THE Lusaka High Court will today hear the application by former Republican President, Rupiah Banda that may determine whether he would travel to South Africa to attend the African Presidential Centre.
Banda who made his application in the High Court yesterday after two senior magistrates turned the earlier ones, also asked the court to vary his police bonds to enable him travel for the said function scheduled to start today and ending on June 8 this year.
But when the matter came up yesterday, High Court Judge-in-Charge who is in conduct of the matter granted an inter-parte hearing in the matter to allow both parties to make submissions.
The State had by press time not yet submitted its response on grounds that they were served with the written application late and needed time to study it and make a written response as well.
Banda in his application contended that he was making the application to the court to order the release of his passport to enable him attend the important function and future functions that he would be invited to attend.
He said he was a family man with two very young children, had properties in Zambia and previously lectured at Boston University in American and came back knowing that the State intended to prosecute him as comments to that effect were made long before the current prosecutions.
“I have now been invited by the African Presidential Centre to make a presentation at the African Presidential Roundtable 2013 in Johannesburg from June 5 to 8 this year and with me is a copy of the invitation letter written by the director which was copied to the US embassy in Zambia and Zambian embassy in US,” he said.
The Boston University had already sent two return air tickets and for one aide to travel with him to South Africa and back.
Chief Resident Magistrate Joshua Banda and Principal Resident Magistrate Obbister Musukwa in denying releasing the accused’s passport said the subordinate court had no jurisdiction to vary Banda’s bond conditions and advised that in an event that he was aggrieved with the outcome, he should apply to the higher court.
Mr Banda said the application to vary the accused persons’ police bond was before a wrong court saying even though he had inheritance power, it should not override the statutory provisions.
“The magistrate only has powers to extend the police bond and not to make any variations, and on the accusations of people making running comments, let all those including the accused stop making any running comments over the cases before court,” he said.
Mr Musukwa said section 126 (3) was the only statute that gave the High Court powers to vary the accused person’s police bond.
we shall see SATA if he shall will be honoured like RB……but my point of view,sata shall will be honoured as a step father,CNP ad bufi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
A REAL MAN MUST SEEK HONOUR FROM HIS OWN PEOPLE. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME. IF YOU ARE A THIEF AT HOME, EVEN IF YOU RUN TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, YOU STILL REMAIN A THIEF. BANDA IS A DISGRACE TO HIS OWN PEOPLE.
INFACT IF HE RAN TO USA HE WILL EASILY BE ARRESTED AND DEPORTED BACK HOME TO ANSWER CHARGES OF CORRUPTION. I DONT THINK THE USA GOVERNMENT WILL TOLERATE FORMER LEADERS WHO STEAL EVEN THE MONEY THEY DONATED TO ZAMBIA.
AChisenga, firstly yo upper case writing is too loud. Secondly, ever head that ‘a prophet is respected everywhere but his home?’ So yo “…MAN MUST SEEK HONOUR FROM HIS OWN PEOPLE…” crap is not in order here.
Mr Sata will soon be confered with a doctorate degree by Robert Kapasa Makasa University in Muchinga.
Rodger Chongwe ran away from Mwanawasa to Aussie. so if bad wants to leave Zambia he does not need your passport. he will just to American embassy and declared him. that us base in Zambia is capable to turn everything around. which Zambian security can go hear. from there RB can flown anywhere and kept until.
Mexico can issue him another passport. RB is diplomat and educated
In English please!
It is saddening to see how human beings can so mercilessly inflict mental torture on a fellow human being. The world is watching.
Just give him his passport yaba. The all thing is akin to persecution by the hands of an archaic regime. And those of you objecting to this should always remember that the man is innocent until its been proven without a reasonable doubt that he stole the money.
The more Sata, Kabimba & Mmembe tries to persecute Rupiah Banda, the more the world love & respect this former Zambian President, an African Statesman with rare qualities that cannot be found in an ugly person moron chimpanzee like PF thug criminal panga man Sata.
Zambians loves you President Rupiah Banda. U are not alone in this fight!
Sata & PF they have lost this fight even before they started it!
God bless President Rupiah Banda!
Why is it so important for him to go UNZA, CBU, Mulungushi, Lusaka university etc pliz give the man something to talk about and keep him busy. do you have to wait for Boston or university of Nigeria university to honor him
Nga akana come and tell me hehehehe
Nga akana come and tell me hehehehe
This vile pompous chap Ala Bee is wasting the court’s time; what’s more important him defending his fat self from corruption charges or chin wagging at fictitious meetings at Jacob Zuma’s house with Amsterdam.
PS. This chap is a flight risk on a one way ticket. We are not *****.
U’ve clearly never been to Chipata. There, my friend, anyone who serious wants to go to Malawi can do that anytime with or without permission, more so to Mozambique via Panji’s farm in Vubwi…
Any updates on this story please ba LT? Has the man been excused from attending the funeral in Kavalamanja to attend some irrelevant meeting in RSA?
Even if the court gives him the passport, our patriotic immigration officials at KK airport won’t allow him to leave