{"id":39374,"date":"2021-04-29T18:20:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T16:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=39374"},"modified":"2021-04-29T18:09:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T16:09:43","slug":"prosecutor-accused-of-killing-bushiris-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/prosecutor-accused-of-killing-bushiris-daughter","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor Accused of \u201cKilling\u201d Bushiri\u2019s Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Malawi\u2019s Director of Public Prosecution, Dr Steve Kayuni prosecutor, has been accused of \u201ckilling\u201d Shepherd Bushiri\u2019s daughter Israella by delaying her travel for medication abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Sworn affidavits by Bushiri\u2019s doctors suggest that Dr Steve Kayuni\u2019s actions reduced the child\u2019s chances of survival from a hopeful 90 per cent to just 5 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The late Israella Bushiri (8), was refused medical evacuation at Kamuzu International Airport in the country\u2019s capital Lilongwe in February 2021 when a private medical ambulance chartered by the family was turned away.<\/p>\n<p>Israella was only permitted to leave Malawi on the 25th of February after the family approached the courts and she died on the 29th of March, in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>During her funeral service, Shepherd Bushiri absolved the government of Malawi of any wrongdoing but said a single person was behind the block that led to the child\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>But Israella\u2019s doctors, who tended to her until she died have now released documents and a scathing affidavit that implies Kayuni\u2019s decision to delay the child\u2019s treatment led to her death.<\/p>\n<p>Reads part of the affidavit written by the doctors and submitted to Bushiri\u2019s lawyers, and signed by Kenyan police:<\/p>\n<p>The child reacted well initially to treatment, but required ventilators, and advanced medical care which was not availed in Malawi. Her condition was life-threatening but she had at least 95% chances of recovering if she had received immediate care. The delay allowed the infection to progress unmitigated, damaging the lining of her lungs and causing mucus build up.<\/p>\n<p>By the time she was eventually released, she only had 5% chances of survival. Had she been allowed to travel when the evacuation was first ordered, she would have survived.<\/p>\n<p>Kayuni who is the lead prosecutor in the extradition case between the Bushiri\u2019s and South Africa also refused to confirm or deny the allegations by the Bushiri family that it was his decision to block the child\u2019s travelling.<\/p>\n<p>The Bushiris are reportedly intending to lay criminal charges of involuntary manslaughter (culpable homicide) against \u201cwhoever made that decision to stop the medical evacuation\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>More: Pindula News ZimMorningPost<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Malawi\u2019s Director of Public Prosecution, Dr Steve Kayuni prosecutor, has been accused of \u201ckilling\u201d Shepherd Bushiri\u2019s daughter Israella by delaying her travel for medication abroad. Sworn affidavits by Bushiri\u2019s doctors suggest that Dr Steve Kayuni\u2019s actions reduced the child\u2019s chances of survival from a hopeful 90 per cent to just 5 per [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,3961,2061,1513,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-39374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-israella-bushiri","14":"tag-mary-bushiri","15":"tag-shepherd-bushiri","16":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prosecutor Accused of \u201cKilling\u201d Bushiri\u2019s Daughter - 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