About 300 people are alleged to have eaten suspected poisonous food at a funeral house in Magam area of Kalulushi District on the Copperbelt Province.
Both Copperbelt Police Commissioner, Peacewell Mweemba, and Kalulushi District Medical Officer, Fortune Mumba confirmed the development to Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in Kalulushi.
Mr Mweemba said the incident happened on Friday after the first group of mourners ate the food packed in small colorless plastic packs mixing nshima with chicken, beans and impwa.
He said later, about 300 people who ate the food, started complaining of diarrhoea and vomiting.
Mr Mweemba explained that when police visited the clinic, it was confirmed that 66 victims were received and attended to, and only six were referred to Kalulushi General Hospital.
Kalulushi District Medical Officer, Dr Mumba, confirmed having received 130 victims from clinics and the General hospital who were attended to and only 13 were admitted and their conditions stable, while the rest were discharged.
Meanwhile, the police have continued with investigations on the matter.
Sad development, this is a wakeup call to all those who go to eat and not mourn, we have really turned funerals into parties, fashion parades etc which should not be the case. I wish those affected well and learn from this experience.
It must have been a big funeral. 300 people!! Big ups to Yo Maps who did not poison his chicken and mealie meal at Dandy’s funeral.
Nsima yapa malilo
Mourning and funerals is something we have mastered to perfection.
and it hasnt transgressed from there
It is advisable NOT to eat food at weddings, funerals, kitchen parties, and matebeto because such edibles often lack minimum hygiene standards. Because of high cost of living, some people see such eats as heaven sent and even pack to take home for consumption with families. The worst beverage is a delicacy called munkoyo. What an act!
I ate the nsima and I am still in the toilet 24 hours later. I think I have moved in in this toilet.
Insala is causing people to mourn people they don’t even interact with. 300 people ate funeral food? 300? HH do something about poverty in Zambia, or do the honorable thing. STEP DOWN.
Some Zambian names also, awe sure, ati Peacewell and Fortune! Very cantankerous donkeys
Peacewell and Fortune are not Zambian names. What are you 8 yrs old?
Niether is John, Richard, Mike and George !!!!
Patronizing malilo even for dead people you didn’t know in life kumaswe, mutuhele mimizo kapa munyelile