THE State has entered a nolle prosqui in a matter in which Mukobeko Prison School Commanding Officer Tobias Mwanza had been sued over poor sanitary conditions at the school.
When the matter came up for commencement of trial yesterday before Kabwe Principal Resident Magistrate John Mbuzi, State prosecutor Susan Mwakalombe applied to the court to discontinue the case following instructions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
This is in a matter in which Mr Mwanza had been taken to court facing two counts of failure to provide adequate and clean sanitary facilities on the premises namely, Mukobeko Training College for staff, thereby subjecting students to conditions which are dangerous and injurious to health.
In the second count the, the school was alleged to have failed to comply with a notice to abet the nuisance contrary to the laws of the land.
Mr Mwanza recently when he appeared before Mr Mbuzi pleaded not guilty to the counts.
Recently the provincial health team in Kabwe threatened to close the training institution following failure by the command to improve sanitary conditions.
And some Kabwe based Prison warders expressed shock with the DPP’s move to enter a nolle prosequi in the matter saying health personnel should not be blamed in the event of any outbreak of diseases.
Interesting. Isn’t this a government institution? This is using the commanding officer as a scapegoat!
exactly my thought!! Govt taking govt to court – can’t they just fire the chap and replace him with a qualified and capable guy 🙂
Nolle Prosqui is the only law the DPP knows. the commanding officer works for Government how then can Government take him to court. this is circus and a waste of time there better cases to attend to than this.
Point of correction its not “Prisoner Commanding Officer,” however, you would have reported as Prisons College/Training School Commanding Officer.Check your wording or sentence construction LT.
This is the problem of having corrupt element like DPP Nchito with a huge debt which he has failed to pay back to Zambians!
Shame!
Its conflict of interest, how do u close the school when the government is trying to improve conditions of prisons by recruiting more qualified staff. I think the ministry of health was not happy that the prisons service had recruited some of its medical staff who have been frastrated by the way things are administered in the health ministry. Prison officers are over worked due to less numbers of staff plz.
Tobias mwanza my former headboy at chiwala high school 1984, please do the right thing
Still your useless head-boy.
This was appropriate becuase the chaps controls the budget
Unsanitary conditions is part of the training. Prison guards need to be prepared to experience that at their future prisons, which have worse sanitary conditions than the college itself.
Compromised health inspectors, if the institutions isn’t fit for purpose u jst need to close it:
Now,this a rather strange story. This man may actually be innocent unless money was provided and he misapplied it or misappropriated it. Other wise the state should have just withdrawn the case. Sacrificial lamb?