HOME Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo has claimed Zimbabwe is the safest country in Southern Africa due to the ability of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to nab criminals.
Source: Chombo in staunch defence of roadblocks – NewsDay Zimbabwe November 2, 2016
BY VENERANDA LANGA
He said this on Monday when he appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport, where he was questioned on the numerous roadblocks mounted across the country which MPs felt were a big deterrent to investors and tourists.
Highfield East MP, Eric Murai (MDC-T) had asked Chombo to explain why there were many roadblocks in the country saying the result was it ended up resembling a war zone with police all over the place.
“It is the wish of ZRP and the Home Affairs ministry to assist people that want to do business in Zimbabwe and ensure the ease of doing business index improves,” Chombo said.
“The other reason why people like coming to our country is because there is peace and order and malcontents are arrested.”
According to the World Bank ease of doing business indicator 2017, Zimbabwe is ranked 161 out of 190 countries.
The Home Affairs minister claimed people preferred the quiet in Zimbabwe. He claimed on Thursdays and Friday nights, planes from the region were full of Zimbabweans travelling back home to see their families, whom they leave behind while they work outside the country.
“People prefer Zimbabwe compared to South Africa, Zambia or any other country for that matter. People work in other countries, but leave their families in Zimbabwe because they know they are not secure in other countries because of crime. On Saturdays and Sundays, all restaurants in the country are full of cars with foreign number plates because of the peace and quiet that Zimbabwe enjoys,” Chombo said.
He claimed Zimbabwean police were able to account for any malcontents who disturbed the peace and quiet.
“Despite the roadblocks, the possibility of improving the ease of doing business is going to be realised because people are secure and can go to shopping malls without soldiers with machine guns surrounding them. Roadblocks are not a war zone. They are just police officers stopping you to check certain items,” Chombo said.
He said police officers had never fired at or shot anyone at a roadblock. Instead, he said criminals were the ones, who at times ran over police officers.
“Some of the roadblocks are not by police. There are about five agencies, who want to check things from motorists and they cannot do it on their own, they have to mount roadblocks with the assistance of the police,” Chombo said.
COMMENTS
What a liar this crook is. Maybe he should tell the truth, for the first time in his miserable life, and admit the roadblocks are just a means of stealing from the public.
The ‘certain item’ the police want to check is the contents of your wallet, and with around 12 million ‘malcontents’ in the country, there’s little chance of the police arresting them. hopefully, one day soon, the police will be arresting Chombo, and he will be out of circulation for a long time.
Chombo, who is not only Zimbabwes’ chief malcontent thief and the most corrupt individual in Zimbabwe, is also a stupid idiot. He hasn’t a clue what he is talking about. The roadblocks are purely and only, a source of revenue – where the money goes to is anybody’s guess, but Chombo takes a 20% cut on ALL spot fines – that’s why he insists on them. Catching criminals at roadblocks is a ZanuPF story – at kilometer 1 road block there are no criminals, but at kilometer 10 roadblock all those same occupants are suddenly criminals?????? Get a life Chombo. But your days are numbered and you sure do have a lot to answer for.
Idiot and thief!
Good grief! What is he smoking?
The “government” operates like the mafia, so everybody gets a cut, which is the only reason a crook at the top would defend these roadblocks. Half the uniformed knuckle-draggers begging by the side of the road can’t spell ‘safety’.
Chombo….you are not speaking to idiots! What do you take Zimbabweans for? People who do not think or what? Your head seems to be full of water for brains!