The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has urged its members to be good examples to colleagues and community at large.
ZNA Brigadier-General Simo Maseko said members of the armed forces needed to be role models. Maseko was speaking at the School of Military Police graduation ceremony at Mzilikazi Barracks in Bulawayo where eight officers and 138 non-commissioned officers from the ZNA and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service graduated after completing six courses. Maseko said:
Let me quickly remind you that the easiest way to correct the discipline of your fellow servicemen and women is by exhibiting a good example yourself. That is the reason why the military police motto says ‘By Example We Lead’. Once you abide by this important motto, you will be simplifying your own job, so I encourage you to be role models to other soldiers.
He said that the training of personnel in peacetime is essential as it aims at developing members into competent individuals in their various areas of duty including crime prevention, detection, investigation and general maintenance of discipline. He said:
The curriculums for the courses you are completing today took this consideration on board and were therefore aimed and designed at providing you with the current requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes that should enable you to carry your duties in a professional, effective and efficient manner.
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