Why can’t police IG retire in public interest?
Dear Editor, PRESIDENT Lungu may have his own good reasons for firing North Western Province police commissioner Auxensio Daka but the fish normally begins to rot from the head.
How many Zambians have complained and continue to do so about poor police performance in this country?
For me the buck stops at IG himself Mr Kakoma Kanganja who appears not to be on top of things in our police service which was rated fourth most corrupt and poor performing in Africa.
That rating tells volumes of bad stories about our police service which stopped functioning many years ago.
And because the bulk of prosecutors come from this service, this has not helped matters hence the endless nolles and acquittals in our courts. In other words their poor performance has sent judiciary to the hyenas.
So for how long are going to pretend that all is well in our police service when the opposite is the holy truth?
How many individuals break the law, like Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM), Hakainde Hichilema (HH) both of UPND but are left alone to continue insulting the President?
It is this bad tolerance of our Police that will NOT take this country anywhere. Don’t we all know that even the corruption index for our police is a big scandal?
I don’t know what those with powers to turn our police inside out or upside down are doing about this horrifying situation.
Like they say, a stich in time will save nine later. Something should be done now to change the face of our police.
Gershom B. T Mulenga