CHRONICLES OF A JAILBIRD
. . . man born in jail looks for relatives
EX-CONVICT Kansile Kansile says he will not stop searching for his kinsmen after spending the greater part of his life in jail.
Kansile (35) claims he was born at ChiHe kurubi Female Prison to his late mother
Nomsa Zuzeyi.
was born on November 22, 1986 when Zuzeyi was serving a life sentence for the murder of her husband and daughter.
According to Kansile, he was separated from his mother at the age of five, went to stay at a children’s home and later became a serial thief.
To date, Kansile has been convicted seven times for various crimes.
He says, given his record, he has neither been able to find a decent job nor leads to his paternal or maternal relatives.
“Misfortune has hit hard on me. I last had a meal three days ago and have no one to turn to.
“Everywhere I try to find a job, my criminal record follows me and I don’t get hired.
“If anyone is my relative or knows anyone from the Kansile family out there, please help me out before I lose hope,” said Kansile.
Kansile said he was a changed man and would never go back to being a criminal.
“I know how it is to be in prison and what it did to my status hence I have promised myself to never be involved in crime again.
“I am a better person now. I rediscovered my true self after serving my jail term and choosing to stay out of crime for good,” he said.
Kansile pleaded with anyone who might know his relatives or his mother’s relatives to get in touch with him.
“When I was born, Peter Mandanike of the Prison Fellowship was responsible for everything I needed. Unfortunately he is now late; this Kansile surname that I’m using was the one that my father used, according to the information that my mother provided to prison officers.
“I don’t know my father’s first name or any of his relatives, but he is believed to have been from Malawi as we never used to get any visitors.
“I spent most of my life in prison, but I have vowed to myself that my last conviction was the last and I don’t want to go back to prison as I now have goals to fulfil and start a family.”
Kansile was first convicted for unlawful entry at the age of 15 and was convicted six more times for crimes such as shoplifting and theft from cars.
In 2001, Kansile was sentenced to 28 years in prison for stock theft, but before he finished his jail term, he benefited from a Presidential pardon in 2018.
Ever since his release, he has been hopping from one neighbourhood to another looking for shelter.
He has been forced out of his current lodgings in Epworth for failing to pay US$3 rent.