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In light of these findings, Matsebula said: “The ministry should investigate . the missing stock and unaccounted for medicines with the aim of recovering and report any unrecovered stock to the /osses Committee at the Ministry
MBABANE – A man is alleged to have been shot by the police in case of mistaken identity, but the police claim he was wanted for a string of criminal activities.
It is alleged that Mthokozisi Dlamini, who had gone to fix his car at his elder brother¶s homestead at Madlangampisi, was shot by the police who found him in the company of his brother and another man. %hekuyise Dlamini, who is Mthokozisi¶s brother, was said to be the one who was wanted by the police.
They were sitting behind a bakkie when police approached and the two fled, living Mthokozisi behind. This is the same vehicle Mthokosizi had brought in to be fixed.
Sibling
According to Mthokozisi¶s relative, who preferred to remain anonymous, his sibling was shot on Friday evening. The source stated that the police were on board six different vehicles, including a Toyota 4uantum, bakkie and an OSSU vehicle, among others. The relative said the police had gone to the homestead where his younger brother was fixing his vehicle, to conduct a raid. “My brother was shot twice in the chest next to the heart,” she claimed.
She said the police later took the keys of the vehicle that his brother had gone to fix. She stated that Mliba police visited their homestead on Saturday to extend their apologies that they had mistakenly of Finance.”
In line with this advice, the minister of Health confirmed that a forensic investigation had started. Nkosi said it shot Mthokozisi and discovered that he was not their target after he had already been shot. She said the police informed them that the deceased was shot by Sgodvweni police and if there was any complaint they wanted to lodge, they should approach the Mliba police.
Statement
:hen questioned on whether there was any truth on the statement of the police that Mthokozisi was among the wanted suspects involved in copper theft, among others, the relative said it was not true.
The relative added that even if he was part of the gang police wanted, they had no right to shoot him as he raised his hands as a sign of surrender. She said their relative did not run away from the police because he had no idea why the others fled. “At least they should have beaten started in April and as such, personnel were momentarily removed from their duty station to allow for that process.
Nkosi said: “Current staff is temhim up or arrested him,” the relative said. She said the truth was that her relative had no idea on why the two fled but in the midst of them running, police emerged, meaning they may have seen the police from a distance. She said after shooting him, they went to the same homestead that they were going to raid and requested something to cover him up as they realised that he was dead and took him to Dvokolwako Health Centre mortuary.
Suspects
5eached for comment, Chief Police Information and Communications Officer, Superintendent Phindile 9ilakati said they were searching for three suspects.
9ilakati said the suspects committed crimes around %uhleni and Mliba. She said they were part of a syndicate involved in stealing car parts, including car engines, copper wire and electric cables and a lot more. “Police had gone to survey on the day the incident happened and they came across the suspects where one was shot in the process,” she said.
The police spokesperson stated that two fled but were later arrested and they all have criminal records including the deceased person. 9ilakati said the late Mthokozisi was not a case of mistaken identity. She said when he was shot, he was running from the police. 9ilakati said another suspect had called the police with the intention to surrender himself. She said the suspects had been linked to a number of crimes and exhibits have been found. porary appointed by civil service (Civil Service Commission), or temporarily seconded into the civil service.” This publication gathered from impeccable sources that the personnel who were recruited in the interim were sourced from parastatals and also the private sector.
The sources said the recruited individuals were engaged in similar tasks in their various establishments, which include procurement and or distribution of pharmaceuticals. It was gathered that the team of shall be engaging in their duties at the CMS as of this week.
It is on record that the CMS, among other challenges, has been experiencing shortage of medication which led to stock-outs at facility level due to a weak inventory management system.
There has always been a challenge in the accountability of the medication that was eventually dispensed to patients in health facilities due to weak stock management systems.
Investigation
The AG, following his investigation, recommended that the system should then interface with the Client Management Information System (CMIS) so that the stock issued to health facilities was accounted for and medicine issued to patients was traced.
It is worth noting that the weak control systems resulted in a public outcry over shortage of medication in hospitals, which led to an influx of one-room pharmacies.
This publication also reported µits investigation on mushrooming one room retail pharmacies which were taking advantage of the shortage of medical drugs in public health facilities.
Furthermore, there were cries from members of society wherein they bemoaned the shortage of drugs as they were offered prescription letters in health facilities.