amaBhungane: Mutharika’s ‘abuse’ of police under fire

Hundreds of Malawian police officers are deployed to line the routes taken by President Peter Mutharika’s motorcade during his constant tours of the country, prompting complaints of a “complete abuse” of the security services.

Signed on August 4 2015, the contract required Karim to deliver the 500 000 ration packs within 20 weeks. Eugenio Njoloma, a security studies lecturer at Mzuzu University, said as much as the security of the head of state is of paramount importance, the lining of routes by police is not a responsible use of police time.

Njoloma said Malawi does not pose such unique security risks that require such a practice, which may have started as a result of “overzealous senior police officers wanting to please the president”.The president in Malawi is not naturally at risk… create risks themselves by disregarding good governance, which incites people’s anger. Then the president feels threatened,” he argued.

One police source said that when he travels the 300km route from Mzuzu City to Chitipa in the north of Malawi, along poor roads, officers are stationed along the roadside by 4am. An officer from the northern region said police guards were told that they were not generally entitled to allowances or food rations because protecting Mutharika’s motorcade was deemed part of their normal duties.Sometimes they give us a pack of dry rations which consists of either tinned beef or tinned fish, a biscuit and a packet of porridge powder or juice powder,” explained the officer who asked to remain anonymous. “But most of the time we spend hours without food.

He added that there had been attempts to take up the matter with senior officers, who argued that “we just stand for a couple of hours and so do not need food”.This is a lie because the minimum we spend on the road when the president is travelling is five or six hours,” he said. Mutharika’s press secretary, Mgeme Kalilani, said the allegations that policemen posted to guard Mutharika are not being fed are “news to the State House”.What we have gathered is that the police have adequate food supplies for staff during operations in all policing regions. The supplies can actually them several months,” he said.

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