Police officers in Kaoma district of Western province have arrested Gilbert Banda 38, an intelligence officer from the Office of the President special division in Kaoma for allegedly raping a Congolese national at Mayukwayukwa refugee camp.
Western Provincial Police Commissioner Fanwell Siandenge confirmed the incident to Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in a telephone interview today.
Mr Siandenge who could not disclose the identities of the Congolese pre-school teacher at Mayukwayukwa refugee camp due to security reasons said that the incidence happened between September and October this year.
He said that Mr Banda who was on official duties at the camp had a forceful carnal knowledge of the unidentified pre-school teacher in her office and that the woman was only rescued by people after shouting for help.
Mr Siandenge said the matter has been handed over to a madam Ndopu, a police Superintendent in- charge of Victim Support Unit (VSU) department based in Mongu – Western division so that thorough investigations are established.
And medical reports obtained by police victim support unit from both Mayukwayukwa camp and Mangango mission hospitals respectively indicated that there was penetration and that semen and bruises were also found in her private parts.
And Mayukwayukwa refugee officer and home affairs officer Mwaba Mumba who expressed displeasure only prayed for the law to take its course and that she could not expect a government officer to do such a thing.
Mrs Mumba said whenever OP officers visited the camp, they always reported themselves to her office and UNHCR officials adding that the raped woman was rushed to the camp hospital and later on to Mangango mission hospital for further medical examinations.
She said the named woman is not allowed to move anyhow in the camp in order to secure her safety.
But sources at Mayukwayukwa kinder care in the camp said that the Congolese woman is a girl friend of the arrested OP officer.
They said their relationship has been there for a long time now but they could not tell what really transpired for her to spill the beans and report the intelligence officer to the police at Mayukwayukwa.
They said the OP man has been seen on several occasions frequenting the camp bringing food stuffs and many other items.
They said there is no Zambian person who is allowed to flirt around with a refugee in the camp according to the UNHCR regulations.
The matter will appear in court soon meanwhile Mr Banda has since been released on police bond.
ZANIS
Police officer at work.
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Kuichaila!
Obviously kapola alimona itako nu kulu kwamu congole .
What a stupid sense of humour. Go to school please, don’t embarass the Zambians you neandertal.
These names of Bandas? Atleast Bembas steal for a hobby, and these Bandas kaya why they choose doing disgusting acts. This time Banda went for the untouchable, uyu waleta wena balekulonga.
Cage the bastard.
Yaba ! Alya apasansuka umukamba.Too bad
My niece Mushota taulaleka ubu hule ku UK. Watushila abeshikulu kuno ku Zambia and you don’t send any money. We here you make a lot o money standing on street corners in London. My only wish is you send some money for these bastards you left here in Zambia.
P.S. Tukapose aya ama ARV you have left behind here in Kanyama.
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yaba!
Good officer.its revenge of the ninja. congorese oso burnt our drive to death and that teacher didnt even die. more over she somehow felt good unlikely our late driver. Please flee our officer BANDA.
Why have they released the rapest? Is it allowed?
he is going to be free. sh ws th girl freind bt after a difference sh decided to behave like tht. ladies y do u behave like ths?
Voltron, the Congolese woman is not the one who burnt the Zambian Driver. That issue is over now. Let the law visit Banda, whether the woman was his girlfriend or not, the fact still stands that he had sex with her against her will. The medical report has confirmed bruises on her private parts an indication that intercourse was forced on her. Let Banda go to court and be convicted, he is a disgrace to the public service.
Why keep refugees at those camps in the fist place? Why don’t the Gov’t of Zambia ask Western Countries like U.S.A and Canada how to go about such?
From the look of things, she is a long time girl friend but i smell a rat here that mr banda was set up for monetory gain or to fix him by his friends he has offended.
Weak officer, sadly, compromised professional integrity.
Mujubeni, mutendni, alakwa kwambili , he thught he was boma, tiye boma izakulagiza lamulo lelo,
Minyeele yabwanji yaso imwe bantu, even if you are a Ngoni Bull, can you not learn from Ka Mpezeni who is now nothing but ribs only and living on ARS, BEGGING umuchele kusteti hausi every wikiendi
very sad story how come an officer rapes a refugee,however this is not new in refugees life,in maheba there was an unhcr employee who was rampant and took it as a hobby for himself.lucky enough he has been dismissed.
the surprising is how unhcr is dormant leave vulnerable refugees in the mouth of these so called officers.
for me i see a conspiracy from unhcr side which is headed by immoral and unprofessional,merciless zambians.let hope that one god wiil end all those sufferings.
Afternoon , we have to people who have troubled us here in nakonde, they say they own police and nothing can be done to them, they have been doing cheque fraud for the past 2years and have made more than 2 billion. their names are cahma marshal kalonga and Tayana Lungu Ndhlovu, and they use a company called shanks Enterprises ltd.
pliz investigate this involves a lto of high ranking Zra officers.
regards Peter