A visit to the funeral house at the University of Zambia Great East Road Campus by The Monitor only brought fresh tears. Khondwani's family is still in shock from the death and brutality vented on him by the police. Khondwani's father, Milton Musukwa, says he is planning to take legal action against the police for the brutal murder of his son. We want the law to take its course. Acting police spokesperson Lemmy Kajoba was out to Matero by press time while Kafue police directed all queries to Police Service Headquarters.
Zambian police have a record of brutalising suspects and state witnesses.
In 1998 alone, police killed 30 people. This is according to an independent survey carried out by Afronet who counted from newspaper reports, people shot by the police as announced by the force spokesperson. This included five men suspected to have assassinated the late former finance minister, Ronald Penza. The other constantly referred to victim of police brutality was a grade twelve pupil, Bertha Mugamanzila who died in mysterious circumstances in police cells after being arrested for being in possession of the final examination papers. Mugamanzila's relatives suspected that she was tortured.