Police have intensified investigations into the fatal road traffic accident in which Kabwata Member of Parliament Levy Mkandawire, died. The accident happened on November 18th, 2021, around 12: 45 hrs in Lusaka’s Woodlands Extension, at the gate of Mr. Mkandawire’s house.
Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says Jane Mwale, 39, and Alick Jetta Kalengo 57 are in Police custody. Mr. Hamoonga has told ZNBC News that the public will be informed of the next cause of action.
Mr Mkandawire, 60, died after he was crushed against the perimeter wall of his house, by his vehicle, a Toyota IST, which had been hit, by a speeding BMW X5 vehicle.
The Kabwata Member of Parliament had apparently disembarked from his vehicle, in order to open the gate, when the accident happened.
Police identified the driver of the BMW X5 as Jane Mwale, aged 39, who is also Mr Mkandawire’s neighbour.
Earlier, a cyclist Shaderick Phiri 21 of the Bauleni compound was also bashed by the BMW X5 registration ALM 5955 and sustained minor injuries.
The stupeed husband …………
, who was sitting next his driver wife , should be also charged for allowing wife to drive like maniac …………
BMW X5 are mechanically bad SUVs, and cheap even though imwe mu Zambia get 15-times the price. Jane couldn’t simply control that hard vehicle.
Even from here I can tell that it was just bad driving skills.
There is no point to arrest Jane and her husband for murder.
This boy Hamoonga must be issuing statements from his local pub when he has one too many remember that one about a guy who had 7 gun shot wounds t the heed only to be seen in a selfie with Emmanuel Mwamba last week wearing a cap and holding a bottom of water with no wounds on his face,
@ Spaka
As a passenger the hubby has no case to answer. Drivers should not blame occupant/passengers for their mistakes that final cause accidents. It is the responsibility of the driver to drive careful.. And being a neighbour why she was driving at higher speed few metres from her home. And the rumours that was on going in some sectors of the media, was she there to finish the job?
Cousin @ Nostradamus
Poor driving skills that result into accidents is PUNISHABLE.. Must go and redo driving course and banned from driving for 3-12months
From the little legal knowledge I have, and looking at the various statements issued and comments made on the issue so far, this may turn out to be a clear case of causing death by dangerous driving against the driver, Jane Mwale. Since RTSA has confirmed that the driver had a valid driving licence, it means that her husband is innocent and will have to be released from custody at some point. Jane will have to face the music alone. Like many others, I had originally suspected an assassination attempt by the deceased’s political enemies but if what we have been told so far is anything to go by, this seems a remote possibility.
#4Â Â Kanjimaano
 November 21, 2021 At 7:42 pm
“@ Spaka
As a passenger the hubby has no case to answer. Drivers should not blame occupant/passengers for their mistakes that final cause accident…”
If the law can’t pin him , the husband should be beaten as per african tradition for failing to control his manic wife……
Simple and straightforward. Jane mwale was drunk driving went to hit a cyclist didn’t stop continued driving carelessly in a bid to escape from the first accident with the cyclist and so went to hit into the car of the MP which crushed him overturned the BMW. Jane mwale then escaped on foot fearing instant Mob justice as well as fearing to be tested for high blood alcohol levels. She then only turns herself in after sobering up the next day when alcohol won’t show in her blood. She just needs to be jailed.
The driver of the BMW X5 appears to have been on a war path! This lady bashed a young man earlier, then hit the neighbour’s vehicle – causing irreparable destruction! But why? Not good.
The gentleman who died in the accident was pinned to his wall fence as he was about to open the gate…Question is, had he been followed back home by the speeding driver?? The whole incident doesn’t seem random!
My message to Zambians especially those recording their comments and circulating them is that they’re not experts on these matters. Let the Police do their work. How did that lady become Mkandawire’s wife? Please refrain from such behavior, you’re not being clever.
Since the upnd came to power, crime is up, deaths are up. There is a lot of evilness in this govt. How can someone die in such circumstances. This was an inside job by upnd thugs who are in fighting for positions