No impunity! Minister Chimwendo promises a professional Malawi Police Service

The newly-appointed Minister of Homeland Security, Richard Chimwendo Banda, has assured Malawians that the Malawi Police Service will revert to serving the public in a professional manner and according to the law.

Minister Chimwendo Banda: Police will be professional service enforcing the law

Chimwendo Banda was speaking in Lilongwe on Tuesday when he was asked to explain the same by the state broadcaster, Malawi Broadcasting Cooperation (MBC).

“I agree that there has been a sour relationship between the public and the Malawi Police Service. This time the Malawi Police will have to work according to the law.

“President Dr Lazarus Chakwera is talking about the rule of law. When you provide your services according to the law, I don’t think Malawians will be disturbed again.

“We are going to work with the chiefs across the country and community leaders and make sure that there is that common understanding that the Malawi Police and all security agencies are there to support and protect them,” Chimwendo Banda explained.

Malawians lost trust in the Malawi Police Service during the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government when the youth belonging to the party branding themselves as “Ana Adad” or Cadets  were wild in breaking the law but the police was doing very little to contain the situation.

Before being appointed Minister of Homeland Security, Chimwendo Banda condemned two youths who labelled their vehicle number plates as “Ana Abusa” saying the new government will not copy unlawful tendencies from the previous regime of DPP  and now allow the impunity which has fallen to rise again.

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HQ Moses
3 years ago

Good one Him. Minister.
Koma we need IG wina with a clean file komaso Ku immigration we need new Director General with clean file osati the likes of F. Nyirenda and L. Chawinga.
Ma kwacha ambiri anasokonekela kumeneko

Tuvitwana.
Tuvitwana.
3 years ago

Phwisa kagwere uko londola agogo ako KU Mangochi kkkkkk

Phwisa
Phwisa
3 years ago

Chimwendo will make the police professional if all the people who looted, destroyed propertie and bussineses and terrorised innocent Malawians in the name of Mtambo’s demonstrations are all delt with. Those who killed police man at Nsundwe should be sent back to jail. We know all were released and are back Nsundwe. Our human rights were terribly infringed upon. Tidavutika kuphwanyiridwa magalimoto.

Nambuma Girl
Nambuma Girl
3 years ago
Reply to  Phwisa

Cadet sasowa.

Dausi
3 years ago
Reply to  Phwisa

Why did dausi not deal with them?

CESSPOOL
CESSPOOL
3 years ago

The impunity of the party functionaries is rooted in the history of this nation since independence. In Dr Kamuzu Banda era the MCP District Chairman would just direct the police to lock up whoever he thought was against the party leadership. The police never questioned those directs. Hon Chimwendo should not only spice his debut as a minister with juicy words as merely as an icing on our euphoria cake we want an independent police not the heels of the illiterate party hoodlums. The Malawi hasn’t been adequately free from our political zealots Our youth tend to form careers out… Read more »

Wikleaks
Wikleaks
3 years ago

Chimwendo, work out on the gulewankulu that you release to terrorise people.

HARDCORE FEDERALISM SUPPORTER

Malawi police are useless and terrorists too. They can’t uphold the constitution of Malawi only the MDF is respected. Malawi police officers are used by any political party that is in power to terrorize unarmed innocent citizens like what happened in Msundwe, Lilongwe. Where are the perpetrators? These people raped school children, married women, grandmothers, and nothing is done about it. We are sick and tired of being promised that these rapists will now behave. I don’t think so. All these police need to be fired and let new police come in.

2020 BOMA
2020 BOMA
3 years ago

This is what we wanted

Nampoto
Nampoto
3 years ago

I believe the new Minister Chimwendo knows how corrupt our police is. And I am sure he knows how dangerous it for such security organs to be corrupt. If this MCP Govt is to fight corruption then first it is to end it at police then the police will help the Govt in rooting out it. Otherwise it will be a song sung by any new Minister that he will make his ministry professional.

Mwini muzi.
3 years ago
Reply to  Nampoto

Agree.If police are corrupt, all corruption cases reported don’t see the end of justice.

Gujarat
Gujarat
3 years ago
Reply to  Nampoto

Especially these traffic officers who act as thugs on the roads and manufacture traffic offences. It is embarrassing that such harrassment of innocent citizens is done with only one motive – raising income. Please desist from harassing us.

jolinjo
jolinjo
3 years ago
Reply to  Gujarat

Mara bhai…….rewa de…mota bhag na chor tamee cho
Trans’tion: is peter calling paul athief?

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