One of the few positives that came out of the infamous Lundazi Teargassing incident on 18th December 2015 is that I was able to interact closely and learn of the plight of today’s police officers. Since forming government, the Patriotic Front government has introduced a system of moving officers based on what are known as “Post Identities”, which are basically ranks. Under this system, our officers are only able to receive positive reviews and promotions based on available vacancies or vacant Post IDs.
A simple example from the military to illustrate this is to imagine that there are 5 Majors in the Army in Kabwe. Under the new system, there can be no new Majors unless one of them dies or is transferred whereas in the old system under the Movement for Multiparty Democracy, another 5 new Majors can be added to the existing 5.
We have time and again condemned this system of advancing our officers’ careers in that it takes away the hunger and motivation for our officers to outperform each each other through hardwork, educational advancements, acts of bravery and heroism. Fellow Zambians, take away the motivation of the Policemen and women and what do we have left? It is no wonder that now, our officers are only competing on who can carry out the most barbaric attack on our citizens.
If it’s not Nevers Mumba, it is Wynter Kabimba, Edith Nawakwi or those poor Zampost employees who are demonstrating peacefully on Cairo Road who will be harassed. One of the things we will do as the New MMD when we form government is to abolish the Post IDs so that only Policemen who serve the people of Zambia and its Constitution will be able to rise through the ranks and get to the top. We shall not allow our men and women in uniform to turn against and start attacking the very people they swore to protect and to defend.
We shall also guarantee security of tenure of Senior Police Officers. Not this haphazard moval and removal of senior officers under very suspicious circumstances, just to be sent out as diplomats on paper. Most of our dear men and women are currently left very frustrated after being used and then told that they shall be appointed as diplomats but they end up languishing within Zambia awaiting redeployment indefinitely. I do hope and pray that Ms Stella Libongani does actually get her posting in Canada, considering how many of her predecessors are still awaiting dispatch.
As President, I will ensure that the images of the 18th of December 2015 where our citizens were scampering in all directions fleeing from the POLICE FORCE are replaced by men and women and even children running to the officers in the POLICE SERVICE and trusting that they are safe in their care.
We shall make sure that the Police shall be a force only to criminals but a service unto the law-abiding citizens. We shall ensure the Police are well-funded and patrolling our streets every night to catch criminals unlike the current situation where criminals are freely running riot. We need a nation governed by laws and not men.
Nevers Sekwila Mumba
MMD President
you promised to release the gabon disaster report when you were vice president but did not do it.
what makes you think that people will believe you with this trash.
why don’t you be truthful for once.
You immature chap. It’s not the veep who releases a report but the president.
@ Kapala
You senile old man, you are forgetting all MMD past fake promises.
This guy is a thief. Even in Canada he had a whole bunch of fraudulent deals going on. The man who claims he is a man of God. I think he needs to choose between politics or God. I can assure you that money is more important to him than the man he claims to represent and stand for. Just google his schemes and scandals from wife to girlfriend. MMD is finished and flushed down ichumbusu. NEXT!!
You are lying you fake PF cadre. Show me the conviction. You PF chaps only know character assasinations because you have no brains to articulate issues.