UPND LEADERS CAUTIONED AGAINST PUBLIC REBUKE OF OFFICERS AFTER MATAMBO’S POLICE CRITICISM
By Joseph Kaputula
Former Transport and Communication Minister Dr. Brian Mushimba is urging UPND leaders to handle matters more formally after Copperbelt Minister Elisha Matambo publicly criticized a traffic police officer for mounting a roadblock early in the morning.
In a widely shared video, Mr. Matambo is seen expressing concerns that officers were causing unnecessary delays on Copperbelt roads.
However, Dr. Mushimba says while acknowledging Mr. Matambo’s genuine concerns, he is suggesting that a more effective approach would be to engage the traffic police’s central command, which instructs officers on roadblock placements.
He has told Phoenix News that the increasing number of roadblocks and speed traps nationwide are part of the traffic police’s design and implementation.
Dr. Mushimba adds that criticizing an officer publicly, as Mr. Matambo did, could be demotivating.
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What is wrong with that? Wasnt a Minister in the UK forced to resign when it was brought to light that she was doing wrong? Its call accountability. Stop showing us how shallow you are bwana. Leaders and public servants need to uphold the highest level of conduct and when they fail. They need to be called out publicly. That is why they are public servants
Having lived abroad Mushimba you ought to know better. In any sane establishment you personal life as a public official is never private. This was why your affair was made public after you left the position of Minister.