Dear Editor,

Allow me space in your newspaper to bring to the attention of Eastern Province Police Commanding Officer and the provincial authorities what is happening at Chiutika Basic School in Mambwe district.
I am asking them to go and visit the school which is in Chief Mukhanya’s area and check on the levels of thefts that have rocked the school.

What is odd about these thefts is that no matter how many times the school authorities have reported such happenings to Mfuwe airport police, the police have chosen not to do anything. Even when witnesses within the community have come forward with stolen items like iron sheets and pockets of cement not forgetting electrical appliances, the police have not shown seriousness to pursue the culprits.

It is therefore not strange that some police officers are behind these organised crimes. Worse still the poor villagers who have come out in the open against the thefts have been threatened.
 
I want to believe that children are our future leaders. The government and other stake holders have an obligation to equip the young ones not only with education but also good learning environments not where infrastructure is dilapidated. I t is therefore unacceptable that a few law enforcers should destroy the future of the young ones and frustrate government effort to foster development. Policemen are not ‘sacred cows’.

My appeal therefore, to the commanding officer and the permanent secretary is that, let the culprits be brought to book and the rest be transferred as they have overstayed.

Michael Zulu,