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Police Officers Manning Roadblocks To Be Held Liable For Accidents, Says Minister Of Transport

8 months agoWed, 10 Jul 2024 09:54:23 GMT

Police Officers Manning Roadblocks To Be Held Liable For Accidents, Says Minister Of Transport

Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Felix Mhona has said that any vehicle involved in an accident after passing through a manned roadblock would result in the accountability of the police officers and/or Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officials manning the roadblock.

Mhona made this statement in response to a question from Manicaland Senator Jane Chitsamba, who had inquired about the Ministry’s efforts to address the surge in road carnage.

In recent weeks, dozens of people have been killed in several accidents across the country, with some of the accidents attributed to unroadworthy vehicles. Said Mhona (via CITE):

It is quite saddening that over 26 precious lives were lost in June alone, with over 56 people injured.
We are taking serious measures in terms of mitigatory actions as a Ministry, but this calls for a holistic approach.
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Where we have witnessed recklessness, where we did not preserve the sanctity of life on our roads, where others are driving under the influence of alcohol, and through the enforcement agents, we have said if a vehicle passes through a manned checkpoint and is involved in an accident, the officials are accountable.
Not only that, even the operators of those buses. So we are not only charging the drivers.

Mhona revealed that in all reported accidents, the vehicles did not have certificates of fitness, indicating they were unfit for the road. He said:

So we cannot continue to watch. We cannot continue to allow such anarchy and lawlessness on our roads. We are tabling a very deterrent Statutory Instrument (SI) to address such malpractices.
We are witnessing 2,000 lives lost per annum in this small country of Zimbabwe. We cannot continue to have such an alarming number.
I want to assure the august House that we will not rest on our laurels as a Ministry, but will continue to appeal to this august House for deterrent measures.

According to the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ), from January to May 2024, the country had a total of 21,183 road crashes, resulting in 860 fatalities and injuring 4,350 people.

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17 Comments

Mpofu · 8 months ago

that's Abt 2120 deaths /yr

dj TECH 🇿🇼 · 8 months ago

ACTION speaks LOUDER! than u fuuz 2 b lyin 2 members of the BEREVIED PUBLIC especially these last 2 n a half months ,arrest n sentence so tht sme1 myt stat believing (tanga neriya iro rekupisa vanhu iro) meaning every BLOCK yakasiya chirhuma chisina kana 1 sign of fitness,vhiri chairo rainhuwa richibhainda nxaa👈👀👉

Anonymous · 8 months ago

DISCIPLINE truly saying,IS lacking.There is NO Discipline at all and it seems this scenario we are in will continue unabated.So please, to the Honourable Minister of Transport,enforce what you think is right NOW to REDUCE these CRASHES sooner rather than later!!!!!!!!

XYZ · 8 months ago

He has already failed by blaming the police. Police can arrest for drunkeness, no licences and visible offences and defects. The buck stops with the minister himself, and not even his departments because they lack his supervision. Stop the rot in all the the departments under your ministry, sir

patz · 8 months ago

Mhona uya akurwara manje asi aku Home affairs futi. Ko sei asiri kutaura zvemaVID ake anosiya mota dzichidarika dziine ma defects paroad. Ngaaziwe zvekugadzirisa ma road. Zve traffic enforcement by ZRP ngaasiya Kazembe azvipindurire ega. Mhona ndiye ane vanhu varikutengesa ma licence, certificate of fitness nema permit kumota dzisingakodzeri ngaataure kuti ari kuitei nehuwori ihowu. Mapurisa anoendera paroad block zvakasiyasiyana eg checking stolen stock, checking wanted person, checking for minerals and illicit drugs etc and you cannot blame them for not arresting defective vehicles if its not their mission for that day. Also police are cannot arrest a driver for a future crime. The driver may become reckless take prohibited quantities of liqour after passing the roadblock

Justice · 8 months ago

You're right Mr policeman. These empty-heads never resolve problems. They can't. They look for scapegoats and leave the problems. Very easy to blame the police kana zvaoma because the police can't say shef is lying.

Anonymous · 8 months ago

What about bad roads

citizen · 8 months ago

angry minister command trafficing

Munhumutema · 8 months ago

Mapurisa akaenda muma road blocks ngavaite basa rekutarisa zvinodiwa mu road.Vazvinji vavo vanenge vakutotsvaka Mari Kuma drivers votosiya basa revanenge vaendeserwa paroad.mortar dzotosiwa dzichidarika dzisina zvakakwana ,dzichimhanyirirana ,driver vachitoona kt akadhakwa vanenge vasisinei nazvo Mari pamberi chete unodarika

kamukono ketsambarafuta 🤸 · 8 months ago

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kingston · 8 months ago

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these are consequences of watching zbc 📺 and its radio 📻 stations for long you become an empty vessel… 🇿🇼 is going backwards

Anonymous · 8 months ago

Erudite lives on the Zanu cloud. Which roads and bridges have been built that weren't there already. They needed rebuilding because there was no maintenance done for over 40 years. The ones in the Eastern Highlands were built with others money. Most of the tenderpreneurs sold the cement they were given and produced shoddy work. Which jobs have been created that weren't lost from industries that were run in to the ground in the first place. He changes his name but blows the same hot air. Climate change and it's effects can be traced back to him.

passenger · 8 months ago

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