Copperbelt Province minister Elisha Matambo says the government will deploy enough police officers in order to restore law and order in Chingola district, where criminals are killing mobile money operators after robbing them huge sums of money.
Matambo hailed the efforts by the business community, adding that the figure that has been contributed will go up if all those who pledged will manage to pay.
It is refreshing to hear Matambo say that more manpower and police officer will be sent to the area. This is as it should be. The business community in Chingola must also be commended for raising K173,000 and 3,150 liters of diesel to assist the police with patrols.
Matambo said the figure would go up if all those who pledged would manage to pay their dues. One has to admire this community participation to confront a crisis in Chingola. This should be encouraged not only in Chingola but other areas of the country facing crisis and other challenges. The people of Chingola are clearly rising to confront the threat being posed on their communities by criminals.
But more than that, government is expected to play a huge role in arresting this huge problem affecting the good residents of Chingola. This is a problem that has been going on for some months. Actually, at one point, Nchanga member of parliament (UPND) Derrick Chilundika issued a statement denouncing the fact that a Constituency Development Fund funded police vehicle meant for conducting patrols in the area was being used to patrol private mining companies, to the detriment of the communities who needed police protection the most.
We would have expected this matter to have taken up huge importance in the national conversation as opposed to the same being looked at as a problem affecting the Chingola community alone. Inter-governmental agencies would have been summoned already in addressing the urgency of the matter. That these killings have been going on for several months cannot surely be looked at as a small matter.
And that Matambo is warning criminals that their days are numbered as more manpower and police officers will be added towards the effort is welcome news. We hope these efforts will be handled with the urgency the matter deserves, given the bureaucracy that mainly characterises operations in this country. No effort should be spared in confronting this challenge, including providing those involved in the efforts to curb the problem with all the resources they need at their disposal.
This is the real work police must be doing in the country, rather than expending their efforts arresting and slapping every opposition leader they arrest with seditious and other charges. What is happening in Chingola is the real call to duty for our men and women in uniform.
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Copperbelt Province minister Elisha Matambo says the government will deploy enough police officers in order to restore law and order in Chingola district, where criminals are killing mobile money operators after robbing them huge sums of money.
Matambo hailed the efforts by the business community, adding that the figure that has been contributed will go up if all those who pledged will manage to pay.
It is refreshing to hear Matambo say that more manpower and police officer will be sent to the area. This is as it should be. The business community in Chingola must also be commended for raising K173,000 and 3,150 liters of diesel to assist the police with patrols.
Matambo said the figure would go up if all those who pledged would manage to pay their dues. One has to admire this community participation to confront a crisis in Chingola. This should be encouraged not only in Chingola but other areas of the country facing crisis and other challenges. The people of Chingola are clearly rising to confront the threat being posed on their communities by criminals.
But more than that, government is expected to play a huge role in arresting this huge problem affecting the good residents of Chingola. This is a problem that has been going on for some months. Actually, at one point, Nchanga member of parliament (UPND) Derrick Chilundika issued a statement denouncing the fact that a Constituency Development Fund funded police vehicle meant for conducting patrols in the area was being used to patrol private mining companies, to the detriment of the communities who needed police protection the most.
We would have expected this matter to have taken up huge importance in the national conversation as opposed to the same being looked at as a problem affecting the Chingola community alone. Inter-governmental agencies would have been summoned already in addressing the urgency of the matter. That these killings have been going on for several months cannot surely be looked at as a small matter.
And that Matambo is warning criminals that their days are numbered as more manpower and police officers will be added towards the effort is welcome news. We hope these efforts will be handled with the urgency the matter deserves, given the bureaucracy that mainly characterises operations in this country. No effort should be spared in confronting this challenge, including providing those involved in the efforts to curb the problem with all the resources they need at their disposal.
This is the real work police must be doing in the country, rather than expending their efforts arresting and slapping every opposition leader they arrest with seditious and other charges. What is happening in Chingola is the real call to duty for our men and women in uniform.
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