Kambwili fails to turn up for questioning at Lusaka police division HQ

National Democratic Congress (NDC) party Consultant Chishimba Kambwili has failed to turn up at the Lusaka Division Police headquarters where he was summoned for questioning over racial remarks he made against a road construction worker of Indian origin.

Zambia Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo has told journalists that Mr. Kambwili who was expected to appear for questioning today, Friday, 22nd February, 2019, has informed the police through his lawyers that he is unable to turn up as there is no lawyer to accompany him.

Mrs. Katongo says in the written note, Mr. Kambwili’s lawyers had asked that their client be given three days in which to appear before the police, but that the police have settled for Monday.

In the said video which has gone viral on social media, Mr. Kambwili is heard questioning the foreign nationals who is a compactor driver working for a road construction company as to whether a Zambian cannot do the work he was  doing.

Mr. Kambwili further alleges that it is people like the compactor driver who are taking away jobs meant for indigenous Zambians. 

Meanwhile A one year two months old baby of Suburbs compound in Mansa district has drowned after falling in a well.

Police Public Relations officer Esther Katongo says Police in Mansa received a report from Grace Kaunda aged 46 of Suburbs Compound that her 1 year 2 months old baby fell in a well and drowned.

Mrs. Katongo says the incident occurred today, 22nd February, 2019 around 12:00 hours.

She adds that it was reported that the child was left sited outside the house by her grandmother who went in the house and when she returned outside after about five minutes, she did not find the child.

Mrs. Katongo says a search for the child proved futile until the child was later discovered by a neighbor who had gone to fetch water at the well around 14:00 hours.

The police spokesperson says the body of the baby has since been retrieved by officers from Mansa Municipal Council Fire Brigade Unit and is currently in Mansa General Hospital Mortuary.