Online Reporter
Gibson Mhaka [email protected]
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has arrived at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport ahead of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) pass-out parade at Ntabazinduna Training Academy on the outskirts of Bulawayo.
The President was received at the airport around 10:30am by Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution Permanent Secretary, Mr Paul Nyoni, Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial chairman, Cde Jabulani Sibanda, Politburo members, Cde Elifas Mashaba, Cde Charles Chiponda, Deputy Minister of Local
Government and Public Works responsible for Local Authorities and Traditional Leadership, who is the Member of Parliament for Nketa Constituency Cde Albert Mavunga, Cde Albert Mavunga, Service Chiefs, and members of the provincial Zanu-PF leadership.
He is expected to preside over the ceremony where new police recruits will be commissioned into the force to bolster law and order across the country.
The parade, which is of intake 1 of 2024, is the first pass out parade to be presided over by a President since the establishment of the academy in 2004.
A total of 999 recruit police officers are set to graduate with certificates in police studies, with 302 being female and 697 male.
ZRP has two police training academies in the country, with the other being Mkushi in Harare.
