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Fugitive Henry hiding at Kenya's State House

Fugitive Henry hiding at Kenya's State House
By Joan Chirwa-Ngoma in Nairobi Kenya
Thu 16 Feb. 2012, 12:00 CAT

Rupiah Banda's son Henry is being kept at State House in Kenya, sources have disclosed. Investigations recently said Henry, who is wanted by the police for alleged corruption during his father's rule is seeking refuge in Kenya after alarm was sounded for his possible interrogation.

"The truth is that Henry is in Kenya. He is living at State House in Nairobi. As you may know, the former president Rupiah Banda is a close friend to our President Mwai Kibaki here. So those stories that Henry is here are very correct," said the source.

"There is a very close link between your former president and our President here, they are friends…so it is not surprising that Henry is living there at State House."

Former Inspector General of Police Dr Martin Malama recently said an arrest warrant had been issued against Henry and appealed to Interpol member states to help track Henry down over his involvement in a number of corrupt deals when his father was president.

But former president Banda denied that Henry was in Kenya and said it was "silly" for the investigative wings to embark on such a move.

"He is silly whoever issued it. He is (former Police Inspector General Dr Martin Malama) head of police, he is supposed to be protecting Zambians instead of inciting people," Banda said.

He also said he was saddened by people that were trying to create an impression that Henry was a criminal.

Banda said he had to sort out the issue of his son whom some people were saying had run away from the country because he stole.

Among the many deals, Henry was accused of brokering a transaction in which a Kenyan oil trading company, Dalbit Petroleum Ltd, clinched a multi-million-dollar contract to supply finished petroleum products to Zambia.

There were also reports on how the Kenyan businessmen who had attended the tender opening ceremony in Lusaka had been given aide de camps by the previous government.

Henry was also linked to the illegal sale of Zamtel to Libya's Lap Green Networks whose shareholding in the telecommunication company has since been repossessed by the government after the commission of inquiry instituted to investigate the transaction found that there was a lot of corruption involved in the deal.

Labels: HENRY BANDA, KENYA, STATE HOUSE, ZAMTEL

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