FORMER President Rupiah Banda and the State have agreed to restore his legal immunity and stop prosecuting him following extensive discussions between the two parties.
This is in a case in which Mr Banda is seeking judicial review of the decision of the Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini to strip him of his legal immunity and subject him to criminal prosecution.
According to a consent order signed by the two parties, they want the decision by the National Assembly to be quashed and rendered null and void.
The two parties also want the court to order the restoration of Mr Banda’s immunity following his acquittal and that his legal immunity should be deemed as not to have been removed.
The parties also want the court to quash the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions to prosecute Mr Banda for offences of corrupt practices and concealing gratification.
It was argued that the offences were not part of the allegations tabled before the National Assembly prior to the removal of Mr Banda’s immunity from prosecution and for this decision to be quashed.
“By consent of both parties each through their respective advocates, it is hereby adjudged that the following order be and are hereby granted: an order of certiorari to remove in this honourable court for the purposes of quashing the decision of the learned Director of Public Prosecutions,” part of the consent order reads.
In an earlier sitting before High Court judge Annie Sitali, Mr Banda’s lawyers indicated that they were conducting extensive discussions with the Attorney General following events that had occurred affecting Mr Banda.
Mr Banda’s lawyer Abyudi Shonga told Mrs Justice Sitali that it was most likely that a consent order would be presented to her because areas of difference had been resolved.
“We are asking for an adjournment…to allow the Solicitor General the comfort of perusal and perhaps more importantly, I am pleased to inform the court that extensive discussions between the parties have been ongoing for some time. I can confirm to this court that it is most likely that a consent order will be presented,” Mr Shonga said.
Solicitor General Abraham Mwansa said that was the correct position regarding the matter.
In all fairness, this case is between ”The people of Zambia vs Rupiah Banda”. Until the peoples of Zambia are satisfied that no thieving took place, this case cannot be closed by a cohort of crooked individuals pretending to be representing wishes of most honest and hard working Zambians.
Iwe in Law its not about what you think you know BUT what you can prove. Period. ECL 2016 nafuci nafuchi
Justice delayed is justice denied. RB has been without immunity for over 4 years under pursuit of Government with all levers of powers to prove basis of the Kabimba/Namakando hate allegations. Lamentably they failed and denying restoration is criminal. Leave hatred with hatefull little calawags.It’s time to restore the dignity of our country. What culture are we opening up to that only schemes of destroying the institutions of ex-presidents? The same spirit in vanity was condoned to smear Dr. Kaunda and family for way too long only to prove that it’s hatred schema built on lies that he stole $4 billion. Taxpayers lose millions of dollars to sustain legal fees to cartels that engineer these lies against ex-presidents.
We shall reverse that decision after 11th August 2016. The resources the bandit stole was for the Zambian public, not PF. We can’t have a situation where public resources are plundered for the benefit of personal mutual friendships.
A criminal case (Against the Zambian people) is to be closed on the basis of an agreement? He should have been found guilty or not guilty; if not guilty why does he need the immunity? Now Henry can come back to Zambia; all he needs to tell the pursuants is “Ask my father, I was only his agent, he is the one who sent me do what you think I ought not to have done”. MCS (MHSRIP) must be turning in his grave.
It can be restored today, but justice will ULTIMATELY be delivered. RB stole, period!!!
How do these consent agreements work? The immunity was removed by Parliament. Can it be restored by some corrupt govt officials working for RB? Or will PF take the case back to Parliament, apologise for their earlier action, and ask that the immunity be restored?
For sure, he who laughs last, laughs better. No doubt , some people are not happy seeing our parent RB laughing but many of us are very happy. Infact President HH was not happy seeing RB losing his immunity in that manner. President HH even said,” musiyeni mudala, achita chiyani?”
Ichalo Lifupa
Exactly on the throat! Its indeed the people vs. RB & all what the visionless state of PF bandits is mandated to do is, doing what the people want. Essentially, parliament ratified the removal of RBs Immunity, but & seemingly not random, Lungu should not unequivocally use PFs interest in using state machinery so as to win political favor from gullible ones.
RB doesn’t deserve the “immunity” for he has & still is politically active. RB almost toppled MMDs Mumba to stand for president in 2015 elections. As (2008) Petersen Zagaze said, “another leg on fire & another on fire” is exactly what RB is doing.
Yesterday RB is retired, today in MMD & PF, 2’morow “statesman” after, back to RECYCLED ACTIVE.
The people want Mutembo Nchito who is illegally suspended by corrupt…
…PF bandits.
PF of Lungu MUST fall come 11~8~16.
The Skeleton Key
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Ni immunity ya Nyoko? Let him enjoy it.
Well said. It is good to know that we have some intelligent people like you out there. Sometimes you even wonder how most of our colleagues found themselves abroad. They are too dull, too political, they sound like ld**ts.
Was money that was meant for the Zambian people whisked away to an off-shore account that was owned by RB or his son? The answer is yes. What do you call that act? Answer is, Stealing. You can restore the immunity all you want but that wont make him innocent.
Proof is there for all to see:
“The Nigerian government, under Late President Umar Musa Yar’adua, offered to assist Zambia in her state of oil shortages and developmental challenges, under a bilateral arrangement, with the allocation of crude oil to the country on favourable terms, through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Mr. Rupiah Banda was at the material time President of Zambia. Though, the agreement was reached in principle in 2008, the final offer letter was issued by Crude Oil Marketing Division of…
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Oil Marketing Division of NNPC on 21st March, 2011 for a renewable One Year NNPC crude Oil contract for 20,000 barrels per day effective from 1st May, 2011.
The Zambian government, under Mr. Banda, officially appointed and authorized a Nigerian Energy company to trade on her behalf under the offer. Between August, 2011 and April, 2012 four cargos of 3,790,706 barrels of crude oil, with a net worth of $438,887,268.83, were duly paid for and lifted on behalf of the Zambian government by the appointed Nigerian operator.
The Zambian Ex-President’s son, in connivance with his father, hurriedly registered a company called IEXORA International Limited in Hong Kong and a Barclays Bank account in Singapore. Mr. Banda then directed the Nigerian partner to pay proceeds of the oil…
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Mr. Banda then directed the Nigerian partner to pay proceeds of the oil sales to IEXORA while his son, Henry Banda, operated under a fake email name of Elwood Fairbanks in the deal. Over 1$million meant for Zambia’s development was diverted into this fraudulently opened account by Mr. Banda and his son”. source:
[http://csnacng.org/re-alleged-case-of-fraudulent-diversion-and-conspiracy-against-nigeria-by-ex-zambian-president-rupiah-banda-and-his-son-henry-banda/]
There are multiple articles with undeniable evidence that RB abused the office. You can guys can support the man but he knows that he is not innocent. Thats why Nchito was removed from his position bu Lungu and team. Time will still catch up with this corruption.
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Mr. Banda then directed the Nigerian partner to pay proceeds of the oil sales to IEXORA while his son, Henry Banda, operated under a fake email name of Elwood Fairbanks in the deal. Over 1$million meant for Zambia’s development was diverted into this fraudulently opened account by Mr. Banda and his son.
On the defeat of Mr. Banda at the polls by late President Sata, the Zambia Director of Public Prosecutions undertook a comprehensive investigation of the transaction and visited Nigeria on a Mutual Legal Assistance request to gather evidence and information for the purpose of prosecuting Mr. Banda and his son in Zambia, on the offences of money laundering, abuse of office and fraudulent conversion……
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On the conclusion of a through and fruitful investigation, a case was instituted against Mr. Rupiah Banda and his son, Henry Banda in Zambia. The prosecutor had already closed his case, with the Nigerian partner in the crude oil transactions appearing in the Zambian Court as a prosecution witness, before the sudden death of President Sata in office. Mr. Henry Banda had on the commencement of the trial escaped to South Africa as a fugitive. With the emergency of President Edgar Lungu, political interference were deployed to stampede the proceedings Mr. Banda, with the active collaboration of members of President Lungu’s kitchen cabinet. This resulted in an ominous harassment and persecution of the cOuntry’s DPP, who is constitutionally charged with duty of prosecuting state…
Down memory lane: 15 March 2013
Former President Rupiah Banda
Parliament has today removed former President Rupiah Banda’s immunity from prosecution because of alleged corrupt activities and misappropriation of public funds. The motion passed with 80 for Yes, 3 for No while 4 were absentees.
Now it makes sense, Remove Mutembo out of the way to pave for this.
Zambians what do politicians take us for, The same PF that started this is the same PF that wants to end it, What a joke.
Surely EL should have done better, Its a another Dark day for Zambia.
Thandiwe Chilongo Banda sent $1.5m to the UK using the brothers bank account in the UK. It’s still there up today. The brother was working for an Investment Bank in London.
The money is still there. I bet they were waiting for the Immunity to be squashed.!!!!!!
corrupt lungu is a champion of evil, no wonder there is so much corruption in zambia. Wat a leader
There are no provisions for Presidential immunity to restored once removed. If RB wants his immunity back he should become president again because that’s the only way to acquire it
#lungumustfallaugust2016
Poor timing from His Excelency Edgar Lungu’s government. Look at the way RB is laughing at you. This can cost us an election as the electorate will now believe we condone high level corruption
Lungu cannot avoid being himself. PF are flip-floppers. They do not have a single definitive stance on anything: corruption, electricity tariffs, mining taxes, maize exports, closure of universities, political violence, General Kanene and even Shakafuswa! It is all relative, according to these plastic-minded, corrupt, moral-less dimwits.
That’s why,
#ChagwaMustFall
@Mr Kudos
I have not been your fun, but on this one you are spot on!
Ba Sata PF removed RB’s immunity against protest from opposition. Why is Lungu PF restoring the immunity using consent order?
Is it because Lungu ascended to PF presidency through Chama v Inonge consent order? Can a private civil matter be resolved like a criminal matter. Morality and law are different but i lean on the moral view.
This one decision has confirmed that Lungu PF has abandoned Sata PF vision and embraced RB, line hook and sinker.
The real PF lies interred at Presidential burial Site.
Mr Kudos
Indeed. Glad you are speaking facts.
Otherwise, PF of Lungu MUST fall when they like it or NOT. In this case of elections, those still in PF are eating “nika last boyi, kanalengesa” like in Danny Masiku Yonse’s song. Once Parley is melted, the chaos in PF will shine bright as the visionless out run Lungu.
The Skeleton Key
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kUDOS I M WONDERING IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT HAS BANDA S IMMUNITY BEING LIFTED. THERE IS SOMETHING BEHIND THIS.
@ Mr Kudos
For the FIRST time I am in partial agreement with you.
As to electorate “…now believe we condone high level corruption…”, it is time for decent and honest supporters of PF to realise that PF ideals of Sata (MHSRIP) and Scott were buried with Sata.
What is left, it is not Patriotic Front of 2011, but Plunderers Federation of 2015/16
We have no money to continue with this senseless time wasting case
This RB immunity restoration consent judgment will be as infamous at Mutembo Nchito Nolle selfish!
Lord Devlin would disagree and refuse use of civil procedure to cure a criminal matter. Me think so.
And.on this price of support from RB, I see Lungu losing lots of votes!
This is Zambia we love where former presidents can do whatever they want and get away with it because they are above the law. Immunity is removed from them for the sake of exciting the public and later the siting president influence the decision to set free a former President. The late president Mwanawasa was above that and I think the late president Sata would have not sunk so low to let president Banda go free. The members of Parliament and ministers have let down this nation by stopping former Presidents from stealing. Is this the kind of MPS we want to present us?
I really mourn for my country Zambia. So ifipuba fyalasapota ififine. RB should be rotting in jail to to set a standard for would be criminals.
Kangwa if you have evidence that will help convict RB then come forward. If you dont have jack sh..t then the country is just wasting money and denying RB his rights and freedom. Lets not be emotional but rather use law and judge RB fairly. Suppose it was you.
@ Abazana Chindo
Great, ask RB what happened to his 20% stake in Pepsi paid by people of Zambia with Excise Duty and VAT? Another consent order (2012/HP/196)?
As to judging RB “fairly”, how it can be judged if “immunity from prosecution” is restored by “consent order” (civil law) and without backing of the Constitutional provision?
How much more convincing or reasons do you need to Vote PF and Edgar Lungu out? The man is doing a good job at de-campaigning himself but you still insist on voting for him.
EL is the weakest opponent HH will ever come up against in an election. Infact UPND should have won back then during the Presidential by-election because then EL was a political novice with no influence. He was a nobody and PF was rocked with in-fighting.
O come on Mr Chino who doesn’t know that the man stolen even? Even a two year old boy knows that the old man is a visioneless,greedy,crook, corrupt and a very old playful man who assumed the presidency to enrich his family and friends.
And it’s so sad for Lungu to support such moves.any way that’s what happens when you give presidency to the dogs.let them keep enjoying while our people going with an empty stomach.
United party of naughty demagogues(upnd)! This party thrives on negativity and single source view point- always seeing from your rear orifice view point- we surely can’t have such a party in power!
And what is positive in Patriotic Front becoming Plunderers Federation?
I will rather vote for uneducated pastoral than for selfish bunch of plunderers. ~
As to RB, born as sh*T, live as turd, die as krap!
IT’s DON’T KUBEBA’s way of Politics.
The end of the country. This country must be closed and handed back to the British. PF convinced us the man stole, PF took the case to national assembly to have his immunity removed, if the court found him innocent PF should have appealed because they convinced us he stole. I don’t know wether he stole or not but that’s what PF told us when they took the case to the parliament.
Only those who are involved in se.xual activities fear going for an hiv test. Those who have not been involved in se.xual activities have absolutely no fear of hiv test.
What kind of n0nsense is this? I thought Immunity was a constitutional privilege and requirement that can’t just be arranged in back door meetings. First I should doubt that once removed, it can not or should not be ‘restored‘ (it’s like virg!nity). Or even if it were to be ‘restored’ or the earlier decision to remove it is ‘reversed’, I would think only that arm of govt with the powers and mandate to do so can make such decision (i.e. Parliament with 2/3 majority). I don’t think the courts have or should have the powers to remove laws made by parliament. In other words this is law as it stands because an interpretation of the constitution had to be made and the decision passed in the house. That decision is law and final… the courts just interpret, translate…
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That decision is law and final… the courts just interpret, translate and enforce laws – they don’t make or break them. Only parliament can review and change the laws. The PF govt will have to go through the same channel (via parliament) to reverse that earlier decision. We shouldn’t make ourselves a laughing stock and a mockery of our own democratic processes, where things can just be done based on friendships and personal relationships. This is a country we should be running with decisions having impact on many future generations to come.
Yes he can make deals to drop his court cases, parliament doesn’t care about that. The immunity removal and the court cases are 2 separate things. The evidence presented in parliament to remove his immunity may or many nor…
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The evidence presented in parliament to remove his immunity may or many nor have been identical to that presented in courts to prosecute him… different standards, although if we were running a country properly, the evidence shouldn’t be that much different. Prosecutors would have to expand the evidence to lower level details at the courts while at parliament it may have just been high level evidence. This is a joke.
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The evidence presented in parliament to remove his immunity may or many not have been identical to that presented in courts to prosecute him… different standards, although if we were running a country properly, the evidence shouldn’t be that much different. Prosecutors would have to expand the evidence to lower level details at the courts while at parliament it may have just been high level evidence. This is a joke.
If you needed more evidence that Zambia is a failed state under PF, this is it.
#ChagwaMustFall
Maverick, thanks for the education but you could be wrong about the limits of parliament. “I don’t think the courts have or should have the powers to remove laws made by parliament” The courts you will be surprised in fact have the powers to overrule parliament if the laws passed there in are deemed to be in conflict with constitution. Just debating a point in law without lingering on whether the decision is wrong on right.
@Pakudya Salimbana, agreed… yes you are definitely right that parliament can’t overstep their powers. There are checks and balances among the 3 arms of governancet to ensure no one abuses their powers.
Having said that the Zambian constitutionc can also be amended by parliament without going to a referendum as we have just seen recently. I understand only a 2/3 majority is required. I understand the immunity thing is more like a constitutional amendment.
But even with great oversight from the judiciary, the judiciary can’t just scrap the law passed in parliament and signed by the president (who belongs to the executive branch), that would be an@rchy. I’m hoping that the best they could do is send the law back for further debate and potential amendment…
You are very right
contd…I’m hoping that the best they could do is send the law back for further debate and potential amendment. Ultimately parliament’s mandate lies with the people who can vote them out if they start making stnpid laws. By the way I’m an engineer and no legal expert… my arguments are based on common and some tacit knowledge. I could be wrong but this smells fishy.
@ Pakudya Salimbana; Maverick and top soil
1. Both, Constitution of 1996 and current amended Constitution do NOT have provision for restoration of immunity. That is a FACT.
2. Consent Order (which is a civil matter) cannot be used to restore immunity from prosecution.
3. If PF wants to restore immunity from prosecution, they will need to table Amendment Bill (white paper) in the Parliament and obtain 2/3 majority of ALL MP’s before it can become part of the Constitution.
Just leave the man alone, let him be free and enjoy his days.
What has this got to do with UPND? It is PF who cannot make up their mind whether RB stole or not, even after running govt for 5 years. That’s why,
#ChagwaMustFall
the meeting of suspected criminals. wow 🙂
4 years is a very long, Mutembo Nchito who was DPP with all state machinery at his disposal failed to provide one shred of evidence against President Banda. It simply means President Banda was just a victim of hateful people like Fred Mmembe and the DPP himself. Remember these are the people who wanted President Banda to cancel debt owed by Zambian Airways to Development Bank of Zambia. Zambian Airways was owned by Fred Mmembe and DPP Mutembo Nchito. Check your facts we should respect the decisions of the courts
Fred Mmembe has the marks of a demon incarnate sent by his master to cause havoc in Christian Zambia (John 8:44). He has at his disposal, Mutembo and Winter. Together, they answer to no other description than axis of evil. They are responsible for all the evil surrounding Sata’s death and many other untold evils.
meeting of suspected criminals, wow 🙂
HH will reverse these sweetheart deals and prosecute RB.
I, think only Parliament can reverse the immunity.
Are those UPND cadres that I am reading? What has changed you flip flops,? Didn’t HH say mulekeni mudala? Of course next will be a statement read by HH but prepared by Mmembe. Watch the space!
That is the reason why I argue that the man has no morality at all, and lack of morality is the main outward sign of a corrupt person.
Coming to RB , Mmembe, Nchito and Kabimba failed to prove the allegations over these five years, so why not restore his status quo? After all we now know how “professional” our DPP was, he is so scared of the truth coming out of the tribunal that he will go to court repeatedly over the same matters in the futile hope that HH will become president and save his neck.
Nanga ni immunity ya Nyoko? Just a while ago, upnd dweebs were praising our courts and now you cast aspersions @ Lungu influence? Preaching falsities and trumpeting demagoguery euphoria won’t take you any where you goons! Ifintu NiLungu!
@Huck Finn, It is not the courts that have made this decision. It is the gvt (read PF) and RB that are making this deal…!
Stop persecuting RB ! TO Bwinjimfumu govt and Kamimba,see the log in your eye before you see the spec in RB’s eye…….Hypocrisy is bad and evil.
Article 98(10) of the Constitution (Amendment) Act, No. 2 of 2016 provides that: “Where a court acquits the person who held the office of President or who performed executive functions, of an offence for which that person’s immunity from criminal proceedings was removed, the immunity of that person shall, for all purposes, be deemed not to have been removed, without further proceedings.” Hate him or like him, RB is duly entitled to his immunity.
So why is he himself talking about ‘restoration’ of his immunity? As it turns out he wasn’t actually ‘acquitted’ by any court, readingt through this article. It sounds like he’s going to be let go through some shady version of ‘nolle prosquii’ based on his alliance with Lungu. There is always going to be a monkey on his back (speaking of a monkey).
A proper innocent person lets a legal process of a trial to conclude and refusing any shady deals that would leave question marks over their innocence. Why the rush to make deals so close to the elections and in the absence of a DPP? Go figure!
So RB has immunity already!! So what’s the cacophony all about? …No further proceedings.
RB’s case was political simply because the bwinjimfumu man & his friend red lips wanted to revenge for pressure they received from RB. Just like fat Albert(GBM) has told the All world that its only 5 months remaining for him to revenge against EL For putting him under lock & key for 3days should they win this august polls.
Come to think about it, this country is ruled by a bunch of mafias who take sides in mafia wars to share the spoils. It’s really a question of who is the ‘better’ of the two ev!ls: Lungu and his RB gang or Mmembe and his Mutembo gang bangers? Take a pick, take a side and good luck son.
There is no rule of law. PF are the ones who removed RB immunity in the first place (under Sata); and now PF under Lungu are throwing away the evidence and making deals with him.
As long as this country is governed on gang membership and not by the rule of law, it will never progress or develop no matter how hard you will try. As long as everyone is not treated equally under the law forget progress or equal opportunities. You can have your country, thanks.
@ Kudos;
PF is indeed already aiding and abeting to RB corruption by suggesting to lift his immunity. Every Zambian knows RB is active in politics influencing PF and Edgar Lungu hence the talk of lifiting immunity. BUT PF flip-flap as usual think immunity can be lifted from some office. RB immunity was lifted by parliament, it will take parliament to restore it.
Lungu needs to wise and show leadership . Is it the Zambian people striking a deal with RB or its a few individuals with dirty dealing acting on behalf of the Zambians ? If it so happened that there is change of government ,it is possible that before Lungu and RB will be facing a number of charges . Let’s wait and see
The political legal battles or sagas reveal it all. Some of our legal minds appointed into constitutional office are just partisan politicised professionals whose minds are controlled by their biases rather than objectivity. Any difference with mere cadres? Read for yourselves.
Comment:In politics there is a term called a game changer. Am sure this cannot be hapening without the blessing of Ecl.And this has changed the way people will vote.RB will definitely support Ecl and am sure knowing Ecl has intel that RB wants his imunity back and in so doing cementing the relationship of the two and cementing the support for another term for ecl. You will se RB and Ecl campaigning together since they are both imune from prosecution.this has to be done before parliament is disolved.
every month till election there will be a game changer till august.Already unza and cbu is reopening in april that wil bring back the lost confidence by students.
this is meant to make RB jump on the sinking boat to campaign for the outgoing president Edgar Lungu. Under the PF govt the law has been compromised as if the president is not a lawyer. Under Levy Mwanawasa we all saw it that he was a lawyer because corruption had reduced and the judiciary was operating freely. Lungu has failed Zambia with his lack of vision and self proclaimed weakness.
Concur with some sentiments. I agree that under PF we have seen a failure to prosecute successfully. As I said before, the Defence teams used can make money on the international stage and gov’t Prosecution teams must be changed over!! Maybe with these Defence teams.
But in all we should celebrate that we have Justice…..at least only ordinary people are prosecuted for Fraud and theft successfully. Let’s hope GBM will be spending time in hard labour prison. That will definitely restore my faith in Zambian Judiciary. There us no doubt he said to Throttle the President! There us no defence.
ni immunity ya nyoko. pf for continuity
I have very little to say in position to this. The judiciary tried to hear all parties in the case. If the case could not be proved, be it so. It’s a warning to lazy opposition always mouthing off about theft by gov’t. It’s evidence that will bring successful outcome.
Now we should all restore Mr Banda his dignity. He has only a case to answer before God Almighty. His conscious will judge him and in that court room he cannot escape. But if President Lungu is thinking ‘Running Mate’ I will have to put my support on the low burner!!! I’ll still support him with one eye shut and the other fully popped out of its sockets!!
Ba ECL have you really thought about the implications of all on your political well-being? This is another self-inflicted injury that will not go away…!
Zambia needs to be ruled by an indigenous Zambian full stop. We had Mwanawasa whose both parents were Zambian and he was born in Zambia.We all saw how Zambia became properous under his leadership.Again you give it back to those who sneaked in the country to rule.When will you learn to choose an indigenous Zambian president who will fight corruption and lead the country to economic prosperity ?
..this is purely arm twisting and demanding restoration of immunity as condition for continued support for ECL….how can RB explain the deficit between his remuneration while in govt and expensive structures and wealth his family has acquired just over 6yrs he has been in govt…??…why demand for immunity if your conscious is clear of any dubious and evil dealings….??
Thandiwe Chilongo Banda sent $1.5m to the UK using the brothers bank account in the UK. It’s still there up today. The brother was working for an Investment Bank in London.
The money is still there. I bet they were waiting for the Immunity to be squashed.
Didn’t HH accompany RB when he was facing his trial? Wasn’t UPND against the removal of the immunity in the first place? So why all this noise now? If RB stole money then why was there $3 billion when he left office? The same people condemning RB now where in support of him not many years back and where against Membe and Nchito. How things change.
Immunity or no immunity-a time will come when all of us will face true God’s judgement. Both RB and Edgar are corrupt. Birds of the same feathers flock together. I don’t know what type of nation we are building where thieves and the crooked go scot free. Cry the beloved country
Comment: Come to terms you bloggers, whether PF or Upnd it will be just the same. RB will be a free man. Why waste your posting.
It is saddening that there is no political leader who has refused to associate with corrupt individuals. They all welcome bad elements in their parties for the sake of winning the presidency. The old wizard from Malawi; William Banda, Dora Siliya, Sylvia Masebo, Maureen Mwanawasa, RB, etc these are questionable characters. I ask myself if it is worth voting, because none of these people aspiring for president are honourable. They just want to go and line their pockets. A warning to PF, if you are going to give RB his immunity, let Henry Banda come back, and have a heavily funded campaign like the one we saw in 2011 under MMD, you are gone. There is a lot going against you, do not add salt to injury.
In Zambia we need a Miyanda, Inonge Wina type of leaders. Plus Nawakwi.
@ Mr Intellegent. You seem not to have followed the case well. No cash was paid from Zambia. That is why procurers failed to prove their case.
Immunity cannot be restored under our constitution. That is an MOU like stating that the current parties will not continue with the matter.
If new facts of theft image RB can still be arrested. Our prosecutors should have known better. There may have been some illegality, but surely not theft in the Niger oil saga.