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Africa-Press<\/a> – Malawi<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has written the Office of the Ombudsman to investigate allegations of nepotism in the promotion of senior officers at Malawi Police Service (MPS).<\/p>\n

In a letter to the Ombudsman, CDEDI Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa said CDEDI has established that there is no officer from the southern region districts in the current Police High Command.<\/p>\n

Namiwa noted that the Police High Command was designed in such a way that it should reflect the social, cultural, and geographical aspects of Malawi but it is not the case under Inspector General (IG) George Kainja.<\/p>\n

According to Namiwa, during a meeting with Kainja, the IG claimed that he is not involved in the promotion of senior officers into the Police High Command.<\/p>\n

But CDEDI has established that the IG sits on the interviewing panel for the Police Service Commission, for the recruitment of officers into the Police High Command, and that the IG makes recommendations to the commission to base their decisions on.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs such reports about nepotism in the MPS, are not only valid but can be attributed to the current IG\u2019s desire,\u201d said Namiwa in the letter.<\/p>\n

Namiwa has also quashed a statement from the National Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the MPS, James Kadadzera, dated 6th October 2021 which was headlined \u201cFalse Accusations of Nepotism in the Malawi Police Service\u201d saying it was just an attempt to discredit CDEDI\u2019s findings using legal jargons and sections but miserably failed to prove its revelations wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, the statement contradicted what the IG said about the composition of the Police High Command, but opted to hide behind the laws. This is an attempt to use the law to victimize police officers from one region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In the letter to the Ombudsman Grace Malera, Namiwa has also pointed out recent events which have led to reservations on the conduct by the police, especially on their heavy handedness on unarmed and helpless citizens such as women, children and the elderly.<\/p>\n

He said the use of excessive force on citizens when exercising their right to demonstrations and industrial actions; and victimization of police officers from the southern region are just but a few examples of conduct that bleeds the current glaring nepotism.<\/p>\n

Namiwa has since asked the Ombudsman to use the powers vested in it, through the Republican Constitution, to investigate and conduct a public inquiry on the above stated concerns because he believes that what is happening at the MPS, poses a threat to the country\u2019s national unity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has written the Office of the Ombudsman to investigate allegations of nepotism in the promotion of senior officers at Malawi Police Service (MPS). In a letter to the Ombudsman, CDEDI Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa said CDEDI has established that there is no officer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":8129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[233,371,311,906,234,255,378],"class_list":["post-8130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-cdedi","tag-george-kainja","tag-malawi","tag-malawi-police","tag-sylvester-namiwa"],"yoast_head":"\nCDEDI wants Ombudsman to investigate claims of nepotism at Malawi Police - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has written the Office of the Ombudsman to investi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-wants-ombudsman-to-investigate-claims-of-nepotism-at-malawi-police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CDEDI wants Ombudsman to investigate claims of nepotism at Malawi Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has written the Office of the Ombudsman to investi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-wants-ombudsman-to-investigate-claims-of-nepotism-at-malawi-police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-21T00:30:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-22T00:50:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/10\/img-61720ac07e838.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1485\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1125\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-wants-ombudsman-to-investigate-claims-of-nepotism-at-malawi-police#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-wants-ombudsman-to-investigate-claims-of-nepotism-at-malawi-police\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CDEDI wants Ombudsman to investigate claims of nepotism at Malawi Police\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-21T00:30:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-22T00:50:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-wants-ombudsman-to-investigate-claims-of-nepotism-at-malawi-police\"},\"wordCount\":439,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-wants-ombudsman-to-investigate-claims-of-nepotism-at-malawi-police#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/10\/img-61720ac07e838.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"CDEDI\",\"George Kainja\",\"Malawi\",\"Malawi Police\",\"Sylvester Namiwa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-wants-ombudsman-to-investigate-claims-of-nepotism-at-malawi-police#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-wants-ombudsman-to-investigate-claims-of-nepotism-at-malawi-police\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-wants-ombudsman-to-investigate-claims-of-nepotism-at-malawi-police\",\"name\":\"CDEDI wants Ombudsman to investigate claims of nepotism at Malawi Police - 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