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As civil society organisations continue to press President Bakili Muluzi to institute a commission of inquiry into the death of his business partner Kalonga Stambuli, the police has called on the public not to make hasty conclusions on the matter.
Deputy inspector general of police Hassan Mganga said on Thursday in a statement that the police instituted an investigation into the death of Stambuli immediately they got a copy of an autopsy which revealed that he was poisoned and strangled.
“These investigations are still underway and not yet completed. As such the Malawi Police Service wishes to advise the general public to exercise patience and avoid making hasty conclusions about the death of Dr Kalonga Stambuli,” says Mganga.
But the opposition National Democratic Alliance, which was the first to demand that Muluzi should institute an inquiry, said on Thursday there is nothing wrong with members of the public making conclusions about Stambuli’s death that he was poisoned and strangled because they are basing it on a report from experts which cannot be disputed.
“We can’t say doctors lied because those people are professionals and experts in their field. We are also suspicion with the way government is handling the matter,” said NDA’s director of publicity Salule Masangwi.
Masangwi added that the public is also reacting to the way government is treating the matter which, he said, raises a lot of suspicion.
He said even the Police decided to remain quiet on the matter only to come in the open following pressure from the public.
“They would have come in the open before the public started speculating. We can only conclude that the Police have issued their statement out of pressure from the public. This is the problem of hiding information,” said Masangwi.
Apart from NDA, Pac and Malawi Human Rights Consultative Committee also called for an inquiry into the death of late Stambuli.
But Attorney general Peter Fachi said Wednesday it’s not automatic that Muluzi will call for a commission of inquiry into Stambuli’s death.
Masangwi said the public is also suspicious because government never reacted when late Stambuli issued a statement on the state of the economy which attacked Muluzi’s economic policies.
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