Murewa District Police Commanding Officer, Chief Superintendent (DISPOL), Simon Mwatsikesimbe, urged more than 100 traditional chiefs and headmen from across the district at Murewa Community Hall last Tuesday to urgently devise lightning through witchcraft and kill the finance minister “as civil servants would continue living in misery for as long as Biti was alive”.
“Economic hardships faced by government employees, especially the police, is a result of Biti’s stinginess with state funds. Unwillingness by Biti to release funds to pay civil servants better salaries id the reason why police officers were corrupt. I call upon you to kill Biti with lightning,” said the police chief.
The meeting was convened to assess public opinion regarding the professionalism of the law enforcement agency.
The statements by Mwatsikesimbe followed observations by some traditional leaders that many police officers had enriched themselves through corruption.
“Most commuter omnibuses in the country are owned by police officers. Police officers were also in the majority of people acquiring immovable property. Where do they get funds to make such expensive purchases given their poor salaries?” asked one of the leaders present.
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