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Exile narrates his detention over K73,000 food bill

Exile narrates his detention over K73,000 food bill
Written by Mutuna Chanda and Zumani Katasefa in Kitwe
Sunday, August 09, 2009 9:25:38 PM

RENOWNED Zambian music artiste Exile (Kangwa Kapampa), has said that he did not intend to get food for free at a restaurant in Kitwe. The ‘I’m so lucky star’ seems to have lost his ‘luck’ last Wednesday when he was detained at Riverside police station for failing to pay a K73,000 food and drink bill in Kitwe.

In an interview following his detention, Exile said: “, nika small issue, only that ama guys aba taba chita understand” (It’s a small issue, only that these guys don’t seem to understand).

Kapamba said after he got some food and drinks he want to nearby Barclays Automated Teller Machine (ATM) but his card could not work.

He said he tried to negotiate with the owners of the restaurant, but they could not understand and instead rushed him to the police station.

“Nika small amount of money, about K73,000,” he explained.

Exile’s overnight detention at Riverside police station was after he failed to settle the bill at Copperbelt Professional and Business Club (CPBC) popularly known by the locals as Dirty Dick’s or DD’s.

DD’s barman Boston Ngosa who served Exile said that the singer ordered food and a bottle of Autumn Harvest wine and that afterwards failed to pay the bill.

“He came in as a customer then he ordered food and said that ‘I want a drink’ and he took a bottle of wine,” Ngosa narrated. “He took Autumn Harvest.”

He said on being asked for payment, Exile kept on saying that he would pay later.

“He said that he was waiting for his friend to come,” he said. “When the friend came, he said he was just a taxi driver. We called Panorama security.”

He said Panorama security officers took Exile and that he told them that he could withdraw money from the Barclays ATM to settle the bill.

Ngosa said the Panorama officers took Exile in their vehicle and that on reaching the ATM at Parklands shopping centre, he fidgeted and it was discovered he didn’t even have an ATM card.

Ngosa said the Panorama security officers took Exile back to DD’s and that later they took him to Riverside Police station where he was detained.

Ngosa said Exile’s wife Nalwamba Namukoko fondly known as Nalu went and settled the bill on Thursday morning.

Labels: COURTS, EXILE

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