A second state witness has today testified in the case where former president Rupiah Banda is charged with abuse of authority how he was told to conceal the presence of the then MMD national Secretary Major Richard Kachingwe’s presence in Nigeria where he had gone to the offices of the Nigerian national petroleum company.
Mr. Alex luhila 62 of house number 406 Kudu road in Kabulonga Lusaka a former Zambian high commissioner to Nigeria told the court that during the time when he was high commissioner, he was told by authorities to receive an envoy or guest from home with due respect.
Mr. Luhila testified that during his course of duty he also had briefings with his staff who told him that there was an envoy that came in and out of Nigeria without meeting with him.
He testified that it was during that period that he got concerned and gathered his courage to phone State house and he was told that the then president Banda had a meeting but could leave his message which he did.
He testified that president Banda called him and told him not to doubt his authority to appoint a special envoy.
Mr. Luhila told the court that three weeks later, he received a telephone call from president Banda who told him that there was a special envoy who was going to Nigeria to deliver a message and he obliged to the directive.
He told the court that When he drove to meet the special envoy, he found out that it was Major Richard Kachingwe and they drove together to a place called four towers where offices for the Nigerian national petroleum company are situated.
He testified that he was told to wait in the foyer upon arrival while Major Kachingwe proceeded to another office where he only spent less than ten minutes and came out with a brown khaki envelope in his hands.
Mr Luhila told the court that as they were leaving the premises, Major Kachingwe told him not to tell anybody about his presence in Nigeria.
He testified that Major Kachingwe also refused to use transport that was organized for him by the high commission to take him to the airport because he had to travel back to Zambia on the same day.
Chief resident magistrate Joshua Banda has adjourned the matter to tomorrow for continued trial.
Really ? Looks like the major will be in for it too.Just when i thought the beatings he(Kachingwe) got at the handsof Scorpion Kadobi were enough now this.Ololwanya.
Now what are you the doubting thomases going to say about witch hunt and info fishing.? Rupiah dipped his fat fingers in state coffers
More news coming… No wonder the big man never wanted prosecution…
So if Kachingwe went to Nigeria, and came out of the office with a brown envelope, does that give enough evidence of corruption? awe sure mwe. R B will win this case if this is the evidence you have.
You must be very dull. I am sure your IQ is among the lowest and wali ichikopo sana ku skulu. The issue here is not about the brown envelope Kachingwe received but the fact that Banda was personally involved in this transaction of oil procurement which has never been received despite paying US$11 million on it
your mother stirred the pot drank the beer and found you in the sediments
now Kachingwe will also testify. This is just the foundations being led
the man remained in the foyer and is not privy to what kachingwe discussed and what he was carrying…this is no evidence at all but hearsay which caanot be admitted in court.looks these guys are just fishing in dry fish ponds
Why worry about stripping on ones immunity if the prosecution team is fishing in dry ponds?
You are all d.u.ll.
Kachingwe is the main witness in this matter. This guy was just laying a foundation so that when kachingwe come to testify the judge will have a clear picture of the scam.
There is so far no evidence to support the case. Did this chap produce a taped phone conversation? Even if he did he has failed to incriminate RB. What was in the brown envelop, was it plain papers, nairers, us$, £ or rands?
Jus hear say, brown envelope, telephone interviews , tell us where is the corruption.
Already lost the case , hungry witnesses,
My friend don’t be dull ,kachingwe is the s
tate witness
The truth is established where they are two witnesses. the man who is testifying has laid a good foundation .Can we really trust RB?Zambians wake up this is the end of RB.Now what willl Banda say ?
I don’t believe such a testimony, please
WASHAUTI 4 RB
No Zambian will ever trust RB this is his down fall. why not sending minister of energy, or Finance minister why involving an mmd party secretary ?wait for the major to testify this is a lower court RB will be cross examined and his answer will be no or yes.
So What?
And Kachingwe will testify later that in that brown envelope, there was cash. Isn’t that hearsay? Please show the judge evidence printed on hard copy and also remember not to photocopy
Just wait, the Major will testify what he went to do in Nigeria. More witnesses coming and the actual transfer of cash to Singaopre. Watch the space
In less than 10 minutes the meeting was over and Kachingwe came out with a Khaki envelope.How big was this Khaki envelope.Was Kachingwe struggling to carry it?
Could have been a cheque iwe naiwe, what kind of dullness is this?
Lets wait for Major Kashingwe, the story continues. Ni super story iyi you gata Love Zed non stop entertainment , from the Professors to Mayuka, then to RB now the ball goes back to one Major Kach Kach….
Ok this ls unbelievable.Did you guys prepare for this case?
Now we are getting there, sounds like a movie, hushed airport arrivals, hurried return flights, big brown envelopes and special chauffeur driven cars. I think RB is in a very tight corner with no way to escape. I am sure there will be more breath-taking revelations to follow.
Check in and out for Kachingwe at the airport to Nigeria for for that year. And when was the deal sealed?
It seems clear that Kachingwe is the one who wanted the meeting to be hush hush. RB even rang Luhila to expect Kachingwe. Major seems to have done a deal for himself. All will become clear. Kachingwe is fake.
Clowns supporting RB, you do realize that the money the stole in MMD is yours too right?
This money is actually Nigerian and not Zambian…. You may argue he abused his office but this just the Nigerians given an African country crude oil at a subsidized price and the country selling it on the international market and pocketing the difference.
And yet the African countries never remember this good deed only complain about Nigeria. Maybe thats why they have $50billion in foreign reserve and even South Africa does not have that much. Last I remember Zambia had about $1billion
it you who is a crown the evidence so far is speculative look at the photocopies, the envelops containing feaces and some ***** standing in corridors
You feeble mind bloggers, are you reading what your Ala Bee was getting up to? Would you take a bullet for such a vile criminal? kikikikiki
So it is clear that KACHINGWE is the STAR witness. So all we need is to tear KACHINGWE apart as an unreliable and incompetent witness. Kachingwe is a hired gun and we just need to show that he has the motivation to lie against RB. Kachingwe has no money and is probably being fed by the state. Kachingwe lacks the integrity that would make him a star witness. Kachingwe has problems with MMD and is willing to do anything to strike at anything and anyone. But why direct his anger at RB? Is his anger against NEVERS not enough??. i cant imagine that this is the same guy who went to court and claimed that ALL THE MMD Campaign materials including trucks were geniunely procured. Any way, lies have short legs. infact, it will be dangerous to convict a RB on basis of evidence adduced from one KACHING
The issue here is not about campaign material but the oil transaction Banda influenced whose proceeds we have never seen. Yes Kachingwe said the campaign materials were genuinely acquired but I don’t remember him ever saying that the oil transaction was genuinely carried out
Kachingwe merely delivered a message to Nigeria and in return he took back an answer.He has no idea what were the contents of the envelope he was delivering and carrying back to RB.
@Kajongozi,thumbs up you are the only one making sense!!why is it so hard for these dull bloggers to use their brain objectively?
No Zambian will ever trust RB this is his down fall. why not sending minister of energy, or Finance minister why involving an mmd party secretary ?wait for the major to testify this is a lower court RB will be cross examined and his answer will be no or yes.
What a witness PW2. these are cardinal to criminal proceedings where the prosecution has to prove the case beyond any reasonable doubt. now you remain in a foyer, you did here the discussion, you saw a kaki envelop. The phone call came from the President and RB. ooooooh. Surely, Major did even see the Nigerian Presido. 4-0
Kach is not RB. Kaki paper is not money……..more action movie.
what has all this got to do with anything? Maybe the retired major did not want the Boko Haram alerted that he was in town. just saying.
@Nzelu, you are right.
pekanyeni evidence iyalondoloka. Pantu ngayama brown enviropes mukalusa. Bushe bonse abapitana nama brown enviropes ni corrutpn? Limbi th Major a lefwayila limo inchito, ilimwene danger kuntanshi.
ele ngamwalusa uyu mulandu tukapusana coz namunsebanya sana. ama coligiz frm ASIA EUROPE, CAMDODIA askng me y each presido z losng umpunity or immunity
I think Nigeria has no brown /Khaki envelopes.. kachingwe went with an empty brown envelope in readniess for Niras.. I’m told RB hired a jet for Kachingwe. But Kachingwe said ‘boss we need some change’.. ‘let me use the low cost nigerian air-bus’. To which RB responded ‘ there is plenty for every-one malume. Take it easy in lagos’ …But with Kachingwe, ‘once a soldier always a soldier’, as soon as the mission was accomplished, he rushed back home.
Partners in crime, you don’t need to know what was in envelop his mere presence in Nigeria,at the Oil company is enough to open a pandoras box.
Bali muchibe ba RB bushe bale pusuka
Truly an endangered species!
So, the story so far.
1. RB wrote a lettr to Nigerian PRESIDENT to ask for oil. The original is with Y’Adua in his grave.
2. Konga decided to keep a photo copy of the request.
3. Major Kachingwe went to Nigeria, surreptitiously, and went to the Nigerian Petroleum Co. and came out with a brown envelope.
No crime yet committed.
But why are the two reports (LT and ZWD) so different from the same court room. Please we want to be informed correctly without bias. The LT report does not contain cross examination from the defence, the ZWD report leaves out the state witness side. Whats going on Kanshi? It is our tax money at stake here.
Ask ba ZWD also.
I am just as bothered by the lack of unbiased reporting in this matter. This is political trench warfare …all sides have dug in deep and are unwilling to concede any ground, on anything! All the while, it is the ordinary Zambian who is the loser!
People, let’s wait en see what that “Cash-ingwe” soldier wil say. The super story is far from over!!
I thought those beatings this major got at at the hands of those cadres were enough now we are hearing that he was being to do deals by his boss, Nevers send those boys again to go and fish out of his house he needs another beating!
What I know is that RB & his children where thieves & operated Zambia like their backyard private company.I wil wait & see. I will wait and hear…I will wait…
Hahaha, yaba!. Elo yaba pa half-time.
Rubbish testimony!
The witness’ story doesn’t sound convincing lol! Kachingwe asked me not tell anyone, really? Hope it’s not the belly at work?
@27, interesting observation. This story here would actually give the impression that the photo copy of the letter that was found in Konga’s house was actually allowed as part of evidence, which is not the case because had that been the case, RB would have been under pressure. All these other examiinations and cross-examinations seem to be just some fishing exercises.
Foolish.
imwe ba Zambian youth if don’t understand things its better u just keep quiet coz if u say he was left in the foyer so what the fact is they went to the offices of the oil company that’s the fact regardsless of what and what
If this is true then Banda has a case to answer, why do African Presidents loose their heads when they get into their office. I cannot rule out the fact that somewhere he did dip his hands in mucky waters, the money has always lived a careless life.
This circus story is still going..Sounds like aka red na ka black.. How come was it an empty blown evelope? or a blown evelope consisting a signed contract?be specific
OPENING AN ACCOUNT IN ANY BANK REQUIRES SIGNATORIES. IF, AT ALL, AN ACCOUNT DID EXIST IN SINGAPORE, WHOSE WAS IT?
COMRADE BANDA NOW WANTS TO GO TO SA FOR A LEG AMPUTATION,
AFTER HIS FAILURE TO SECURE A SINGLE GENUINE LECTURE IN ZAMBIA WITH THE HELP OF AMSTERDAM ZW DOG. MR ZAMBIANPOST, PLEASE KEEP IT UP WITH YOUR BALANCED REPORTING.