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Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau
The Government will use technology at police roadblocks to transmit details of transactions directly to Police General Head- quarters in Harare as part of measures to reduce corruption in the police force, Minister of Home Affairs Kembo Mohadi has said.Addressing heads of Government departments during a meeting to unpack the Zim-Asset programme in Beitbridge recently, Minister Mohadi said Government had adopted a zero tolerance stance on corruption.
He said the level of rent seeking and corruption in Zimbabwe was worrying.
“Soon, we will be having gadgets that will be recording every transaction at roadblocks with the view of reducing cases of rent seeking and wheeling- and-dealing at these points, where we are getting a lot of unpleasant reports about some of our officers,” he said.
Minister Mohadi said it was morally wrong for police officers to compete with the members of the public on the provision of public transport.
“We are aware that they are police officers operating pirate taxis and omnibuses. This is morally wrong, such a set-up gives them an unfair advantage,” he said.
The minister said although corruption was rife in all sectors of society it was easy to notice it in the police force. He said his ministry had fired a lot of police officers after they were found engaging in clandestine activities.
“We need to bring back confidence in the police force by getting rid of bad apples among us. We will continue dismissing those found on the wrong side of the law while others will be taken to the courts for prosecution,” he said.
Peter Tanyanyiwa
Online Reporter