By Staff Reporter
Hakainde is a very vindictive man who has fired over 35 police officers and unconstitutionally removed them from the payroll before receiving their dues in order to also punish their children, says FDD leader Edith Nawakwi.
And Nawakwi says there is selective dismissals based on tribal lines in the police service, saying the two officers that were sent to look for the Hatembo’s, one of them with the name from Eastern Province, Phiri, has been fired while the one with the name that starts with “Haa” from Southern Province has been maintained, wondering what criteria was used to arrive at the same.
But police deputy public relations officer Danny Mwale said police have an open door policy and Nawakwi can walk in any time to have her concerns addressed with the Inspector General of Police rather than addressing matters in the press.
Nawakwi told Daily Revelation the dismissed police officers have had their names removed from the payroll without receiving their dues, saying that is against the provision in the Republican constitution.
She said the officers just received letters that their contracts had been terminated, which is illegal as they were on pensionable jobs.
“Hakainde is so vindictive that he is even disregarding the law which he swore to uphold and protect. It is clear what the constitution says about civil servants. The saddest part is he removes them from the payroll just before the school fees are due to also punish their children. Even the IG, I don’t know what he thinks because he says he is a Christian. This kind of vindictiveness is very alien from Christ’s teaching,” Nawakwi said.
She said the police officers who were sent to look for the Hatembos when it was reported that they had been abducted, one with an Eastern Province name has been dismissed but the one with a name from Southern Province has been maintained.
“What kind of President is this who is so vindictive? Hakainde is a very vindictive President. That’s not the way you govern people. The one who has been dismissed is a Phiri, the other one is a Haa has been maintained,” said Nawakwi. “There were two officers who were sent to Monze. One from Eastern has been dismissed, the other who hails from Southern province has been maintained. I don’t know what criteria was used. What criteria was used? You can only deduce that the other one has a correct name.”
But Mwale said the police has an open door police and Nawakwi can walk in any time and even talk to the Inspector General Lemmy Kajoba than resorting to the press.
