Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Conducts Mass Redeployment Of Senior Officers

In the run up to the annual Zanu PF Congress to be held in December 2015 at Victoria Falls, the Zanu PF regime has with effect  from 9th November 2015, instituted mass transfer of senior staff.

The redeployed staff include  Senior Assistant Commissioner A. Guvamombe,who will move  from the Police General Headquarters (PGHQ) Crime Unit  to the post of Officer Commanding the  Police Support Unit.

Senior Assistant Commissioner T.B Mhiripiri will move from from Police General Head Quarters (PGHQ) Legal Services to the PGHQ Crime unit  as Police Chief Staff Officer.

POLICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER N CHIVHAYO will move from the PGHQ Legal Services department to the Police  provincial legal services department in Bulawayo, covering Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South provinces.

Senior Assistant Police  Commissioner E. Mlilo moves from Depot to the post of director of  Legal Services while at the same time  Senior Assistant Police Commissioner M Taedzerwa moves from Police Support Unit to the post of  Commandant Depot, at Depot.

Assistant Commissioner W. Marecha has been moved to the post of PGHQ Legal Services unit Deputy Director (crime), from Bulawayo.

Police Chief Superintendent A. Mashinda moves from PGHQ Legal Services to Depot as Legal Officer (Depot and Head Law Training.

Police  Assistant Commissioner S Thethe, moves from PGHQ Internal Investigations department to National Traffic as Assistant Commissioner , Operations department, while Police Assistant Commissioner B Dube moves from National Traffic department to the position of Assistant Commissioner (Operations)

Assistant Commissioner P Sande has been moved from PGHQ Administration department to the position of Assistant Commissioner (Operations) of  National Anti-Stock Theft

Police  Assistant Commissioner S Chiwoko moves to Assistant Commissioner (Administration) of  Support Unit from the National Anti-Stock Theft unit.

Police Assistant Commissioner S Dube moves from the Support Unit, Southern Region, to the post of  Senior Staff Officer at the Internal Investigations department.

Assistant Commissioner H Musiiwa has been transferred from Quartermaster to  the post of Assistant Commissioner (Operations) in Midlands province

Assistant Commissioner J Khumalo  moves from the police  Support Unit to Assistant Commissioner (Administration) National Anti-Stock Theft unit

Police  Assistant Commissioner T Nyazema moves from Harare to  the post of Senior Staff Officer (Construction) Quartermaster

Chief Superintendent M Chikunguru moves from National Traffic unit  to the post of Acting Assistant Commissioner (Crime) in Harare Province.

Chief Superintendent Z Mupini moves from the National Traffic unit to the post of Acting Senior Staff Officer (Administration) PGHQ

This massive redeployment of senior police officers in the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) does not come as a surprise to the discerning eye. Over the last three months, the Zanu PF regime has promoted several military officers, and placed journalists from state controlled media such as the Sunday mail and the Herald , under arrest, in the final run up to the Zanu PF December  2015 congress at Victoria Falls that will run from December 7th to December 13th.

Mugabe will be facing his toughest ever people’s congress, with a massively fractured party, and rumblings for the 92 year old despot to address the issue of his succession and step down.

He has managed to field his family in cabinet around him, like his nephew Patrick Zhuwao,the Youth Empowerment Minister, his cousin Ignatius Chombo , the Home Affairs Minister, and is well known to be pushing for his former secretary, and wife the First lady, grace Mugabe to succeed him. She, to everyone is now the Defacto president.

It is therefore unsurprising why Mugabe is flexing his muscle across the military, Police and State propaganda, the very instruments that he needs to sing from the same hym book as Zanu PF and show unquestioning allegiance to all his machinations. Suffice it is to say that Mugabe and his wife are dancing for joy and having the last laugh at the docile nature  displayed by Zimbabweans, hence their ability to do as they please.  By Sibusiso Ngwenya