Police have accused former president Joyce Banda and her locally based aides for failing to cooperate with the service thus impeding investigations into the robbery that occurred at Banda\u2019s private residence in Chintheche last week.<\/p>\n
Spokesperson for Nkhatabay Police Ignatius Esau said on Wednesday that there is minimal progress on the probe because no one from Banda\u2019s side is coming forward to provide detailed information on what was contained in the house in order to establish exactly what was lost.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would have loved if the former president or somebody close came to us and listed the items she left in the house so that we can identify the lost ones and their value. Otherwise in our intelligence, we don\u2019t think someone can break into such high profile house and go away with beddings, music system and utensils as currently believed,\u201d said Esau.<\/p>\n
He however disclosed that they managed to recover kitchen utensils, medical drugs and detergents which were found at the house of a renowned criminal in the district Ian Khumalo, 45, who is currently at large.<\/p>\n
But Banda\u2019s spokesperson Andekuche Chanthunya trashed the law enforcers\u2019 claims saying they are trying to find excuses for failing their job.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone with details travelled to Chintheche and gave an account of all the property which was contained in the house and what is missing, perhaps there is something we don\u2019t know that the police are looking for, otherwise they shouldn\u2019t cook excuses,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
Last week Chanthunya said the robbery is a direct consequence of government\u2019s failure to provide Banda with befitting security detail let alone an official residence as part of her privileges package being a former head of state.<\/p>\n
But government\u2019s spokesperson Patricia Kaliati yesterday bashed Chanthunya\u2019s sentiments saying it makes no sense to raise Banda\u2019s security concerns while she is abroad when she and her team failed to cooperate with government in identifying her desirable official residence a year ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe nation is aware that government made a number of offers to the former president but she turned all of them down saying they were not befitting enough, even when we asked them to identify a place where we can provide her all the security they failed to do that,\u201d said Kaliati.<\/p>\n
\u201cGovernment is keen at upholding the constitution and we are ready to provide all the benefits and privileges befitting any former president, unless you tell me that she sneaked into the country without our knowledge and then she was robbed. Let her come back home and see if we will not live to what the constitution stipulates,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Currently, watchman at the compound 60 year old Numeri Mwale remains in custody waiting for charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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