DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mutembo Nchito will study the merits and demerits of a request by former President Rupiah Banda to travel for a meeting in Johannesburg before making a decision to allow him to travel or not.
Mr Nchito, who was speaking in a telephone interview yesterday, said he could not discuss the trip in detail because he is on duty outside Zambia.
I am not in the country right now but I will deal with this issue (Mr Bandas trip) when I return, Mr Nchito said. I have to study it first.
On Wednesday, acting President Edgar Lungu said, in addition to his office (Ministry of Home Affairs) sanctioning or rejecting Mr Bandas request, the former President would need clearance from the DPP.
Mr Lungu said the DPP, who is key in making a decision on whether to allow Mr Banda to travel or not, had not been informed of Mr Bandas intention to travel to South Africa.
The acting President has, however, described Mr Banda as a flight risk who is unlikely to return and face trial if he is allowed to travel abroad, the way his son Henry who is currently in South Africa has done.
Mr Lungu said once Mr Banda makes a case to travel, his office would examine it impartially and judge it on its merit, given the gravity of the criminal charges he faces in court.
Mr Banda is facing trial on allegations that he abused his office while in power after Parliament stripped him of his immunity in March.
Whats there to Study? Political foolishness……. Do u honestly think RB can runaway from Zed…if yo plans are to runaway when out of office bkoz of yo corrupt activities, don’t think RB is like u..
Why do you people like insults? Is it impossible to express your views in a sober manner?
Surelly what is there to study about RB`s trip? i thought the courts of law are they ones who have a final say on RB`s trip request not mutembo nchito and the group
@Monk squire analysis, where is the insult sir? I can’t see any insults in what Rebased has said.
Mutembo Nchito to be above RB? Zambia has no people for real. And if Mutomba N, is out country then there is no other who can decide on RB?
Don’t allow him to go to RSA to link up with his fugitive son Henry.
He also has other relatives there including his late brothers children who the DPP may not know about. The chances of him disappearing in South Africa are quite high just keep him in Zambia.
Childish!
@monk square analysis – insulting? what do you mean insult. i aint seen any insults. are you telling me foolishness is an insulting word? You better be asking Jesus christ then from the bible. he used to “insult” according to your thinking,more than what the respected rebased opinion used. Go and read the bible and see Gods and Jesus’ insults. I guess the apple doesnt fall too far from the tree,if we are to use your definition of insult.
We are in deep trouble. This is mistreatment of RB. Anyway what can we do. They are in power and dictating tames. Only time will tell, lest we are victimized. Long Live RB. We miss you. At lease I miss you.
They judge others by their standards.
Dont let this man go to South Africa because he is going to run away and stay at Mswati’s place for his womaniser job. So please dont let him to go. Ask me, he has now run away from me.
What is there to study, let the man go, he will definately come back. Mutembo should be externalising funds and planning his life afte PF, because he is the one who will not come back
RB will surely not come back once allowed to travel, mark my words!!!
this waste period. nearly everyone is out the country except lungu. in other countries others can take over the country. like that……
Does anyone know the investments that Mutembo has in Zambia? We’ll need to confiscate them after he scampers in 2016!
Iwe rebased opinion, R B will run away if given chance to go out of the country. The son is on the run, what makes yu think the father won’t behave in the same maner. Edger and Mutembo,please make sure you don’t let the old grey mole be even near the boader
Did Henry run away from Zambia or he went back home (SA) after his father lost the September ’11 elections?
@Waluma Njoka. IF HENRY WENT BACK HOME TO SA AS YOU CLAIM, WHAT CAN PREVENT RB FROM “GOING BACK HOME (SA)” LIKE HIS SON? MANY OF US ARE HURTING BECAUSE OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS FAMILY AND ITS TANDEM OF FOLLOWERS TOOK ZAMBIA FOR GRANTED, PLUNDERING THE COUNTRY’S WEALTH WITH SOME OF THEM BURYING BILLIONS OF KWACHA IN THE GROUND. WE ARE NOT SHORT OF MEMORY. THE MAN WANTS TO PLAY HIDE AND SEEK WITH THE GOVERNMENT. THE BIBLE SAYS YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE. WE SURELY WANT TO KNOW IF THIS MAN IS NOT GUILTY. AND MAY GOD HELP US TO BRING TO BOOK ALL THESE CRIMINALS WHO ARE SO CRAFTY IN THEIR SCHEMES.
just let the man travel how many times are you going to be refuse before
you make our government look bad, because those invitations will keep
coming whether you like it or not, we supposed to treat past leaders well
because history will come to haunt us, the west appreciate their leaders so they
get even better leaders
MY DEAR A THIEF IS A THIEF. EVEN IF HE IS INVITED FOR A MEETING OUTSIDE ZAMBIA. HE STILL REMAINS A THIEF. THE FACT THAT HE IS A FORMER LEADER IS NOT HERE NOR THERE. HISTORY WILL ACTUALLY RESPECT US FOR PROSECUTING A THIEVING PRESIDENT. IT IS CLEAR HE STOLE GRZ TRUCKS AND NOW IT WILL BE MADE CLEAR THAT HE ENGANGED IN THE OIL-GATE SCANDAL. YOU CANNOT ALLOW SUCH A CRIMINAL TO BE ROAMING FREE. ARMSTERDAM WILL BE VERY HAPPY WHEN THIS MAN RUNS AWAY.
IF THIS MAN IS SURELY INNOCENT HE WILL NOT INSIST ON GOING TO SA. MUTEMBO WILL BECOME A LAUGHING STALK WHEN THIS MAN DISAPPEARS.THINGS CHANGE IN ZAMBIA. THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WANT HIM TO TRAVEL WILL TURN AND SAY, YES BECAUSE YOU WERE MISTREATING HIM SO HE HAS THE RIGHT TO RUN AWAY. HE IS A TRAVEL RISK. HIS SON WITH WHOM THEY WERE MAKING EVIL DEALS HAS RUN AWAY. SO LET RB BE UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENT. HE TRIED BY ALL MEANS TO AVOID ANSWERING HIS CHARGES EVEN WHE HIS IMMUNITY WAS INTACT. HE IS A SUSPECT AND WE DO NOT WANT TO GAMBLE WITH HIS TRAVELS.
I personally believe RB has nothing whatsoever to fear or let alone run away, The man is here, his accusers have not established any offense worth running away. The truth of the matter is that THIS IS ALL POLITICAL INTERFERENCE. I think we are experiencing the most ruthless government since the UNIP days. People’s right are being tramped upon at will by those who are suppose to protect them.
We are praying and praying hard for our Zambia and God will surely come through us again.
I think any one who can trust RB after his known dealings in his public service must be hopelessly naive or a person of very questionable integrity.
It’s so easy to bandy about emotive words such as POLITICAL INTERFERENCE and the like, but what about justice and the rule of law. Are the people who serve in high positions not to be questioned or accountable for justifiably alleged wrongs done against the people? If no one is above the law, then let it that be so in reality and practice!
I meant ‘then let that be so in reality and practice’.
As surely as the sun rises from the east and sets in the west, RB is a flight risk. It would really be very naive to think RB would come back once he slps out of Zambia’s jurisdiction.
If the above were not the case, then we would have had RB’s son Henry back a long time ago!
Let the man remain in the country until all his cases have been dealt with fully!
Both sides PF and UPND supporters know that RB needs to pay back that money. Really the challenger was flying more than seaguls.
MR RB IS AN ADULT. A PARENT AND A GRAND PARENT. LET HIM BE EXEMPLARY IN HIS DEALINGS. THERE ARE VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM HERE IN ZAMBIA. LET HIM CLEAR HIS NAME BEFORE HE STARTS FLYING ALL OVER THE WORLD. HE IS A FLIGHT RISK. MANY OF US ARE HURTING OVER THE WAY THIS MAN MANAGED THE AFFAIRS OF THIS COUNTRY. HE CAN ACTUALLY HELP THIS COUNTRY BY RESOLVING THAT ”I SHALL NEVER TRAVEL OUT OF THIS COUNTRY UNTILL MY NAME IS CLERED”. THAT IS WHAT WE EXPECT A MAN OF INTEGRITY TO DO. NOT ALWAYS PARKING HIS BAGS AT THE SLIGHTEST INVITATION, EVEN WHEN HE IS LATE. RB HAS NOTHING TO LOSE BY MISSING THOSE MEETINGS. IF ANYTHING HE CAN SEND COMMUNICATION THAT HE CANNOT COME BECAUSE THERE ARE NATIONAL ISSUES TO SORT OUT. LET RB HELP US. WE NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS CASE. LET ALL …
continued – WHO LOVE THIS MAN, FRIENDS OR FAMILY ADVISE HIM TO STAY WITHIN THE COUNTRY. THIS WILL ALLAY FEARS THAT THE MAN WANTS TO DODGE JUSTICE. HE IS COMPETENTLY REPRESENTED BY RENOWNED LAWYERS INCLUDING A PROFESSOR. WE ARE AFRAID THAT HE MAY RUN AWAY LIKE HIS SON. 1. WITH HIS IMMUNITY INTACT HE REFUSED TO APPEAR FOR QUESTIONING. 2. TO HAVE HIS IMMUNITY REMOVED HE ORGANISED HIS MPS TO REVOLT WITH SOME OF THEM LIFTING A MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST THEIR FELLOWS. 3. HE ORGANISED AN INTERNATIONAL LAWYER WHO REFERRED TO THE ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT AS “*****S”. 4. HE HAS ALREADY CLAIMED THAT HE IS BEING POLITICALLY PERSECUTED. 5.HIS SON WITH WHOM DEALS ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN CUT HAS RUN AWAY. SURELY WILL IT BE UNFAIR IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES TO ASK MR RB TO PUT A HOLD ON TO HIS FLIGHTS?