It has emerged that kombis owned by police are not being stopped or fined on the roadblocks and they ‘pick and drop’ wherever they deem necessary.
CAC Director Terry Mutsvanga said his organisation was overwhelmed by complaints from other transport operators over the issue of police nepotism and corruption.
“We have heard reports that the police officers are abusing their offices and it is true that faulty commuter omnibuses owned by police officers are not being fined. We are going to appeal to the relevant authorities,” said Mutsvanga.
A survey showed kombis owned by policemen in the capital are on the increase, with some reportedly owning an entire fleet. Some of the kombis are not properly registered and do not have route permits but they are neither stopped at road blocks or impounded.
The policemen who own the kombis have also been blamed for charging exorbitant prices.
Police officers who patrol the city center are popularly known as ‘vakomana vemamboma’. They have been smashing the windscreens of commuter omnibuses parked in undesignated points but the officers said kombis owned by the policemen have been be spared.
Police spokesperson Andrew Phiri said no one was above the law. “The law applies equally to everyone and nobody is supposed to interfere with the due process of the law,” he said.
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