The State has failed to have Former Republican President, Edgar Lungu’s Barber, Shebby Chilekwa admitted to the University Teaching Hospital for medical attention following alleged torture by the police whilst in custody.
This is because Mr. Chilekwa who is a suspect in a criminal investigation was prior to the order by the court transported to the Kaoma District in the Western province for purposes of a possible charge.
Mr. Chilekwa is allegedly involved in the murder of a UPND cadre, Lawrence Banda in Kaoma District during a by-election in the area.
On Friday, Lusaka High Court Judge, Mwape Bowa ordered the state to have the suspect admitted to UTH for medical attention after a habeas corpus application by his lawyers.
However, the state has asked the court to stay the execution of the court order and make a review.
In their skeleton arguments in support of ex parte summons for an order to stay execution of the court order dated 11 Feb 2022 pending determination of the application to review or vary the said order, the Attorney General says it will be costly to bring back the suspect to Lusaka.
And the Human Rights Commission Chairperson, Mudford Mwandenga says fresh investigations have been constituted in the matter over the alleged torture of the suspect whilst in police custody.
Lately, the Center for Constitutionalism and Legal Justice has challenged the Human Rights Commission to take an interest and investigate the reported torture of former President Edgar Lungu’s Barber Shabby Chilekwa by the police.
Center Director Isaac Mwanza said that the reported torture of Mr. Chilekwa is a violation of his rights. Mr. Mwanza has told Hot FM News that the abuse of human rights is a departure from President Hakainde Hichilema’s directive for law enforcement agencies not to arrest anyone before carrying out an investigation.
Mr. Mwanza said that he is saddened that Mr. Chilekwa has been denied medical attention despite him having been assaulted.
Echoing Mr. Mwanza’s sentiments, Golden Party of Zambia leader Silavwe Jackson called upon the Human Rights Commission of Zambia (HRC) to swiftly investigate the allegations of torture of Mr. Chilekwa by the Zambia police.
Mr. Silavwe also called on the international human rights organizations such as amnesty international (AI) to take a keen interest in this case to protect the country’s reputation.
Mr. Silavwe has further urged the Zambia police and all the investigative wings to avoid draconian methods of obtaining confessions from suspects as no citizen should be presumed guilty before being taken to court.
Mr. Silavwe stated that no matter the gravity of the offense or the party affiliation of a suspect, at law a person is presumed innocent until found guilty by a competent court.
Inocent until proven Guilty ? In Zambia ?? Really
And a competant court ? very few around in my eyes
Reports of torture in New Dawn Government sounds like the “Old Dawn”
Innocent until proven otherwise by a competent Zambian court of law.
Rule of Law.
Costly to transport a suspect from kaoma to Lusaka?
Yet it wasn’t costly to transport him from Lusaka to kaoma?
Is UTH the only medical facility in this country? Why can’t he be taken to Mongu hospital where we go out here! Are we less humans?
I used to admire HH but my admiration is diminishing with each day. There’s no logic in the statement here.
“The Attorney General says it will be costly to bring back the suspect to Lusaka.” -LT
The Attorney General needs to step down, words like these should not be expressed by the top Lawyer of the nation.
Why is Lady Justice a woman and not a man? The symbol incorporates a woman and not a man because woman represents continuity. … A woman gives birth and so carries within her no less than the future itself. GRZ is the law of the land: Zambia.
Put your differences away, it happened on your watch. Shabby Chilekwa When you took me into your custody he wasn’t in that condition, Please help him, you are GRZ. Please do not abuse immunity: is a legal status wherein an individual or entity cannot be held liable for a violation of the law, in order to facilitate societal aims that…
outweigh the value of imposing liability in such cases.
My conclusion is it’s either Chilekwa is badly battered so much that the only way to hide the injuries is NOT TO BRING HIM TO UTH or someone from the top is controlling the happenings.
Chile aza ona matako ya njoka…no protection from ECL now…government machinery at work trying to uncover a hidden and covered murder case… life was lost over a stupid bye election and we need answers
If indeed the AG said that, then it is a pity. This a shame to the democracy and humanity
EXPENSIVE TO SEND THIS CHAP TO UTH
BUT NOT EXPENSIVE TO FLY A CHIEF TO INDIA FOR A CHECK UP ?
SOMETHING NOT RIGHT HERE
One thing that has distinguished us as Zambians, is the respect we have for the courts of law. This contempt of court by the attorney General is very dangerous and sets a bad record for HH’s administration. Today it is Chilekwa, tomorrow it will be your neighbour and the after it will be you! I am disgusted.
They should just have killed him during the torture. That’s what Edgar China Lungu and his murderous cronies would have done. Then they only would have to pay for a hole dug at the nearest cemetery.
The guys who murdered Konga and colleague will only be arrested (re) in 2026 September.
@Tikki: you jst said it yourself
“A thief” and “A chief”. I’m sure I don’t need to go any further to explain the difference.
@ Dejavu: remember u had your president in Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who is gone now. And us never had a president until HH came in , so let me remind you, HH is president for us,people who never had a president in Lungu. So he don’t need to please you vampires. And don’t waste your time liking him cos he is liked enough be us. You Congolez must go with Lungu where ever he ll take u. Zambia now is led by a genuine Zambian. And not a one tribe party(look at the names of former cabinet) all Bembas, even you here boycotting HH are all Bembas(very backward tribe). You proved to be never considered for power again as u divided Zambia than never before(in Excepting if Nevers Mumba, Mutati, etc)
The rest of the Bemba tribe is a corrupted tribe, very divisive, very backward in thinking, I jst learnt yesterday that my own sister lost her job in 2020 due to her being a UPND sympathizer cos she was Tonga. Before I underplayed the tribalism practiced Bembas in PF rule, not until I learnt abt this.From today, every Bemba I meet, will pay a price for this. I won’t care abt your fake Congolese degree, u ll sweep my office floors or go get a paying job somewhere else.
#17 I don’t engage in discussion with demented T nicomps. You don’t even reason, you just talk nonsense all the time. How can a sensible person be promoting anarchy in the nation when your president had promised rule of law?
Are there no health facilities in Kaoma? If the state isn’t hiding anything they should have just presented the suspect to another health facility instead of coming up with such an obnoxious argument. Is the AG normal?
Costly?? Certainly a downward slippery slope! Government better ensure the man does not die – otherwise no one will come out of this smelling fresh!
#plant a tree please!
17 Step Aside-Silently
I am staunch supporter of HH and everyone who has read my comments in the past knows that. And I am from Eastern Province. And eastern province helped HH to get a landslide. Have you not seen how he went kneeling Thanking Easterners…… And thats not the point, but it was a good thing.
Stop your tribalist vitriol. What do you mean HH is a president only for us… and not others. Who is us? Who is a genuine Zambians? HH is president for all Zambians including people who did not vote for him and those who don’t like him………
Get The F**CK out of Lusakatimes and go and throw that filthy to your own family members.
Don’t worry God has a way of punishing evil people like upnd members. Soon they will start falling dead one by one. Mark my words
Step Aside-Silently # 17
YOU REALLY NEED TO STEP-ASIDE FROM LUSAKATIMES. YOU NEED HELP AND YOU APPEAR TO BE A VERY UNHAPPY PERSON IN LIFE. WE ARE HAPPY HH WON. HE GOT VOTES FROM A LOT OF PF BASES, FROM THE VERY PEOPLE YOU ARE INSULTING, WHICH MAKES YOU A VERY DISTURBED AND SHORT-SIGHTED PERSON. THE PEOPLE YOU ARE CALLING NAMES VOTED FOR HH BECAUSE THEY ARE ZAMBIANS. HH IS ALSO ZAMBIAN. WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?
THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT UPND HAVE HANDLED THIS MATTER ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT LUNGU’S BARBER VERY BARBARIC AND FAILED TO RESPECT THE LAW. FRANKLY, I AM DISAPPOINTED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERALS’ COMMENTS. WE DID NOT CAMPAIGN FOR SUCH KIND BARBARIC VALUES.
We had hoped that lawlessness and a lack of respect for the judiciary had remained in the PF era. Such contempt for the judiciary is always a recipe for disaster. At this rate, by the time we reach 5years Zambia will be a jungle.
UPND you have mishandled this very wrong, from the beginning. We shall support & defend you when you are right. But this is not leadership we want in Zambia.
Lusakatimes, you filter facts and allow people such as…… ( 17 Step Aside-Silently ) to post tribal hateful comments
Demo.ns in upnd have risen iam asking the Church in Zambia (the body of Christ) to please pray for the nation.
This blogger Step Aside-Silently must be one of those frustrated PF RSA based bloggers who changed their alias to deliberately post tribal rubbish on LT to defame the other…I have seen this pattern before esspecially from those who lack the capability to engage in sober debate.
The best you can do to this troll is treat like the UK based impostor and ignore it dont take the bait.
Step Aside-Silently @@ 17
Ya ya ya ya ! Your sister lost her job because she was a HULE giving blow jobs to all married men. Not because she was a UPND Supporter. Dont bring your family affairs here,
The reasoning from AG sounds weird, to say it will be more costly to transport the person? Above all health comes in the first place.
It would have been reasonable, had the AG said they can’t take him to UTH, but they have taken him to the nearest hospital. But without the alternative of taking him to another hospital, no justification can be acceptable.
I was reserved on this topic, awaiting comment from Human Rights, as I don’t trust PF leadership. But this maneuver makes it suspect and embarrassing to the government. Can the Minister of Home Affair hon. Jack Mwiimbi issue a statement?
BA LT, ARE YOU TRYING TO FORCE ME TO CHANGE MY NAME? WHAT IS BEHIND THIS MODERATION OF ALMOST ALL MY COMMENTS?
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The reasoning from AG sounds weird, to say it will be more costly to transport the person? Above all health comes in the first place. It would have been reasonable, had the AG said they can’t take him to UTH, but they have taken him to the nearest hospital. But without the alternative of taking him to another hospital, no justification can be acceptable. I was reserved on this topic, awaiting comment from Human Rights, as I don’t trust PF leadership. But this maneuver makes it suspect and embarrassing to the government. Can the Minister of Home Affair hon. Jack Mwiimbi issue a statement?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha KZ capitulates there is God to all events. Even Charles Darwin an atheist, confessed God on his death bed. God works in mysterious ways. We ask, where was Human Rights Commission of Zambia (HRC) and Amnesty International (AI) when Lawrence Banda (Gaddafi) was murdered in Kaoma in cold blood?. There wasn’t any protest to PF regime that murdered Lawrence Banda. HRC and AI are championing the rights of individuals suspected of colluded in the murder of Banda. HRC and AI should champion too the rights of the widow and children of late Banda who are without a husband and fatherless.
Step Aside-Silently You are a fool with a rotten brain. Do you think without Bembas New Dawn would have managed to win elections. For how long have you been participating in the presidential election? Your tribe have been voting for him for the past 20 or so year he never won untill the northen ,muchinga Luapula Copperbelt and Eastern came in to rescue some people from commiting suiside 2021. remember 4 years remaining.
It’s only in a police state where an Attorney General and the Police can defy a court order from a High Court Judge with impunity.
GOD HAS NO WAY OF PUNISHING PEOPLE
IF HE HAS MOST OF PF L000TERS WOULDNT BE HERE
AND THIS KZ Tr000LL WOULD BE PUSHING DAISIES
@ 17 step aside you need reading glasses, the article is about Shebby Chilekwa medical attention.
Don’t bring that criminal to Lusaka, take him to Mongu and let him be tried in Mongu High Court. If Mukebi Zulu wants to go and represent him is free to do so. But is a murderer who killed to please his master whom he barber . Even Kampyongo who gave him a gun should be held accountable.
What step aside has said is the truth Zambians want to hide from. PF had its own tribal inclinations just as we are now seeing from UPND. Just see the tribes of ministers heading the major Government ministries. See the parastatal CEOs now and the composite of their management. These are the politics we have in and we should stop. The truth is nothing has changed under UPND except that only players and victims have swapped.
I am wondering as to what calibre of an Attorney General is this one. I am also made to understand that an Attorney General in any country is supposed to be the top government lawyer who is supposed to be the top adviser to the government on legal matters. Now if this is the person who is the first to declare that he will not honour a court order, where does this conduct leave all of us? Cheap or expensive a court order MUST be executed!! Anyway, if you are serving a serious government, Mr Attorney General, then you must lose your job because you are incompetent when it comes to legal matters.
Kuwayawaya fye.
@ 17 and 33, same whatsapp group. You are both I.D.I.O.T.S you tribal maggots.
It was worse during there time and it is good they are now feeling the pitch. Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.
My take is that the AG meant that taking the suspect who was already in Kaoma at the scene of crime before the Police could finish their job back to UTH Lusaka and later again Back to Kaoma for the Police to finalise would certainly be costly .Remember the Order was to take the suspect to UTH and not any other hospital. To me the AG was had a valid point.