KASOSA

By REBECCA MUSHOTA and MOFFAT CHAZINGWA-
A WOMAN in Nchelenge District has been arrested for allegedly causing the death of her husband after burning him with hot water, Police have said.
Nelly Musonda, 52, claimed that her husband had suffered an illness which caused the burns but investigations proved that he died as a result of burns from hot water.
Ms Musonda of Chibule Village in Chief Mununga’s area is alleged to have burnt her husband, Chibale Chibule, 46, between July 26 and August 2 this year, the day he died and was later buried without the knowledge of his family.
Luapula Province Police Commissioner Malcolm Mulenga, said yesterday that Ms Chibule did not report to the Police that she had burnt her husband with hot water.
“The wife had told the deceased’s relatives that he suffered and died from herpes zoster,” Mr Mulenga said.
Mr Mulenga said Ms Musonda only informed the Police that she had already buried her husband.
Mr Mulenga said information reaching officers in Nchelenge indicated that the deceased had wounds as a result of being poured hot water.
Investigations have been launched in the matter.
In Kitwe, a 32-year-old man has died in a sandy quarry accident after he and his colleague were buried alive in a trench.
The accident happened in Kamakonde area where a trench caved in and buried Kaoma Chibuluma, 42, and Green Kapelelwa who died on the spot.
Mr Chibuluma is currently receiving treatment at Kalulushi District Hospital.
The accident was confirmed by both Copperbelt Police Commissioner Joyce Kasosa and Kitwe City Council spokesperson Dorothy Sampa.
A similar accident was recorded in Kitwe’s Racecourse Township, causing the death of a 34-year-old mother and her daughter.
“We received a phone call this morning (yesterday) about a tragic accident involving two people engaged in illegal mining of sand who were buried alive after the trench they were mining from caved in on them. When our fire brigade team got there, they found one had already died while his colleague was exhumed alive and rushed to hospital,” Ms Sampa said.
She appealed to members of the public to desist from engaging in illegal digging of sand where they risked their lives.
Another accident claimed the life of an unidentified man but believed to be aged between 25 and 30 years after he was electrocuted while allegedly tampering with an 11kilovolt Zesco transformer in Chingola.
Ms Kasosa said the man was found dead between 02:00 and 06:00 hours at sub-station number 266 in Central Riverside area.
“An unknown man has been electrocuted after he wanted to steal a live copper cable from an 11Kv transformer. He managed to cut the wire but unfortunately he got electrocuted,” she said.
Ms Kasosa said a cutter, ladder and two knives were found at the scene of the accident.