News:Police officers lose case against commissioner general Chihuri

<vote /> The High Court has dismissed an application by four Beitbridge-based police officers who sought to have Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri stopped from transferring them to other districts.

The police officers said they were not given reasons for their transfers and argued that in terms of the police standing orders, they were entitled to remain at one station for a minimum of five years. Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo’s ruling followed an urgent chamber application filed by Admire Mahachi, Nyarai Mpofu, Emmanuel Muguto and Knowledge Shamhu challenging their transfers.

The police officers claimed that the transfers were unlawful and a violation of their constitutional rights. Justice Moyo ruled that the Commissioner-General and the Police Service Commission have a constitutional mandate to administer human resources within the police.