Our Traffic Officers

Pope · Guru

Our Traffic Officers

mulomwe · Senior Member

Make sure you get to know all the policemen in your town, buy them lots of beers (for men) and lunch (for women), and most of all call them Abwana and you will drive happily on the roads of Malawi.

Dada Ngwazi · Senior Member

Our police are all corrupt, they get the licence knowing they gonna be given some cash for it to be returned to the owner. Licence is easier to keep in their pocket and go home with it than impounding the vehicle itself for it has to be kept at the station and recorded in the govt. books.

They leave their contact number if you are ready to pay them anytime, anywhere(kaya kubala). And you get the licence back there and then. Deal done!! That's corruption at its best!!

Tango · Senior Member

Dada Ngwazi wrote:

Our police are all corrupt, they get the licence knowing they gonna be given some cash for it to be returned to the owner. Licence is easier to keep in their pocket and go home with it than impounding the vehicle itself for it has to be kept at the station and recorded in the govt. books. They leave their contact number if you are ready to pay them anytime, anywhere(kaya kubala). And you get the licence back there and then. Deal done!! That's corruption at its best!!

You will hear them saying "tikapange ma fees a ana " when the school are about to begin. When Christmas is around the corner, they will say " tikapange za khirisimasi ndi nyuwele" Their language is always to be corrupted. Ask more about them, they have built big and beautiful mansions, they buy crates in bottlestores and many other things. Sukulu adalekeza folomu folo.

Pope · Guru

Folomu folo walemekeza, ambiri its form 2.

Dada Ngwazi · Senior Member

Pope wrote:

Folomu folo walemekeza, ambiri its form 2.

Form II yakenso ya MCDE (then MCC), ena a sitandade eyiti.

Tango · Senior Member

Dada Ngwazi wrote:

Pope wrote: Folomu folo walemekeza, ambiri its form 2.Form II yakenso ya MCDE (then MCC), ena a sitandade eyiti.

Ha! Ha! Ha! Come on Dada Ngwazi, you've really made my day.

Pope · Guru

But does the govmt or the Officer Incharge know about all these nasty tricks played by the officers?This reminds me of some Passport officers who would deliberately tell you that it takes months to get a p/p and later he tells you ife timathandiza in a day, my foot!!

awmygawd · Guru

Pope wrote:
Why should we have the Traffic Officers on the roads impounding a drivers licence while the case is on a car

I doubt that's even legal.

mizu yapasi · Member

Oooh my dayz!!inu mumati akakudyelani kuti?wankachisi amadya za nkachisi.

Ngwazi · Guru

I believe the only reason that they confisticate the drivers licence is that we dont have a good database in the country that has all the vehicle information i.e ownership,Road Tax,Certificate of Fitness and insurance.If we had such a database,it could have been easier for the Police to be able to trace the person to his/her home address and send them a penalty notice just like how it is done in the developed world and in the absence of this,the Police have to resort to taking the driving licence to make the culprit return to pay the fine otherwise if they never did this then no one would willingly return to pay.

However,I know also that our Police officers are corrupt and anything is possible with them.

bingiza · Guru

I lost my licence through the cops for failing to impound my company vehicle that had one brake light not working, i challenged them to that and they issued a police report for the missing licence for me to get another one and just when i thought my troubles were over now its the road traffic directorate they say they dont have any database of my licence in their records i have to start from a scratch or go to where i had my first licence and that is way back in 92, i go to lilongwe they tell me all old records were destroyed there is nothing they can do apart from me going for another road test my FOOT. Only way out ndiwapatse cash ngati kuti ndimatola judzala ndalamazo.
Lets teach them a lesson by reporting to their superiors or put our feet down not to bow down to thei selfish demands otherwise zikamatheka adzipitiliza.

-- Edited by bingiza at 13:58, 2007-04-03

Tango · Senior Member

mizu yapasi wrote:

Oooh my dayz!!inu mumati akakudyelani kuti?wankachisi amadya za nkachisi.

This type of thinking is what is putting our dear country to be dubbed the dirtiest in corruption. Instead of urgueing them to desist corruption, now we are telling them to eat where they are tetherd. How can they make something out of their sweat. Poor Malawians, our thinking capacity are too low. They have to try another kachisi not kachisi wathu.

Pope · Guru

I have a plan,we need to have an O/C who is well educated ,who can monitor traffic revinue and officers activities.A man or woman of self starter,who can go thru his files or who can check his in tray and make a decision.Otherwise pipo and govnmt will be losers.

bingiza · Guru

How do we push forward for such an agenda the best way to get it going is to pay fines KUBOMA osati kwa akapilikoniwa i desist from paying bribes for a simple reason that it wont offer anything to the roadside cop.

game · Guru

bingiza wrote:

Lets teach them a lesson by reporting to their superiors or put our feet down not to bow down to thei selfish demands otherwise zikamatheka adzipitiliza.

-- Edited by bingiza at 13:58, 2007-04-03

reporting them to the superiors who dont even have a birth certificate yet they are malawians born and raised.i think malawi needs a change in the data base system.and all law enforcers must serve to protect, once this is injected in their cranium during their training things will change.

while other countries are busy building civilisation it looks like malawians have theirs in decline.this perished civilisation is a result of some failure in resources,and our politictians are busy squabbling when they have a duty to perfom.there have to be an outburst of daring,we need vocal to unsettle these underperfoming politictians that our constitution needs a facelift.

mulomwe · Senior Member

Not all Police Officers are Form Two or Form Four dropouts, they have graduates in the system but you will not notice them since they are all corrupt. Reason? Ndalama kuchepa.

Pope · Guru

mulomwe wrote:

Not all Police Officers are Form Two or Form Four dropouts, they have graduates in the system but you will not notice them since they are all corrupt. Reason? Ndalama kuchepa.

I agree there are afew graduates but they are oppressed heavily by the system.The IG should systematically stamp out these juju bosses who have no managerial talents.We need officers who have plans for this country and who can close their eyes to corruption.

Dada Ngwazi · Senior Member

Pope wrote:

The IG should systematically stamp out these juju bosses who have no managerial talents.We need officers who have plans for this country and who can close their eyes to corruption.

Pope, the fact that they have managerial talents doesn't mean they can stamp down corruption and close their eyes to it, its how much they earn. Afterall there is the Malawian saying 'katangale aposa salary' and pple have proved, it works!.

Tango · Senior Member

Dada Ngwazi wrote:

Pope wrote: The IG should systematically stamp out these juju bosses who have no managerial talents.We need officers who have plans for this country and who can close their eyes to corruption........Afterall there is the Malawian saying 'katangale aposa salary' and pple have proved, it works!.

Yes it works but we cant achieve anything with that katangale, we are putting our economy to the dust bin. How can we develop the country with rampant corruption. The money meant for development are ending in our pockets. There will be no tarmac road to Ntchisi, good hospital in Bembeke, Dedza, no medicine at Mponela Health Centre and many othe things. Desist corruption for a better Malawi.

Atame · Veteran Member

Even if u report them to their seniors, nothing will be done
since they are also in the system.
the best thing to do is to raise ma salaries awo kaye
how do u think one can survive with Mk9,000.00
u have a wife and two kid who u need to look after plus
mwana wachemwaliako amene anamwalira ndimatenda omwewa.

even the graduates pano achagamuka alowa yomweyo awona kuti
waku tchalitchi asatuwe

Pope · Guru

Atame wrote:

Even if u report them to their seniors, nothing will be done
since they are also in the system.
the best thing to do is to raise ma salaries awo kaye
how do u think one can survive with Mk9,000.00
u have a wife and two kid who u need to look after plus
mwana wachemwaliako amene anamwalira ndimatenda omwewa.

even the graduates pano achagamuka alowa yomweyo awona kuti
waku tchalitchi asatuwe

so you want to tell me that we shall remain that way for ever,because I dont see the salaries going up when our attitude cant go up.

mikhe · Veteran Member

mavuto, mavuto, mavuto. there is a solution to all this but we should not expect results straight away and also we should keep in mind that corruption can only be minimised not totally eradicated. police need to have a data base where all cars on the road are registered, this can be done by linking thier system which is non-existent with the road traffic department. this is just the first step. Once this is done, their options are endless!!