Tell us where child is, pay K500, 000, or we drag you to Court for tormenting Ketai, Legal Aid tells Attorney General

NURSE WHO insisted on referring Ketai's son from Kanyama Level One Hospital to the University Teaching Hospitals, Newborn section, confirms missing child only had breathing challenges and not red and burnt black skin or body irregularities shown on body of infant UTH claimed is Ketai Mwale's son.

Coming to the aid of Ketai Mwale-Kangwa, Legal Aid Clinic for Women has demanded that Ketai be given back her missing newborn son.

According to a letter of demand to the Attorney General of Zambia, copied to the Permanent Secretary — Ministry of Health, Kanyama Level One Hospital and UTH, Legal Aid Clinic for Women states that Ketai demands damages for inconvenience, mental anguish and negligence on the part of Kanyama Level One and UTH.

"If you do not respond to us within 14 days of receipt of this letter, we have instructions to seek legal recourse in the courts of law...Our client demands damages worth K500, 000," reads in part, the letter dated February 4, 2026. The Clinic says they stand for Ketai because of the manner in which DNA samples were collected from Ketai and a lifeless infant the Hospital claims is hers.

They say UTH refused to allow Ketai to be present as experts extracted samples from a lifeless infant they claimed was hers and further that, no family member witnessed them conduct a postmortem examination as is per procedure.

The letter further points out Kanyama Level One Hospital's alleged negligence wherein the nurse only identified as Barbara wrote wrong details on the child's records.

Legal Aid Clinic for Women alleges that Kanyama Level One Hospital failed to make Barbara available and only gave excuses, "Like she is on leave, or stuck in traffic. The hospital management insisted that they would represent her...as a result meeting failed to take place."