By Daily Revelation Editor
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In October last year, minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Jack Mwiimbu, directed the Zambia Police command to immediately clamp down on unauthorised traffic checkpoints, warning that officers found mounting them will face disciplinary action, including dismissal.
He said that only designated checkpoints will be allowed, with officers required to display their names and service numbers at all times to enhance accountability and restore public trust.
Mwiimbu was simply re-affirming his earlier remarks, among the very first policy directives he issued to the police when the UPND assumed office.
The country actually experienced a noticeable reduction in the number of traffic checkpoints across the country, such that citizens were even beginning to capture pictures via their mobile phones, which they were sending viral via social media when they saw illegal checkpoints being mounted.
However, we notice that we are back again to the way things have always been where officers seem to now be everywhere mounting checkpoints at almost every turn. Does it mean that they have simply ignored their bosse’s directive, or he was simply paying lip service when issuing the same directives? Because, the fact that we are now back to square one, if not worse, is an indication that the directive has not been enforced.
The fact that the directive has not been enforced means that the police command to who were supposed to enforce the directive have not done so. The question is what will Mwiimbu do to show that he was actually serious when issuing the directive?
We would have thought that immediately the minister issued that directive, the police should have acted by publicising to the members of the public what these illegal checkpoints where, and where legal checkpoints should mounted.
In saying so, we emphasise that we are in no way against the police going about carrying out their mandate of ensuring safety and adherence to the laws in relation to their duties on traffic. However, we are against the mounting of checkpoints indiscriminately, which usually don’t even serve the purpose of ensuring adherence, which are usually mounted to line the pockets of police officers in form of bribes and other vices.
We say so in the knowledge that a corrupt police service can never truly serve its mandate of ensuring law and order in the country. The example can be cited from the roads where almost anyone can go away with a offence as long as they pay a ‘ka something’ to the police officer.
We urge Mwiimbu to revisit his directive by ensuring that the police effect his pronouncements.
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By Daily Revelation Editor
!
In October last year, minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Jack Mwiimbu, directed the Zambia Police command to immediately clamp down on unauthorised traffic checkpoints, warning that officers found mounting them will face disciplinary action, including dismissal.
He said that only designated checkpoints will be allowed, with officers required to display their names and service numbers at all times to enhance accountability and restore public trust.
Mwiimbu was simply re-affirming his earlier remarks, among the very first policy directives he issued to the police when the UPND assumed office.
The country actually experienced a noticeable reduction in the number of traffic checkpoints across the country, such that citizens were even beginning to capture pictures via their mobile phones, which they were sending viral via social media when they saw illegal checkpoints being mounted.
However, we notice that we are back again to the way things have always been where officers seem to now be everywhere mounting checkpoints at almost every turn. Does it mean that they have simply ignored their bosse’s directive, or he was simply paying lip service when issuing the same directives? Because, the fact that we are now back to square one, if not worse, is an indication that the directive has not been enforced.
The fact that the directive has not been enforced means that the police command to who were supposed to enforce the directive have not done so. The question is what will Mwiimbu do to show that he was actually serious when issuing the directive?
We would have thought that immediately the minister issued that directive, the police should have acted by publicising to the members of the public what these illegal checkpoints where, and where legal checkpoints should mounted.
In saying so, we emphasise that we are in no way against the police going about carrying out their mandate of ensuring safety and adherence to the laws in relation to their duties on traffic. However, we are against the mounting of checkpoints indiscriminately, which usually don’t even serve the purpose of ensuring adherence, which are usually mounted to line the pockets of police officers in form of bribes and other vices.
We say so in the knowledge that a corrupt police service can never truly serve its mandate of ensuring law and order in the country. The example can be cited from the roads where almost anyone can go away with a offence as long as they pay a ‘ka something’ to the police officer.
We urge Mwiimbu to revisit his directive by ensuring that the police effect his pronouncements.
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