Cattle branding

free at police stations.  He said all the people made to pay for the forms should report to senior police officers.
“The stock clearance forms are issued without payment according to the police organisational policy. So I would like to urge those who are made to pay for the stock clearance forms to report the culprits to a higher office than the one they are dealing with,” she said.
Snr Ass Comm Mushaurwa said it was the duty of police officers to clear cattle. People are being forced to circum­vent the clearing process to avoid pay­ing the US$10 fee for the forms, leading to an increase in stock­theft. She said the police force was a highly disciplined organisation that did not tolerate corruption. She said any­one caught on the wrong side of the law would be brought to book. National Anti-Stock co-ordinator Assistant Commissioner Bernard Dumbura said stocktheft had declined over the years owing to the involvement of the com­munity in policing programmes.