The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) does not have enough vehicles to quickly attend to cases of armed robbery the Home Affairs Deputy Minister Ruth Mavhungu Maboyi has told Parliament.
Armed robberies have become the order of the day in Zimbabwe with business people and security companies losing lots of transit money on a daily basis. Of late, the security personnel have also been implicated in robberies involving large sums of money.
Bikita East legislator Johnson Madhuku on Wednesday asked the government to explain its position regarding the proliferation of cases of armed robberies throughout the country.
“Thank you very much, my question is directed to the Hon. Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage. Madam Speaker Ma’am, in recent days and months we have been seeing a proliferation of cases of armed robberies throughout the country,” he asked.
“It is so disturbing because as a nation, we are feeling that we are very unsecure. A lot of people are being shot and in some cases, even by guns with silencers.
“I would want to ask the Hon. Minister for Home Affairs, what has been put in place by the Ministry to ensure that they are proactive and also they rapidly react or respond to such cases of armed robbery so that we feel safe? I thank you Madam Speaker Ma’am.”
In response, Home Affairs Deputy Minister Maboyi said the government was facilitating measures to curb armed robberies. She further stated that the shortage of police vehicles sometimes hinders their efforts.
“Thank you Madam Speaker Ma’am for the question which has been asked. We are very worried about the armed robberies which are happening. Police are not everywhere but we are trying our best to make sure that we protect the people, banks and so forth. However, you will find that things are happening.
“We are talking of people who are intelligent and are also understudying the police. I do not think that we are all happy here about what is happening but it is happening.
“We are facilitating whatever we are able to do. If armed robberies are happening, usually we go and attend to that and at times we do not have vehicles to dash quickly but we are trying to do everything we can,” she said.
If you think that a Chiefs have vehecles from gorvement, those POLAD opposition parties were given vehecles by gorvenment but the police department which is under gorvement dont have vehicles, them there is som1 who will vote for the same gorvement and there is som1 who is defending this gorvement, you will conclude that witchcraft is there in Zimbabwe. Some1 bewitched us that we cant even use our common sense.
They are only equipped to mushroom unwarranted roadblocks everywhere instead of patrolling the streets and making sure that every citizen is safe
Equip the police, army and all the security sector , remember tave Kuda kuita zve oil and you know zvinoitika pairi inongori nekamwe kahu terrorism or insurgents relationship so.
No!!!! they are too busy abusing motorists at check points to bother about armed robberies. Inonzi Operation Advance kuShuga !!!!
True they only equipped to fight the opposition!
Sic these charlatans are causing more damage than harm and the most culprits are those in high offices our country is cursed
They’re not even ashamed of saying that nonsense 🤥🤥
Where are they supposed to get those vehicles from if the government failed to supply
To think that our police station is catering for about 4 Chiefs and all those Chiefs have got cars from the gorvement but that police dont have even one car, you can come to a conclusion of saying that the country must be sold and each citizen given his or her on share.
saka nhaka vanhu vano robhihwa vakazvi rega
Zrp should not fall under home affairs in future and this institution should have its own ministry under new government which would be lead by our change champion Nelson Chamisa
Police should have their own ministry under government budget through the finance ministry
Vanodziwanepi idzo dzichiswera kuma road block
Ku South Africa hautowane basa kana usina drivers license
Police ipi yacho nhaimi dziridzo mbavha
Moda kuti tivape ma Honda fit edu here ana Mudengumunei
Ko chidanda icho chiri kutsvagei muroad nhai. Am just minding my own hokoso
problem with police even if they are given cars vanongoti havana fuel or mota inotorwa nashefu kuenda hako kunogocha or kumba kwaMavis
Obviously they are used to civilians now they have met the perfect match, but honestly this should be addressed urgently all the Zim criminals are running away going back home, if they can’t fix it now crime in Zim will be same as SA imagine most of the crime hot spots in Joburg are filled Zimbabweans
Next month motenga thousands and thousands dzemota dzoku campaign nadzo zanu so
True. All they know is beating up civilians.
They always have vehicles whenever they want to arrest opposition supporters. The greatest mistake the armed robbers are doing is robbing ordinary people who are struggling to make ends meet. They should rob senior government and ZANUPF officials. That’s where all the US dollar is.
But they have vehicles when they want to abduct people
Zvekupenga izvo
But munotengera ma chief mota sei
Buy Police Vheachles from Belarus, Or Do like a Pomona Deal, Kikikikiki ,kikikiki