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Henry Banda vows never to set foot in Zambia

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FORMER president Rupiah Banda’s son, Henry, has broken his silence indicating that he will not step his foot in Zambia because he has ‘legitimate doubts’ about whether he would receive fair treatment from investigative wings.

Henry said he had reliable information that he was a ‘marked’ man.

Henry told the Mail & Guardian in South Africa at the weekend that he could not return to Zambia because he felt that he had already been judged.

He confirmed that he was living in South Africa and added that it would be unwise for him to return home because of the rejection by the Zambian authorities to specify the charges against him.

He said he had held permanent residence status for several years by virtue of being married to a South African.

Henry said his lawyers had contacted both the Zambian and the South African authorities to establish the facts about his case.

The son of the former head of State is wanted in Zambia in connection with his alleged involvement in corrupt government deals at the time his father was Republican president.

According to Henry, the Zambian authorities had ignored his legal representatives’ requests for information, which supported the view that the charges were fabricated.

South African High Commissioner to Zambia Moses Chikane said recently that his country would cooperate in Henry’s case as long as all procedures were followed.

Foreign Affairs and Tourism Minister, Given Lubinda, recently said the Zambian Government was engaging South Africa over the matter.

Meanwhile, Henry’s lawyer Robert Amsterdam has said comments from Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general, Wynter Kabimba and Chief Government spokesperson, Fackson Shamenda, towards him are defamatory in nature and a violation of Henry’s right to a defence lawyer.

In a statement from Amsterdam & Peroff LLP on Sunday, Mr Amsterdam who is reported to be in Washington DC said:

“The regrettable choice on behalf of the ruling Patriotic Front party and officials of the Zambian Government to threaten and harass defence counsel should stand as a defining illustration of how the Henry Banda case is being handled: arbitrary, without grounds, in violation of due process and international norms, and driven by political motivation.”

He said by seeking to intimidate lawyers with patently absurd claims, the Zambian Government was unlawfully violating Henry’s right to a defence counsel.

[Times of Zambia]

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80 COMMENTS

  3. you are right my friend DON’T SET YOUR FOOT IN ZED because they will throw you in chimbokaila and they will not give you bail… 

  4. he is an ***** we shall se if he will stay in south africa for ..this sons of bitchs what dop u expect witha dull father its shit..u burgers ..we shall get u one day dog henry

  5. Send Hit squad to RSA. why is this country wasting time on Henry and His corrupt dad? Zambia sucks!!!!!! we even honour thieves. KK abducted gen Miyanda from DRC then Zaire. why should hnry play hide and seek with Death? Our intelligence Sevice too dull. They operate like the ISI in Pakistan.

  6. He stays in bellairs drive Northriding and and usually partronising Newscafe in Malibongwe road in Randburg. He drives an S 500 mercedes Benz.

    • Can you all just get a life useless uneducated Zambians. If he was guilty he would have long been arrested, MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS. As for that fool talking about hit squads to be sent to Henry- be careful what you say KARMA IS A BITCH!

  8. Why I will wasting time on this Boy! Were is intelligence Service. Ship this Boy in as cargo and let him wake in Chimbokaila Prison. Ho does a Boy play with a State. Even the USA detained its prisoners and shipped them to Cuba secretly. What of us, wait Zed Secret Service.

  9. Home is home one day you will be in the hands of Zambian Government just wait!!!Ubu chenjeshi bwakoko pungwa tasakamana. No matter how many years justice will be done.

  10. If u dnt feel safe comin to zed,u r far much beta there my friend.enjoy ur stay!!!They hv failed to anveil charges to ur lawyer…gud

  12. I just hear that Henry is wanted, but there is no one to tell us what exactly this chap has stolen. Can anybody on this blog enlighten us plz….it will be a waste of time and energy to keep on blogging on what we do not even understand…….Details pls

  13. Kudo to Henry. Henry will only come after 5years of PF. SA constitution very straight on this issue and we cant send Henry to Zambia because he has married our daughter. Even me I will never my foot in Zambia but Barotseland.

  14. Henry’s human rights are best guaranteed in South Africa. The manner in which the Zambian Police wilfully mistreated Ms. Dora Siliya by locking her up on a simple bailable case reveals the depth of tyranny being administered by the PF Govt. The truth is that PF leaders and their supporting Officers in Security wings have families whose children need a time-scale that goes beyond 5 years to grow and acquire the vital education which will be delivered by professionals who are not members of PF regime. Time is running out towards the extinction of the tyrannical regime and restoration of normality in Zambia. This is April 2012 and the tyrants must learn to gauge beyond their oily noses. Guess who will have the last laugh!

  15. Hiding in the name of marriage. What if you divorce, will you again despise your own mother land? & when your father dies? Fool!

  16. KANO NGATAULOSHA (ONE DAY YOUR FAMILY MEMBER WILL DIE,ARE NOT GOING TO STEP FOOT IN ZED FOR THE BURIAL.) TIME WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU VERY SOON KOSWE.

  17. Henry should come back home with his SA concubine, we have a funeral my friend the man who was your fathers mouthpiece and vice president for a little country called Zambia died yesterday, also your step mother thandiwe wants another kid but your father has no time for her he is global trotting since he is an oldman cannot meet her demands , they want you to preside over this case. Those cows you bought for your uncle died and we dont have oxen for this farming season, amweo mavuto apaka kuno, welankoni mutiyavye.
    Ambuya wanu nao epona kuwalya, and nkandu luo has banned her favourite drink tujilijili.
    ndatha ndine wokondedwa wanu wamu Grade 6
    Malingose

  19. Henry has challenged the govt ot specify the charges and they have lamentably failed.And their cadres believe that Henry stole…funny.The International Community view it differently as long as they continue on this path,why should he show up when he has already been charged? Believe or it,henry will be a free man as soon as PF’s term is over.

    • Don’t be ridiculous. Police don’t charge you by sending you a letter to tell you what they are charging you with. They send a call out, you present yourself, they read you your rights if they are arresting you, and if they are not, they question you, then they charge you depending on what they gather from your presentation. This boy is being arrogant. Its not just PF government who want him to answer. Me too, and many other non-politicians want him to answer. If he is innocent he will be free, forever. Why be a fugitive forever when you can plead your innocence and be free forever? And this arrogance… Adding insult on injury… Even when PF are out of power I will pursue this issue if this boy continues playing games. Now the thieving prick wants to make himself a martyr… Voetsek!

  21. # Patambala

    I appreciate your Chewa/Ngoni. Simply fantastic & funny.
    I am bemba and I miss my mothers language which is ( Chewa/Ngoni), having lived in UK for 25 years

    As my grand father would jokingly tell my bemba father that: Ise Ndise A Ngoni sitikudya Akolwe.

    Meaning! Us we are Ngoni’s we don’t eat monkeys

  22. So you have a permanent residence status, but when your father became president you went to Zambia to steal?

  24. NOW YOU ARE A RUNNING MAN WHEN FEW MONTHS AGO GOVT BUSINESS DEALS WERE BEING CONCLUDED AT POLO GRILL AFTER SPENDING OVER K5m ON YOU ON WHISKEY. ITS A SHAME YOU NOW HAVE TO ALWAYS LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDERS AND RUN AWAY FROM YOUR OWN SHADOW.
    KEEP RUNNING,THAT’S YOUR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOW

  26. PF govt need to put their act together before demand of Henry to come to Zambia and face charges that currently do not exist. PF govt need to do a simple task. Charge Henry Banda with an offence, quote the relevant Zambia law(s) backing that offence, communicate that information to the country Henry currently domiciles and request for his return with a quarantee of fair trial if found with a case. Simple, kwasila, kwamana. Failure to do so the ball is inthe PFgovt court and Henry doesn’t come to Zambia till change of environment in Zambia.

  30. # 12 you are spot on. The biggest thing I don’t understand is why they are not mentioning any case against him. And people are even supporting when Govt is not mentioning any charge. Bushe pa Zambia twapangwa shani. Can’t things just be done straight. This guy could have been locked up by now if there was something tangible against him. Once the international community starts buying into his lawyers rantings the ordinary citizen will feel the pinch.

  31. As foreignor as his father.You and your father should never come back to Zambia or else we will castrate both of you.Foreigner looters of Zambia’s resources

  32. If what we read in the Post newspaper is true about the allegations made by Mr Amsterdam the UK lawyer representing Henry Banda over the stand taken by PF govt is very dangerous and unZambian to our politics. Mr Amsterdam claims has a hit list authored by PF govt to eliminate opposition individuals and obliterate all strong opposition in Zambia. Attempts have so far been made and Zambians have voiced against it. Mr Amsterdam has further disclosed that Mr Mahtani of Finance Bank funded PF election campaigns and will soon publicise details for Zambians to see. Again, evidence of Mahtani to quickly repossess the bank that was operating outside BOZ guidelines and financial regulations does suggest that he may really have funded PF elections. By the end of 12 months truth will be in the public

  33. With Isreal’s intelligence network you can run but not hide, they have a no nonsense approach. They can search and get the man dead or alive. But what crime has Henry done that scares him so much that he starts saying he will never step his feet on Zambian soil? He must know what he did, most likely was not so good things I guess. If he believes he never did anything wrong why run away? Just come back young man. Come and exornerate yourself if at all there is anything you consider was is just fabrications. But I promise you that the world today is so small. You will for ever live looking over your shoulders fearing their discovery of your hideout. Its not a good position to be in for a former head of state’s son! Passage of Time Has Answers.

  34. Kutomba libalesa but katombedwe, kunyenga sibalesa but kanyengidwe,kuseka sibalesa but kasekedwe, kuvina sibalesa but kavinidwe, kwiba (stealing) sibalesa but ka ????????????

  36. whether you hide or get world class lawyers to defend you my friend you shall still face the wrath of the law.com and answer your charges you stole from us criminal

  37. UYU MWANA WABA BANDA NIMBULA MANO. BUSHE SOUTH AFRICA ECHALO CAKUSAMINWAMO…BUSHI BUMO BAKAKUPEPEKA AS UMKWEREKWERE TUKAMONA UKO UKAYA. REMEMBER, UMULANDU TAUBOLA

  38. Suppoze, just for once, we ignore and forget about this Henry? Az it iz the man iz turning into some hero. Time healz and am sure this former prezident’s son will one day look back.

  40. #33 Floyd Chitalu…You will note that Henry’s bread and Butter is not attained in Zambia. He is involved in international business. He might have or have had deals in Zambia but his company is domiciled in RSA. The way the government is playing hide and seek do you think if he came for questioning he would have his passport back? If he came to Zambia and his case took 5 yrs to finish that would be the end of his business. He would end up a pauper whether he wins the case or not.

  41. What did Henry steal????????? Sata’s son bought expensive vehicles from selling puppies. Henry is a businessman kwasila.

  42. Henry Banda, all of the sudden he is a hero. Can you please bring this imbecile back to answer charges with his father & Auntie Dola. The guilty are always afraid indeed.

  43. Henry, you have just realised your excitement with the abuse of public resources when your reckless Father inadvertently ruled zambia for two years is catching up with you!!!

    You will be fishyed out of South Africa, you erally think South Africa will risk strained bilateral relations with Zambia over you????

    • Who will lose more from the strained bilateral relations between the two countries? If south Africa said no DSTV, Game Stores, Shoprite,…. who would suffer?

  44. Kodi anaba chiani uyu mwana wa Banda poti muzimuchuchungana tele? If you have charges that he acted corruptly, surely after 7 months a charge against him should have been made if only to allay the fears that some of us have that you are merely persecuting Henry because he is the son of the great RB!

  45. Lets talk about Mulenga Sata the,’ DOG WHISPERER’ turned millionaire after 20th September. This henry guy is history for now……..

  46. is this the same henry who was in court with something to do with noah nkoma? bloggers assist me please, i am lost.

  47. Don’t be ridiculous. Police don’t charge you by sending you a letter to tell you what they are charging you with. They send a call out, you present yourself, they read you your rights if they are arresting you, and if they are not, they question you, then they charge you depending on what they gather from your presentation. This boy is being arrogant. Its not just PF government who want him to answer. Me too, and many other non-politicians want him to answer. If he is innocent he will be free, forever. Why be a fugitive forever when you can plead your innocence and be free forever? And this arrogance… Adding insult on injury… Even when PF are out of power I will pursue this issue if this boy continues playing games. Now the thieving prick wants to make himself a martyr… Voetsek!

  48. Henry Banda is making a big mistake by choosing to lead a life of a fugitive because he will forever be looking over his shoulders and having sleepless nights. Fugitives always end up in a real mess because they are always caught no matter how long it takes. He claims to be innocent but why hide? Just return to your country and clear your name.

  49. Sure Henry Banda that the wise move. Zambia is the 2nd hateful & jealous country on this planet, including earth. It is better you change your name, after all you don’t look like a Zambian, you are more civilized-clean.

  50. Xavier Chungu run and was tired and broke, Henry Banda will do the same, those lawyers are smelling money they just want to chew it.

  51. Foolish Henry, you think you can eat all that TAX payer’s money and run away? Remember that God is watching you. In the eyes of us people on earth you are clever but God will punish you. you will not run forever. Your children will come and pay one day. If you did not commit any crime come and clear yourself why hide??? YOU ARE VERY FOOLISH

  52. Whatever happened to the adage that ‘one is presumed innocent until found guilty’. Some of you may personally know the crime(s) Henry has committed, or even be his accomplice, but the courts do not. If he has not been served with any charges or warrant of arrest for alleged crimes, he has no obligation to report himself to the Zambian police. If you are merely told to come to the police station, you would have to ask, ‘ for what?’ There has to be some compellable reason – like a warrant or a witness summon e.t.c. The Zambian state needs to state the grounds on which they want Henry extradited – then the process of assessing whether he can actually be extradited begins (which may be complex and depend on the laws of both states and whether there is any form of extradition agreement)

  54. This guy must have done alot of damage to the zambian economy, just see how afraid he is is that the kind of leadership zambians needed in RB

  56. Fear of persecution. Hmm. That’s the legal case then. Amsterdam will definitely make money without having to work too hard then:)

    Twas ‘allegedly’ so easy to make buck during MMD times if you were in the ‘zone’ and so much of it too… allegedly :) A hand ‘allegedly’ firmly in the cookie jar did not ‘allegedly’ work alone and so many can be ‘allegedly’ arrogant coz they know who they can ‘allegedly’ take down with them. A classic game of blink. 

    HB innocent until proven otherwise even if he ‘acts’ guilty as hell. It would be nice for him to step up and feel free to walk around Zed. Ignoring it opens him up to accusations of ‘alleged’ crimes :)

  57. Put a contract on this monkey, its not that expensive to kill someone in S.A. He has already confirmed hiss guilt no need for a trial

  58. Henry Banda, you are a coward and a disgrace and a convicted thief! What’s so difficult about this? You come back home, you have a lawyer who brags even to the Zambian government that you are innocent. Why are you afraid to come back? If you really want to shame the government of Zambia, why won’t you come home and do it the way a man is supposed to do? Why is that “expensive” lawyer scared of facing our own courts of he is so qualified? Chiluba got out of our courts even if people said he was corrupt. Xavier Chungu is now a “free” man and so is Katele who was arrested with a “charm computer”. Whats so special about you? PROBABLY, YOU ARE A THIEF THAT’S WHY YOU ARE AFRAID OF FACING JUSTICE!

  59. Henry has to realise that his Lawyer is just working and earning money. Bakakubutuka ngashapwa…..Elyo Pa SA ulewayawayafye nipalukungu!

  60. You are all just talking nonsense, how many people with money will PF catch and put in jail?
    Am sure you are all just bitter & thinking ‘ sembe ndine ninatenga kang’ono’ not even Liato will be jailed or punished…… Am not supporting RB and the group but PF is just politicking and you are all buying it. They better make some good economic policies and strengthen our kwacha, Dull…i wasted my vote..NEVA again….

  61. Fugitive Henry Banda can afford to say what he is saying now. Wait, njala izamunyokola and at that point, he will crave back to Zambia in the night using a fake passport.Let him ask Xavier Chungu.

  63. What is the level of education of people on this blog? Henry Banda is innocent until proven guilty.You don’t have to insult people you know nothing about just for the sake of verbal diarrhoea.If I were him I wouldn’t step in Zambia either and truthfully neither would you.Until a govt that is not vindictive comes into power.

  66. Henry, karma is inevitable my friend. What goes around, surely always comes back around. Take heed and just face whatever awaits you. Yes you’re innocent til proven guilty so why not just come back home and vindicate yourself? I think between yourself, your step mother, your father and some ex MMD cabinet ministers, you know what you guys were up to and it wasn’t good. Am sure your wife is not appreciating your behaviour being ‘a man on the run’. You can run but you know…you can not hide (for too long anyway). And you’re so stupit, why would you say never? Don’t you have family in Zambia? So I suppose if there was a funeral in your family, you wouldn’t come? Zambia is your country, some day-one day, you’ll have to come back.
    ZP=Zambwino Palibe mwana.

  67. # 21.1 Shi Don Corleone 

    Sorry my friend. I have spent my 25 years in UK doing my Secondary School Education, First Degree, then Masters Degree and finally my PHD. I am working as a  University Lecture, earning £65,000 per annum.  And what are you doing in Zambia? 

  68. @patambala i love your comedy kekekekekekekeke! atleast you have made me smile as i mourn GK pwahahahahahahahaha!

  69. @Wise Men From The East you have done well to answer this bugger he is a bus station toilet cleaner dont worry

  70. Just remember the world is round Henry what happens if your father does here in Zambia you will still not step your feet in Zambia hahahahah you are joking just face the law period

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