Crime

In one of my previous posts l mentioned something about vehicles of police officers not being stopped on roadblocks. An incident that happened late the past week actually made me realise that it goes further than just vehicles.

A week ago, l was having late lunch with a friend of mine when she received a call from one of her family members telling her that a car driven by a drunken guy crashed into the back of their car. They were calm because they the police were handling their issue. After parting ways she called me and said that the police had dismissed the issue because the guy who was drinking and driving is the son of one of the bosses there.

I honestly was totally angry and disgusted by that. How can someone who is drinking and driving and is a danger to other motorists on the road walk free? Is it because they also by virtue of being related to a police official become immune to the rule of law, the laws of the land? is it one of the privileges of having relations with a ZRP official.

This is not the first time l have really heard of such an incident. A guy friend of mine once told me that he had been arrested for loitering and was taken down to the police station. He was not put in a prison cell because he had relations with one of the bosses.

I am really disturbed by these occurrences because this is creating an unsafe environment for fellow citizens. I bet this means that anyone with relations with any of the ZRP officials particularly the seniors officials can get away with any crime including murder. Our world is becoming unsafe by the day as criminals walk freely on our roads and continue committing crimes every single day.

 ZRP should stop sleeping on duty and wake up and see how much they are destroying our lives. I am reminded of this guy who lives a couple of blocks from my house. This guy murdered his friend in cold blood after a tribal dispute (if l recall correctly). He stabbed his friend who died on the spot. This guy was caught and sent to jail for less than 3months.How can a charge for murder be less than 3 months?? How is that even possible? He was back on the streets and still is roaming our streets to date. How does the justice system of Zimbabwe allow a murder charge be less than 3months?? Frankly, l am still afraid of that guy? I cannot even say “hello” to him. I am afraid of saying anything to him because lam afraid l could offend him and he could kill me too. How do we live without fear around these people?

Are we as society safe when people like this are out of prison? They do not get the sentences they deserve. I still don’t understand how Gumbura would be sentenced to 40 years in prison for allegedly “raping” consenting adults and people who commit crimes like murder and armed robberies escape prison?

What has this country come to? It is slowly becoming unsafe by the day. How do we live without having to look over our shoulders every time? Where l stay l cannot move around after 8 because l fear that l will be mugged. People get mugged every single day but surprisingly, police officers are on patrol every single night.

How come the mugging crimes continue to go up if the police are doing their job? Why are they sleeping on duty? Being in the police force requires more than just wearing the ZRP uniform and getting free rides on the commuters and free food from the vendors, whatever other benefits they give themselves. It entails being loyal \and patriotic (being patriotic in this sense means being loyal to the people you serve and that is the citizens of Zimbabwe)