Rumphi West Member of Parliament Jacqueline Kouwenhoven says Malawi traffic police officers are becoming agents of revenue collection for the government.
Speaking in Parliament, Kouwenhoven said officers are becoming more corrupt and government must look into trimming their number as well as getting another option of collecting revenue.
“I would like to ask government to consider a different option of collecting revenue on the road as at the moment traffic police officers are seen as a way of collecting revenue,” said Kouwenhoven.
But government Chief Whip Henry Mussa said traffic police officers are there to control traffic and curb crime, not as agents of revenue collection.
“Let me clarify that traffic police officers are not there to collect revenue for government but they are there to protect people,” said Mussa.
He added that there are different officers on the road, some are there to control traffic others to curb crime so as government they are not aware if the money that is collected on the road go to account number one.
In February this year, a local traffic police officer was caught on camera receiving a bribe from a white man at an undisclosed roadblock.
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I feel Traffic Police must be barred from collecting fines on the spot. This has brought a lot of corruption in the force. Some Police officers mount fake roadblocks to check Traffic when that are not sanctioned to do so. The Police must must only book and issue tickets and let the Courts be convicting to offenders and charge them. We appreciate the job they do but we don’t agree with the way they do it, some are very cruel and arrogant
The question my from cape town after he visited Malawi was “what’s wrong with your country ,stopping cars all the time?
Haha alira a malawi. There should be a way of fining drivers and make them pay fines in thru banks. No cash exchange between police and drivers. If all the money was for the government then we would have been ok but mmm…. Most of it goes straight into their pockets man. And is it acceptable to stop more than one vehicle at a time? It is illegal in some other countries
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These guys beg too much….amandisowesa ntendere bwanji.
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Stupt trafic officers inseted of doing der duties dey take os busness of collect money ; yes its true wt Rumph west mp is saying ; not wt Henly mussa tellng us ; pano wa trafic akamachoka pa nseu ali ndi ma thousand ; ati kudyelela ntchito ; am promic u 1day GOD will punish u all;
Stupt trafic officers inseted of doing der duties dey take os busness of collect money ; yes its true wt Rumph west mp is saying ; not wt Henly mussa tellng us ; pano wa trafic akamachoka pa nseu ali ndi ma thousand ; ati kudyelela ntchito ; am promic u 1day GOD will punish u all;
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Help me plz kodi wrong parking.FINE ndi makwacha angati? Nanga athafiki akamkugwira using deya cruiser amaima pa parking zone kapena bus stage?
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