Police not renewing Ng’uni’s contract
By Mwala Kalaluka
Sun 02 Jan. 2011, 04:01 CAT
THE police command is not renewing Greenwell Ng’uni’s three-year contract as Lusaka Province police commanding officer, according to sources. Police sources told The Post yesterday that Ng’uni’s three year contract as Lusaka Province police chief expired on Friday.
The sources said former in-charge of Criminal Investigations Division (CID) at Lusaka Central Police Muchakeni Zulu will be taking over as the new Lusaka Province police commanding officer tomorrow.
“Mr. Ng’uni is expected to handover on Monday and from what he has hinted he is going to his farm in Chingola,” the sources said.
“You know, Ng’uni has been in the service for close to 35 years now and he rose through the ranks from a Constable to Deputy Commissioner of Police.”
And Zambia Police Service spokesperson Ndandula Siamana referred all queries on the matter to Inspector General Francis Kabonde.
However, efforts to get a comment from Kabonde also proved futile.
Meanwhile, Siamana said New Year eve was peaceful in Lusaka except for an accident that occurred at around 10.00 hours yesterday.
Labels: GREENWELL NG'UNI, POLICE
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COMMENT - I guess this is the new 'normal'. This is what happens when you are not seen to deal decisively with this kind of behaviour.
Chinese threatens to shoot workers
By Salim Dawood
Sun 07 Nov. 2010, 03:59 CAT
POLICE have arrested a Lusaka-based Chinese national for threatening to shoot his workers. The Chinese man was arrested yesterday and detained at Emasdale Police Station after his garden boy, Sankulani Phiri and his wife, Monica Sitali, a maid, reported that their employer threatened to shoot them on Friday evening.Emasdale Police recorded a warn and caution statement from Bo Khan of house number 11068, Ngwezi Road in Roma Township before charging him for threatening violence.
Emmasdale Police officers could not give more details on the matter and referred all queries to Police spokesperson Ndandula Siamana who also referred queries to Lusaka division commanding officer Greenwell Nguni.
But when contacted, Nguni said he had not yet received report on the matter.
And narrating their ordeal in an interview, the couple said their employer threatened to shoot them after she asked for permission to go and buy food from the neighbouring Chipata Compound on Friday evening.
Monica narrated that they live in a servant’s quarter within Bo’s yard.
“When I asked him (Bo), he told me to go and call my husband but when I called him, he chased both us saying ‘get out’. I sat on the verandah wondering how we would work with such an employer because he locks us in the yard from morning to evening,” she narrated.
Monica says she was surprised to see Bo coming out of the house with a pistol which he pointed at her husband before turning to her, threatening to shoot both of them.
“He told us that we wanted to steal the money which he was counting, but I apologised to him saying I did not even know that he was counting any money,” she said.
Monica said after 30 minutes, Bo asked her and husband to pack their belongings and leave because he did not want to see them.
She said a Mr Zimba was then instructed to drive and dump the couple in Makeni using Bo’s bus.
Labels: CHINESE, GREENWELL NG'UNI, LABOUR, NDANDULA SIAMANA
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Mumbuna dropped from prosecuting PF MPs honking case
By Mwala Kalaluka
Tue 07 Sep. 2010, 04:30 CAT
LUSAKA Division Prosecution Officer (DPO) Frank Mumbuna has been replaced from prosecuting the honking case involving two PF parliamentarians after he exchanged words with chief resident magistrate Charles Kafunda in court last week.
And Inspector General of Police Francis Kabonde yesterday said his office has received correspondence from Lusaka Police Division pertaining to Mumbuna’s dismissal from magistrate Kafunda’s court for unruly conduct.
This is in a matter where two PF parliamentarians, Jean Kapata of Mandevu and Mumbi Phiri of Munali are in court for allegedly hooting unnecessarily contrary to Section 233(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic Act number 11 of 2002. They are also charged with the offence of conduct likely to cause the breach of the peace.
Mumbuna was last Tuesday dismissed from prosecuting the case after he made rude remarks against magistrate Kafunda.
When the matter came up for continued hearing of the defence yesterday, another police prosecutor, Dennis Manda, took up the cross-examination of witnesses from where Mumbuna had left after his dismissal.
And Kabonde said in an interview yesterday that his office had received correspondence from Lusaka Police Division relating to Mumbuna’s dismissal from court by magistrate Kafunda.
“But you know that officer (Mumbuna) is under Lusaka Province. He has a CO (commanding officer). That is the man who can take action,” Kabonde said.
Asked if he was officially aware of the matter, Kabonde said: “Like all of us read in The Post and there are some correspondences. So we are waiting from the commanding officer. We read about it and correspondence from Lusaka Division. They have written to us that they are handling the matter.”
But when reached to comment on whether Mumbuna’s replacement by Manda in the honking case meant he had also been replaced as Lusaka DPO, Lusaka Province police commanding officer Greenwell Ng’uni described the issue as administrative.
“That is an issue of administration we can’t discuss to the press,” Ng’uni said.
When told that his office had written to the I.G’s office over Mumbuna’s dismissal, Ng’uni expressed surprise over the revelation.
“Who has written? I am not aware. Lusaka, we have written the I.G! No, no, who has written?” Ng’uni asked. “I was supposed to write.”
However, when told Kabonde had just confirmed that his office has received correspondence from Lusaka Division over Mumbuna’s matter, Ng’uni reiterated that the issue was administrative.
“These are administrative issues,” said Ng’uni.
Efforts to get Mumbuna proved futile as his phone went unanswered. Last Tuesday, the Lusaka Magistrates’ court room was stunned by the drama between Mumbuna and magistrate Kafunda.
When the defence witness, Phillias Phiri, who is Mumbi’s son, was being cross-examined by Mumbuna, there was some noise from the holding cells within the court premises.
Magistrate Kafunda alerted Mumbuna that there was noise in the court premises and he should do something about it. But Mumbuna said it was not his responsibility to stop people from making noise.
However, magistrate Kafunda reminded Mumbuna that as DPO, he was in charge of the court premises and it was therefore his duty to stop the people from making noise around court premises.
Magistrate Kafunda further reminded Mumbuna that it was his duty as DPO to ensure that court proceedings were not disturbed.
But Mumbuna said if magistrate Kafunda wanted that done, he should have addressed him in chambers and not in open court at a time when he was cross-examining.
The exchange continued with Mumbuna saying he was not going to allow magistrate Kafunda to humiliate him the way he was being humiliated.
However, magistrate Kafunda advised Mumbuna not to get into a heated exchange with him.
Magistrate Kafunda said he was not going to condone the rudeness that Mumbuna was exhibiting in open court since he was a senior prosecutor.
But Mumbuna said he could not allow anybody to humiliate him in front of all the people and to disturb his cross-examination.
When magistrate Kafunda told Mumbuna that in his arguments with him, he was failing in his duties of making sure that the proceedings were not disturbed, Mumbuna replied that he had never failed in his duties and that was why he had been appointed DPO.
This prompted magistrate Kafunda to dismiss Mumbuna from prosecuting the case until another prosecutor was found.
After the pronouncement was made, Mumbuna parked his bags, thanked the magistrate and walked out of court before saying: “I can’t allow anybody to humiliate me.”
Mumbuna’s stunt with magistrate Kafunda left everybody in the courtroom bewildered and the accused didn’t know what to do.
Magistrate Kafunda stood down the case and went back to his chambers.
A few minutes later, the court marshal came and informed the people that the case had been adjourned to September 6, 2010.
This is the second time that Mumbuna is being dismissed from court for misbehaving.
In 2004 Mumbuna, as North-Western Province DPO, was dismissed by a senior resident magistrate in Solwezi from prosecuting cases.
He was later transferred from North Western Province to Lusaka.
Labels: CHARLES KAFUNDA, COURTS, FRANCIS KABONDE, FRANK MUMBUNA, GREENWELL NG'UNI, JEAN KAPATA
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ECZ, police to handle electoral malpractices
Written by Agness Changala
Monday, November 10, 2008 7:34:34 AM
LUSAKA police commanding officer Greenwell Ng’uni has said no one should worry about investigations of people who were allegedly found with election materials because ECZ and police were handling the matter.
But Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) director Danny Kalale has said no one was found with any election materials during the October 30 election.
In an interview yesterday, Ng’uni, who was asked how far the police had gone in investigating people who were allegedly found with election materials, said police cannot disclose how far investigations have gone until the case was concluded.
“We don’t operate like that, we are handling the case and we are operating in the public interest and therefore should not be your worry or anyone,” he said.
Nguni said even if the case was taken to court, people could not go to the judge to ask how the case was proceeding until it was concluded.
When reminded that people were interested to know what police will do to those who were allegedly found with election materials, Nguni advised people to remain calm and wait for police and the ECZ to conclude their investigations.
And Kalale said no one was found with any election materials and refused to comment further on the matter.
“You! No one was found with election materials and I can’t comment further on the matter,” he said.
Kalale, who was reminded of a driver of a GRZ vehicles who was found with ballot papers at the airport and Munali presiding officer Godfrey Malwita who was caught with pre-marked ballot papers after voting, referred all queries to Lusaka town clerk Timothy Hakuyu and ECZ public relations officer Chris Akufuna.
“On Malwita, call town clerk Timothy Hakuyu and he will give you the information you want and on the man at the airport, call ECZ public relations officer Mr Akufuna and that’s all I can say,” said Kalale.
When contacted, Akufuna said the airport case was being handled by police and he had not heard anything from them.
“On the case at the airport, police was handling it and they will be in a better position to say something,” said Akufuna.
Hakuyu could not be reached for comment as his mobile phone was switched off.
Labels: DANNY KALALE, ECZ, ELECTIONS, GREENWELL NG'UNI
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