Govt promotes 3 000 Malawi police officers: UTM say an elections ploy

April 20, 2019 Owen Khamula -Nyasa Times 19 Comments

Government has announced the promotion of 3 000 junior police officers in what the opposition say is a futile attempt by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to cling to power after the May 21 2019elections.

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Police spokesperson James Kadadezera said the promoted officers are mainly constables who have now risen to the position of sergeant.

These are normal promotions, they were promoted on merit because of their hard work. You can agree with me that crime rate has now gone down, there is visibility of police officers everywhere,” said Kadadzera.

UTM secretary general Patricia Kaliati said this is a futile attempt by the DPP to remain in power after the May 21 elections.

“It is too late too little, the DPP is going out of government with or without civil servants promotions. Everyone knows that the country has been in hell under the DPP,” said Kaliati.

But Finance minister Goodall Gondwe said the promotions were already factored in the 2018/19 national budget.

“We have not just dreamt up to promote the police officers. We already planned long ago.

The promotion of the 3,000 police officers come barely two months after 340 senior police officers were also promoted as well as the promotion of the controversial 20, 000 teachers as half of them were either dead or had left the civil service

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19 replies on “Govt promotes 3 000 Malawi police officers: UTM say an elections ploy”

  2. Uchitsiru tisakufuna uja ndi umenewu. Kumanamiza a Malawi ngati ana. Paja muli mu gulu lokhulupirira kuti a Malawi sachedwa kuyiwala. Koma chomapereka ma promotion nthawi ya campaign mukutanthsuza chiyani? Inu a DPP mwawonjeza wu crook kwambiri. Izi mukupitiriza kumapangazi pakhala povuta kukukhulupirirani. Popeza chidzadziwa ndi chipande powomola. Koma mumatiwonjeza kwambiri. Anthu alira nthawi yonseyi mukabwera lero kusonyeza kuti kupanda masankho kubwera simukanapereka ma promotion amenewatu. Dzuka Malawi dzuka!

  4. Everyone going for an interview put on the best attire they can afford,nde kweni mumati asatchene popita kuchisankho budget itavomerezedwa kale?

  5. This promotion shows the gvt is under pressure, it was jst last yr the gvt told the this servant to go to hell

  7. Koma Boma lachipongwe ili. The Police men and women as the case is for the teachers have suffered , dehumanized and despised for almost the past 5 years while chasing these poxy promotions! Why promote them today when there is only ONE MONTH to go before APM cedes power? DPP you have really lost the plot and this action alone has exposed your desperation and incompetence to take this country any further! Do not plant a bait for the police to help DPP rig the elections. The Police are not fools to fail to notice that you are buying them for a favour during the general elections. Mwawuponda………….. enamel woxhoka ku Thyolo sitiganiza choncho.. Shame on you.

    By the way APM you promised that there will be street lights the whole of Lilongwe City…. where are they?? Lilongwe is the darkest capital city in the world……. what a record!!! You fail to put up lights in the city and yet you brag for the second time that you will transform Malawi to the level of European Countries; please stop dreaming in wrong colours and fooling Malawians. Mukutipangisa manyazi if amulakho wa alhomwe!!! Kapumeni agogo!

  10. Dziko sitimayendesa chonchi. Masanje awa eni eni. A whole prof running a country ngati jando camp. Pathetic

  11. Koma UTM muli ndicholepheretsa boma la DPP kulemba ma nurse muli ai…apolisi akwezedwa muli ai ndi ndale…kodi wabwino atani…mufera ku opposition ndi khwidzi zimenezi

    1. Eti akuti akufuna ntchito zonse zaboma ziime kapena kuti boma lidziopa kugwira ntchito zake ati chifukwa chakuti ndi nthawi ya campagin. kkkkkkk goma alukhu amenewa eti.

  12. Ine mwandipatsa u sup kamba ka kagwiridwe kanga kabwino kantchito, ndiposo mwachedwa ndimayenera kukwezedwa 2017. Komabe pajatu Vote ndimumtima eti mweenne

  13. Mr Gondwi, if this was factored in in the 2018/ 19 budget then give them 10 months salary arreas. Mesa ndinu nomwe munkati bomb Lilibe ndalama asakufuna achoke?!!!! Muchoka basi.

  15. With or without promotion indeed DPP will be booted out of the government come May the 21st.
    Who is myopic to vote for DPP again??
    Only Cadets will vote for DPP and Ben Phiri.

  16. SO FROM THE STORY , IT MEANS UTM DIDN”T WANT POLICE OFFICERS PROMOTION……THEN WHAT ARGUMENT IS UTM BRINGING HERE.?……IS UTM DOING IT OUT OF JEALOUSY..?….

    THESE CROOKS CANNOT TAKE US ANYWHERE … TOO MUCH GRUDGES and TOO MUCH POMPOUS… I WILL GIVE MY VOTE TO DR CHAKWERA

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