ARMED Police officers were seen keeping vigil at Sikanze Health Post where Petauke Independent Member of Parliament, Emmanuel Jay Banda, was being held shortly after his discharge from Maina Soko Military Hospital, Wednesday. And over 20 opposition MPs walked out of the National Assembly in protest of government’s treatment of the lawmaker, who had mysteriously disappeared on May 25 before resurfacing 48 hours later near Kafue Bridge. A check by a News Diggers crew yesterday found the Sikanze Health Post manned by a host of armed police officers stationed at different points, with others seen at the maternity ward where Banda was believed to have been taken. Speaking in an interview, Police Public Relations Officer Rae Hamoonga revealed that Banda...

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