A financial scandal running into millions of dollars has erupted within the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), prompting government to carry out nationwide audits into police affairs, after it emerged that some senior commanders of the force had directed unsanctioned salary deductions, among other irregularities.
This comes amid a massive shake-up within the police that will claim the scalps of several senior police officers, including deputy commissioners-general, commissioners, senior assistant commissioners and assistant commissioners. Senior officers, among them, Commissioner Grace Nomsa Ndebele and senior police commissioners, Erasmus Makodza, Justice Chengeta, Eve Mlilo and George Manyonga this week received retirement letters from Acting Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, creating unease among remaining senior officers who do not know their fate. Senior officers were raising over US$5 million per month from the illegal deductions, it has been established. The country's 40 000-strong police force will soon carry out the probe across the nation's 10 provinces to establish the nature of the financial prejudice caused by the illegal deductions.
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