakubikila poison pa Wodwala Inn.
MHSRIP and God to take control so that the truth can prevail.
Ba Moze, yes people die every day but that does not mean we should be insensitive to the bereaved family and to the deceased. The bone am picking with you is because you made a flipant comment suggesting that the deceased woman deserved what she got.
Hello bloggers. This story was also on MUVI Tv and some of Mary’s family members were saying that they were suspecting withcraft. So we don’t which is which.
Bleeding from the nose and ears? When on the day of burial or what? How was there marriege life.Benzo menyana mangi or what.
Investigate, ……? in Zambia she is dead and buried.They probably rushed her to the grave in those newly acquired Hammer H3 Manda Mandas ….
Zoe, plus i was there last night, ka.
#32 Mwana wa fimo fimo, at no point did i ever say or indeed insinuate that she deserved what she got. Simply saying she was naughty does not imply that…not to my understanding anyway. And this insensitive issue. You are making a big meal out of nothing. And like i said whether we are sensitive, insensitive or anything else, people will continue to die every day. Even i shed tears too, by the way.
#33 One True One, LT has this habbit of misinforming bloggers who at the end of the day insult each other over fake stories. I mean, LT says Royd is survived by four children!! Kwaliba? And the chap is living!
This is the problem with the animal so called man, he thinks he has done you a big favour once he marries you. Dudes, you have no right to take your wife’s life, without women you will simply have rust.
Its unfortunate that in an African context regarding death there is nothing natural they have to find a fault even when there is no envidence. Its this and that being the cause. As Bantus, when faced with a grave situation like death, we become veru emmotional to an extent where we let sense of reasoning go to the heart instead of the brain. Imagine putting to rest a beloved one and family members from both sides sorting each other physically. Its very hirting to the children and widower etc. If it was a fighting couple type things should have been handled by bother parties just when pipo come together when there is a weeding or any other family function. Its horible in this modern that families can resort to fighting each other.
Iwe Twitter, ati shani? Rust? Where? Ulelanda bwino, aini. What makes you so sure tinga chite nguwe??
Maaah kumanda!! i hope the new manda manda was not broken . . . tulefwaya tukaninemo kabili – pa last . . . Hey Peope vengence is the Lord’s . . . if the man killed his wife, may God repay & judge him . . .
Ku bar, ni drama. Ku church, ni drama. Muvikwati, drama. Pochita ntwenu, drama. Politics, Drama. manje na kumanda, Drama. Yaba!
“There is no smoke without fire” let the police move in and exhume the body then establish wat really was the cause of death.And to the husband(widower) if u are innocent ,let the air be cleared.Dont obstruct the investigations.-Ba Moze mulishani mukwayi?
All fingers point to the husband, how can one who is dead continue bleeding even after the body had been in the mortury for some days as though she was killed in a raod accident. This reminds me of how my young sister got beaten by the husband in Mongu in 1994. I travelled from Ndola to Mongu and on burial day upon viewing the body i broke down like a kid coz blood kept on oozing from the nose and mounth and when I enguired I was told she fell off the bed and there was nobody by bed side. they guy managed to get way with it coz doctors where his friends and used to buy plenty of booz. The truth came later and the guy has never know peace. Mary was killed by husband. Relatives pile pressure police will exhume the body and truth will come out. I know postmoterm is bad but its a good devil.
Ba Monze, Its real, just accept that. am sure coz i saw that from my boyfriend when we were not together for some time. Loi
Azimayi, please don’t stay in abusive marriages. Two many women have died at the hands of their men.
No matter how ‘naughty’ you supposedly are, women you dont need to suffer abuse from your husbands. Society also needs to change so that these women do not need to stay in abusive relationships. In Zambia, if a woman is not married, then she is not a proper person. That is why some women would rather stay than leave their abusive husbands.
There is no proof in anyof this that this woman was beaten. Died she die as a result of beatings? If so, the right thing to do by the victim’s family is to go to the police and take any evidence to support their claim. Otherwise, why ineed wait until the day of burial to bring up such rubbish? Sojme times people do die of natural causes! And bleeding from the nose and ears doe not prove the victim died of being beaten. Very weak and primitive arguments by the victim’s family.