Govt abolishes on the spot vehicle fine payment: Tough luck for corrupt Malawi Police traffic officers
Government says it is abolishing on the spot fine payments for vehicles, saying motorists will have to make payments later.
Director of Road Traffic and Safety directorate Jacques Mononga said the new system starts March next year.
“We have perfected the new system to ensure every tambala goes into the Account Number One,” he said.
Mononga said the on the spine fine payment systems had its own problems and loopholes and was abused to some extent.
Until March 2017, traffic police officers fine offending motorists who pay the fines on the spot.
Mononga said the new system is much better than the old system whereby offending motorists were brought before a magistrate and fined.
“This time we have improved the system, with have an improved technology, motorists do not have to queue before courts, the new system is fast,” he said.
Motorists will be booked for a road traffic offence by a police officer and the motorist would make payment later.
Motorists will be booked, issued with tickets and make payments in banks, avoiding having their licences withdrawn by traffic police as was the case before.
Corruption will still be there. A driver at foult may just give chindapusa kwa wa Traffic and avoid being given pepala la milandu for payment at the bank
Make the fees affordable as in K3000 the same amount asked by traffic officers or else nothing will change as people would rather give an officer K3000 than go to the bank and pay K5000 for a receipt
Let me advise you Government what u must do: first introduce a separate database system where every motorists mishaps Wil be recorded. This i means misdemeanors like uninsured..hit and run..non paid fines..etc. Secondly introduce hand held scaners to all traffic officers. COF discs must hav a barcode with every infirmation regarding motorists. If the driver and/or the vehicle is wanted for some crime. The scaners wil detect such crimes or offenses. For instance this system u r introducing, if any motorists decides not to pay then they can be identified and caught easily. If they are caught it Wil stil be impossible to bribe the officer because data wil stil be retained in the scanner to be dowloaded at a centre with every activity shown. U wil however need cash..i mean alot of cash to introduce this system. Ndatha ine wanu okufunilani zabwino
How will the government ensure compliance by offenders to the new system.? If am just booked to pay letter and decide to remain silent ,Will the police go car hunting or the tracking system has been incorporated
Much as I know Malawian are too corrupt, go to road traffic and tell me if the new system has improved anything rather than worsening it. People are able to get COF, Licences dubiously. I lament for Malawi
RUBBISH!!!!!!! THIS CAN NOT WORK IN A HIGHLY CORRUPT COUNTRY LIKE MALAWI
I think this is a very good achievement. however you need to be very careful otherwise government will end up loosing more than now. as far as I know poor mindset of many Malawians, this time they will choose to give a police officer ( K5000) than to be given a ticket of 10000 though to b paid thr banks. in the end govt or acc No 1 will get less than expected.
Its a good move but it has to go together with behaviour change. The challenge is that before issuing a ticket, the corrupt police officer will come to negotiate with the offending driver to pay a lesser fine which goes into his or her pocket or to get the ticket and pay a higher fine which goes into government account. Mostly, people are willing to pay less, hence they will pay the little amount asked by the police officer
And how will the money be protected at acc number 1 because as for me I trust nobody from head to toe in this country pa nkhani ya corruption..
This is a step forward. Currently thecPolice cease the Drivers Licences and can not let you go unless you pay on the spot. This is what encourages corruption as some motorists can only afford half the amount;would rather pay a bribe to be released. Now a motorist will not waste time; will just get fine ticket and proceed with the journey. Thus good for the motorist; good for account 1.
Nde mwatipwetekatu tikudyelani chani pa Naisiland pano?
And if Malawians want to get riff of corruption, they have to report any police officer asking for bribe. Come on people, let’s clean up or country.
joburg ndie nkhani yaketu camera yakugwira ndi over speed ukamakafika kunyumba ukapexa kalata computor imapanga search mwini ngalimoto mpakana komwe umakhala imaoezeratu house nomber
Nothing changes here. Unless behavioural issues are addressed, this move will achieve nothing! Key to addressing corruption in the police force is to make sure that the economy is stable
I dont think this will stop corrupted traffic police taking money from motorist. The problem is not police but Malawians Who are used to negoatiate with traffic police. They are so used to pay police 3OOO Kwacha rather than 5000 each is the fine one pay and get a receipt. If people could pay and get receipt corrupted police could not continue. Another thing is police should be disciplined and work professionellt. If the has corrupted police so hon can law and order function? When people pay they dont realise what they are creating. Corruption. Malawians have a said ndikalipila ndalama akatenga akuboma. Meaning If I pay the government will take so its better to pay this poor paid police. My question is what about u? How are we going to stop Corruption? A 27 years traffic police with a mansion in area 9 B with 2 swimmingpool and fisk pond? Many road traffic police has become rich. All the money which could go to account 1 is in hands of Road traffic police, immigration officiell, City Assembly, MRA, etc. Malawi has money but money go into pocket of government while we call ourselves poor and beg for aid. What we dont understand is that the countries we give US aid The money comes from what is mentioned above. Why can we not use our money? Bribe is the highest Corruption. We have to stop giving for service. They should be a law that the person Who bride is The one to be convicted. Like during Kamuzu Banda or in Europe.
This the greatest news I have heard since this country became independent in 1964.
Nothing changes. Traffic officers will still ask for bribes. They will ask the offender to pay less on the spot than he would pay at the bank.
But normally there is a grace period to pay the fine in other countries, so perhaps drivers will not pay the offered bribe. Have you noticed traffic officers now use personal vehicles as they “work” all over especially in the central region? What interest do they have in depreciating their vehicles? There is actually one who withdraws his commercial minibus and takes fellow officers in it to “work”!! My foot, what is the benefit?