THE Lusaka magistrate’s court has ordered the Zambia Police Service to issue five United Party for National Development (UPND) cadres who are claiming to have been assaulted by the Police with medical report forms to enable the five seek medication.
Magistrate Lameck Ng’ambi granted the application against the state saying he would be failing in the promotion of justice and human rights if he refused the accused an opportunity for them to seek medication.
UPND lawyer Martha Mushipe made an application yesterday when the matter came up for mention to compel the Police to issue medical report forms to her clients Aaron Sililo Pumulo 35, Joseph Mazonda 48 , Lemmy Mukoba 29, Patrick Ntalasha 28, and Newton Chisuntu 30, to enable them seek medication.
The cadres who are charged with idle and disorderly conduct likely to cause breach of peace claim to have been battered and assaulted by the police on June 7, 2012 when they fought running battles as they attempted to demonstrate to the Supreme Court over developments in the judiciary.
It is alleged that Pumulo a barman, Mazonda a tyre mender, Mukoba and Ntalasha unemployed and Chisuntu a security guard on June 6, 2012 in Lusaka jointly and acting together with other persons unknown conducted themselves in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace by blocking public roads at the junction of Lagos and Addis Ababa drive.
Ms Mushipe told the court that her clients had the right to health and as such the order should force the police to issue her clients medical report forms to enable them seek medication.
But the State had asked the court to deny the cadres the request saying they were on bail as such they would freely seek medication.
The State said the court was not the right fora to use as the request made by the cadres’ lawyer was beyond its jurisdiction.
Pumulo , Mazonda , Mukoba , Ntalasha and Chisuntu would commence trial on July 10, 2012.
Meanwhile one of the lawyers representing the deceased Sajid Itowala’s father in law Mohammed Dalal, Sakwiba Sikota yesterday asked the court to acquit his client on charges of forgery and uttering false documents relating to the late Itowala’s shares because the complainant and private prosecutor prosecuting the matter were not before court.
It was alleged in the first count that Dalal on August 20, last year in Lusaka, being the administrator of the late Itowala made false documents purporting to be minutes of a shareholders meeting of Cyclone Hardware and Construction Limited to his daughter Tasnim Hanif.
In the second count, it is alleged that Dalal made false documents of minutes of shareholders meeting of Cyclone Hardware and Construction and submitted the same to Patents and Company registration office to cause the fraudulent transfer of 2,000, 000 ordinary shares from Sajid Itowala to Tasnim Hanif Dalal.
But when the matter was called yesterday the complainant, witness and prosecutor were all not before court prompting Mr Sikota to ask the court to set his client free.
Mr Sikota told Magistrate Lameck Mwale that his client should walk to freedom because the complaint and witness were not before the court when they knew very well that the matter was scheduled for continued cross examination.
He said that the prosecution appeared not to be ready to continue with the matter by virtue of them being absent before court and as such his client should be acquitted based on the provisions of the criminal procedure code (CPC) under section 199.
He complained that the prosecution did not make any attempt to communicate to court about their absence.
However, before the court could deliver its ruling on the application, Private Prosecutor Bokani Soko walked into the court room and apologised to the court for his late coming.
Mr Soko wondered how the defence could make an application for his client to be acquitted when the prosecution was not before court.
Magistrate Mwale adjourned the matter to June 29, but warned against such delays in the proceedings.
ZNBC
Is she a police officer or is she is a model?
comment n#1
She looks more like a prostitute to me with all the makeup and fake sun glasses. ati police
this was not even suppose to go to court in the first place. i hate Zambia police a lot. a lot of people have been mistreated and beaten, some even killed by the police officers who are suppose to be protecting the very lives they are taking. most of the police officers are criminals themselves.
The state would be failing its duty to deny citizens the right to mediacal reports after buttery by police. The court is right and police have to be policed by civil courts. Grant them medical reports and later to be submitted in courts as evidence against beatings of innocent people by police. The law can be bitter medicine than the case of beatings using the same law.
I had a nasty experience with the Zambia Police at the Lusaka intercity bus terminus. Some kabovas took money from me on false pretence that they were Euro bus representatives when infact they were working for a bus company which people hardly use. They refused to give back thee money and dared me to go and report them to the police. For sure two female police officers at the Intercity bus police post did nothing and even said it was my fault. Later I learned that they connive with the call boys and even share the money making the kabovas invincible and protected from their activities. This was happening in broad day light!
Number 6 the same happened to my mother. I went to report the matter and they did absolutely nothing. Intercity police are useless!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s sad when the police are more interested to serve their own interests instead of the Zambian people they are there to protect.
Write constructive English Lusaka Times
Iwe y complain, just read as long as u understand wat they write. Are u white????
@Johnny Walker
Leave the young girl alone, women are meant to always look nice, presentable and attractive, they are the flowers of the world. She is just trying to make ends meet just as you in her career as a police officer. Imagine that she is reading such bad comments from you, how does that make her day?
Mwandini young lady you are looking real good, a good representation of zambian women police, be proud and smile.Good day.
@St louis, she is looking good.Let they attitude be good aswell.
No wonder The country will never develope due to such *****s like the one going by the blanket name: John walker. he is an ***** himself, who will never have a good looking woman like my sister there for a wife.
She just came from some nite club straight on to Horse. Goshh…
She looks more like a porn star than a Police officer. *****.
Shes a cute cop. Just appreciate ba fee colour.
PF appoint a commission of inquiry. She is quit to be a police officer.
Some Zambian ladies, awe mwe. Ukuipenta kwati ka doli.
She lik the one ws hammering lst nyt…ths poor police officers eish,the problm they nt paid we’ll tht s reason they r doing prostitution..all ths makeups am seein hey.
It would be interesting to look at her feet.All fake except maybe the police uniform
Did this have to take the courts? What is wrong with the police?
Looks like she is a good rider!!!
Heeeeeey! This girl is on a horse ride! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! In nyanja we say, uyu police a nyenga, wamenya bantu futi ndiwe uti aba bantu ba chimwa koma ndiwe ploice wa chimwa!
IS THIS LADY LAWYER MARTHA STILL PRACTICING ? WE THOUGHT SHE WAS BARRED FROM HER PRACTICE BY LAZ ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR STEALING ONE OF HER CLIENTS MONEY.
the girl is just cute. her bosses must be smiling. her husband is in big sh..t. the main issue here is not the girl but what her work as in uniform stands for. its a force
i second comment number one
She looks like a regular rodeo rider
Police Immunity.. Im sorry bantustans oh it still hurts.. The court is just doing u a faver.. Otherwise u breached the Law and warning in the first place now u want the ZP to sign on your report, dont u think thats admision of Guilty by the Police.. U are on bail just go buy Panado RB Left plenty in our Clinics let the stock finish..
Police force -PF….SAD indeed in ZAMBIA no freedon o cf assemply. you can critisise the govenment, they will call you names unless you join the praise leasder the Post Failure -PF, cos Pathetic Fools -PF will defend even when they themselves are starving..Is it a curse???
This ***** her days are numbered on day she will go to the HUGEfor clime against humanity stupid prostitute
Mounted/Woman/Constable Busuma!
nichili hule chabe
From the names of the Cadres victimized by the Police, one can easily see that none of them are Tongas. The UPND is a party for all people. Bemba’s hate us, but thats okay.