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Public Warned Against Wearing Camouflage
The Ministry of Home Affairs has warned members of the public to desist from wearing regalia or uniforms meant for security personnel.
Home Affairs public relations officer Moses Suwali said police would arrest anyone found such attire regardless of their standing in society.
Mr Suwali said anyone found wearing attire with distinctive marks resembling those of the official security uniforms would be arrested and prosecuted.
He said that the Ministry of Home Affairs had noticed with concern the rising number of people wearing uniforms prescribed for security personnel.
He said the ministry had received reports of some suspected cadres and members of the public who during Youth Day celebrations were clad in such security regalia. He this was also the case during some burials.
Mr Suwali said people should understand that official security uniforms were Government property and only worn by sworn-in officers from the defence forces, the Zambia Police Service and other security wings authorised by law.
He said according to the law, any person found clad in such uniform without authority was guilty of an offence and was liable, upon conviction, to imprisonment or a fine or both.
Mr Suwali said it was clear from the law that a police or army uniform or indeed any regalia that resembles an official security uniform was a serious offence punishable by law.
“I wish to sound a timely warning to members of the public regardless of their standing in society to refrain from wearing official uniforms or any dress that resembles official uniforms to leave that to our men and women in uniform who have been trained and sworn-in to wear such regalia,” Mr Suwali said.
Mr Suwali said that it was sad that some criminal elements had taken advantage and committed aggravated robberies and other grievous offences while wearing such official uniforms and impersonating service personnel.
He implored members of the public to report to the nearest police station any person seen wearing official security regalia or attire.
Posted by Kunda
on April 4, 2014. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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mulipa banda
April 4, 2014 at 9:23 pm
ThEse politicians are just looking for awys to make money
icinshikululwaMWIKATENI!
April 4, 2014 at 9:50 pm
Pipo doesn’t want to be solders but they want to look like solders; even solders want to look like civilians. MWABA SHANI KANSHI MWE BANTU!? MWIKA TULETELELA MWE!
#guru
April 4, 2014 at 9:58 pm
KEE
April 4, 2014 at 9:58 pm
HE KNOWS THEM WHY CNT HE ARREST THEM .CHEAP POLITICS BWANA
Ka Soja
April 4, 2014 at 10:09 pm
One ka Soldier. mukalanda mukanaka nsha kaleke. Plus am planning to buy more and more and more….
xx rated
April 4, 2014 at 10:21 pm
GO ahead myfriend, if they cant arrest thugs they saw why warn the an unknown, ubuwelewelefye bweka, ati ba Home Affairs public relations officer, nonsense.
He was afraid to arrest a pf cadre as it could have costed him his job, poor approach, START WITH TRADERS YOU FOOLS, HOW DO YOU STOP YOUR CHILDREN FROM TAKING POISON? TAKE THE POISON AWAY FROM THEIR REACH, INDEED YOU ARE USELESS.
xx rated
April 4, 2014 at 10:12 pm
They are people from his commander in chief ltd, if they were from an opposition, he was going to strongly warn them and their president.
Now that it is his boss’s thugs he can just send a scaring message without any arrest despite knowing the culprits.
Today they are untouchable, tomorrow they will be like roaches who even fear their shadow,
There is time to everything, but the time to suffer looks longer than the time to enjoy so be careful with what you do today as it will determine your fate tomorrow.
Am talking about pf.
rees.
April 4, 2014 at 11:40 pm
@ka soja u ar a fool ,toyeyi pe toko mano
Jomba
April 5, 2014 at 5:59 am
Let’s just follow what the gvt wants us to do. Its good to be a law abiding citizen
Razor
April 5, 2014 at 6:29 am
What a government we hv, u hv alowd China 2 b manufacturing these uniforms 2 b selling 2 da public & now u want 2 b arresting inocent pipo, why? Start wit da manufacurer, ati PF, wht a government.Shame.
10die
April 5, 2014 at 8:14 am
seriously the’re lots of impotnt issues pendin 4 home affairs 2atend 2 but this cowardly ***** is concrd about is wat pipo r wearin..y dint he comfrnt da cadres wearin da attire…in K.Ks words,****** *****.
Ka soja
April 5, 2014 at 8:34 am
Ba Rees, A decent Gvt listens to its people. The cardinal issues at the moment is the realese of he constitution, kwacha depreciation,escalating prices of mealie meal and fuel, unruly carders etc..and not useless issues coming from useless ministers. This level of arrogance is what costed the MMD. 2016 is near we shall wake up early like we did in 2011.
mafi spoon
April 5, 2014 at 11:13 am
nomba ninshi ine nkalafwala soldier soldier yandi nakana sorry william gigo
icinshikululwa
April 5, 2014 at 11:21 am
Zambia is not a political party; there lawz of governance to lead our country;
And a police will alwayz be there to do there job.
Making noise did not save those fired Health Wokers.
MUMBWE WA SHINO INSHIKU KANSHI ALILALILA FYE MWAA?
Stop missleading yoself in the name of suppotrting yo relative. Him will never be there for yu. Remember!
MUMBWE WA SHINO IHSHIKU TAKWATA MANO!
April 5, 2014 at 11:25 am
MUMBWE WA SHINO NSHIKU ALILALILA KANSHI MWA?!
Time to Burn the Militia
April 5, 2014 at 11:48 am
We know they are PF cadres so arrest them. No party is above the law.
Stop the abuse of Zambia by Panga Family.
icinshikululwaEVERY ZAMBIAN IZ A ZAMBIAN under LAW!
April 5, 2014 at 12:08 pm
We are tokin of zambianz to stop; those who are doing it. Including yu and yo relativez.
Stop hiding in the big good name of our bloved PF.
God bless Zambia!!!!
Cool mo D
April 5, 2014 at 1:07 pm
Why say “public warned”when you know that the major culprits are PF cadres, who seem to be above the law in most of the acts in the country.
melanin man
April 5, 2014 at 9:03 pm
The government has allowed chinese contractors to wear camourflage as work suits but why are they making silly noise.