Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:08:57 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO INSPECTOR General of Police Kakoma Kanganja yesterday cancelled the induction of eight Chinese nationals as Zambia Police reserves barely 24 hours after they were recruited following a public backlash. On Monday, Mr. Kanganja announced the induction of the eight Chinese nationals but social media poured its wrath on the service, branding it as lacking direction by using colonial laws to back their decisions. Police public relations officer Esther Mwata Katongo initially maintained that there was nothing illegal with the recruitment as it was backed by the Zambia Police Reserve Act, Cap 117 which says where any person volunteering for service in the reserve is not a citizen of Zambia, he may, on enrolment, in the discretion of the Inspector-General, in lieu of making the declaration of allegiance required by subsection make a declaration of obedience in such manner as he may declare to be most binding […]
