By Nyalubinge Ngwende
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| Zambia Police needs a human face |
Zambia
looks forward to a time when the face of brutality will be stripped from the
country’s police, making it an organization of law and order that is more of a
service other than a force whose moment at any place of citizens activity exudes
fear.
The
police force in Zambia struggles with an identity problem.
Looking
back, since turning to multiparty democracy in 1991, with a spirit of growing
and promoting human rights, officials in government and senior police officers
have labored to convince members of the public that the Zambia Police is a
service and not a force.
Through
media and public pronouncement at both official and social gatherings police
superiors repeat the tagline of being a service. Unfortunately there is
completely close to nothing to show why they should wear that civil tag.
Not
even Government has convincing reforms to point at in view of making the police
a service.