The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) national spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, has said he is unaware of the alleged transfer of 66 senior police officers countrywide.
An alleged police internal communication circulating on social media suggests that there was a transfer of 66 senior officials who are expected to report to their new stations by March 3 this year.
Officers affected in the transfer were senior cops ranking from assistant inspector, superintendent, sergeant and constable among others. We present the full list of transferred officers below:
THE FOLLOWING TRANSFERS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED ACCORDINGLY STOP
1. A/C DR S MUZENDA FROM MASH CENTRAL PHQ TO HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTORATE [ON ATTACHMENT]
2. C/SUPT 0 NGIRAZI FROM CID MASH EAST DHQ TO MAKONDE DHQ AS OC
3. SUPT P RUWANDA FROM MASH WEST PHQ TO KADOMA DHQ AS SUPT OPS
4. SUPT ST RUFU FROM CID MASVINGO DHQ TO KADOMA DHQ AS SUPT ADMIN
5. SUPT N NYACHEGA FROM PGHQ HR RESERVE TO MASH WEST PHQ AS CPO
6. SUPT J MARTEN FROM PGHQ ICT ADMIN TO MANICALAND PHQ AS SIGPROV
7. SUPT V MAKWACHURE FROM MANICALAND PHQ TO PGHQ ICT AS SUPT ADMIN
8. SUPT LJ NYAMHUNGA FROM BULAWAYO PHQ TO PGHQ HR RESERVE
9. 982846K C/INSP KUHLENGISA R FROM PGHQ INSPECTORATE UNIT TO JURU AS OIC
10. 046496N C/INSP MUTERO P FROM PGHQ HR RESERVE TO PGHQ PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AS OIC PLANNING
11. 055935Y C/INSP ZINYUKU L FROM PGHQ PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT [ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH] TO PUMULA AS OIC
12. 981286P C/INSP MANGENA P FROM PGHQ INSPECTORATE UNIT TO HARARE PHQ AS OIC QUARTERMASTER
13. 981777Y C/INSP ZULU F FROM HARARE PHQ QUARTERMASTER TO PGHQ INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS AS TEAM MEMBER
14. 114267C C/INSP BVONYONGWA J FROM MASVINGO PHQ CAMPS AND HOSTELS TO MIDLANDS PHQ AS OIC QUARTERMASTER
15. 048176P C/INSP KAKOHWA T FROM MIDLANDS PHQ QUARTERMASTER TO NEMBUDZIYA AS OIC
16. 051608V C/INSP FAFITINI M FROM PGHQ ADMIN TO CID CCD NORTHERN REGION TEAM 2 AS OIC
17. 045468W INSP MUNYANYI J TO REMAIN MAT NORTH PHQ PI AS ACTING PPIO
18. 050667X INSP KANOGWERE G FROM PGHQ ADMIN [INTERNAL AUDIT] TO CID CCD NORTHERN REGION TEAM 3 AS TEAM MEMBER
19. 050886K INSP RUSAKANIKO C TO REMAIN PGHQ ADMIN [INTERNAL AUDIT] AS AUDITOR
20. 983593X INSP CHIKWIRIRO T FROM MIDLANDS PUC TO CID CCD NORTHERN REGION TEAM 4 AS TEAM MEMBER
21. 058066P D/INSP MUTAMBANASHE L TO REMAIN CID CCD NORTHERN REGION TEAM 4 AS TEAM MEMBER
22. 044742B INSP MAZHAMBE T TO REMAIN PUMULA AS OIC CRIME
23. 986217Z INSP NGWENYA M TO REMAIN PUMULA AS OIC OPS
24. 044204X INSP MAFUNDA J FROM ZAKA TO MBARE AS OIC CRIME 2
25. 041846J D/ INSP MASHINDI Z FROM CIU LUPANE TO ZAKA AS OIC CRIME
26. 045142R INSP MTISI S FROM MVURWI TO CID MFFU MARONDERA AS OIC
27. 058849Q INSP DZINGIRA M FROM MUTARE ICT WORKSHOP TO MASVINGO ICT WORKSHOP AS OIC
28. 044851A INSP MHAKA K FROM MASVINGO ICT WORKSHOP TO MUTARE ICT WORKSHOP AS OIC
29. 982455Z INSP DZUMBUNU T FROM EPWORTH TO CHITUNGWIZA AS OIC CRIME 1
30. 054103G INSP SARIRENI P FROM CHITUNGWIZA TO EPWORTH AS OIC CRIME 1
31. 053368H INSP SHAYANEWAKO R FROM PPU STATE HOUSE TO MAT NORTH PHQ PROJECTS AS OIC
32. 041162Q INSP NHAKAI T TO REMAIN PPU STATE HOUSE AS OIC ADMIN
33. 044695F INSP TIMBAYI J FROM PPU TOMLINSON RELIEF 3 TO PPU STATE HOUSE AS OIC RELIEF 2
34. 044028F D/INSP NDLOVU H FROM CID MFFU DHQ TO MVURWI AS OIC CRIME
35. 047732G D/INSP CHISIMO W FROM CID MFFU MARONDERA TO CHINHOYI CENTRAL AS OIC CRIME
36. 042411Y D/INSP ZENGWA J FROM CID MFFU BULAWAYO TO HWANGE AS OIC CRIME
37. 043691K INSP MTOMBENI F TO REMAIN HWANGE AS OIC OPS
38. 046569T INSP CHIZVII T FROM PPU CORNER HOUSE TO PPU STATE HOUSE RELIEF ONE AS OIC
39. 053218V INSP BLOCKLEY C FROM PPU STATE HOUSE RELIEF ONE TO PPU CORNER HOUSE AS OIC
40. 041382E INSP KARUMBIDZA MT FROM ODZI TO RUWANGWE AS OIC
41. 041295K INSP MAENGA A FROM RUWANGWE TO ODZI AS OIC
42. 050946A INSP NYIRENDA W FROM RUDA TO NYAZURA AS OIC
43. 050786B INSP GOVA L FROM NYAZURA TO RUDA AS OIC
44. 053249D INSP MASUNDA C FROM NYAMAPANDA TO BINDURA AS OIC ADMIN
45. 047422V INSP MASUKU Si FROM MUTOKO TO NYAMAPANDA AS OIC
46. 042877E INSP MAWIRE OT TO REMAIN MUTOKO AS OIC ADMIN
47. 048581E INSP MBABVU D TO REMAIN MUTOKO AS OIC CRIME AND OPS
48. 048828Y INSP MAKWANYA M FROM DEMA TO WEDZA AS OIC
49. 042279E INSP MUSEKIWA B FROM MARONDERA CENTRAL TO DEMA AS 2IC
50. 981760E S/INSP MIDZI T FROM MASH EAST PHQ [C/CLERK’S OFFICE] TO MASH EAST ORDINANCE STORES AS OIC
51. 055356T S/INSP MUZURURA IM FROM MASH EAST ORDINANCE STORES TO MASH EAST PHQ [C/CLERK’S OFFICE] AS ASSISTANT C/CLERK
52. 0479955 INSP SHAMHU G FROM SU CHANGADZI DHQ PI TO SU BUCHWA PI AS PDIO
53. 043825K INSP CHIMUNOKO F FROM MANICALAND PHQ LEGAL SERVICES TO PGHQ HR RESERVE
54. 045876P INSP NHUNZVI V FROM NORTON TRAFFIC TO NORTON URBAN AS OIC
55. 048714Z INSP CHIKUPO F FROM NORTON URBAN TO NORTON RURAL AS OIC
56. 043930Z INSP CHIKARA V FROM NORTON RURAL TO NORTON TRAFFIC AS OIC
57. 039994W INSP WAMIRIDZA B FROM SANYATI TO HWANGE AS OIC ADMIN
58 0493295 INSP KACHA N TO REMAIN JURU AS 2IC
59 045491W INSP SHARI C FROM MASH WEST PHQ CAMPS AND HOSTELS TO MAGUNJE AS OIC
60 051269B INSP CHIKWENJE C FROM MAGUNJE TO KAROI RURAL AS OIC OPS
61 043807Q INSP LUPAHLA S TO REMAIN KAROI RURAL AS OIC CRIME
62 043179H INSP PFUMBIRAI DT FROM AVONDALE TRAFFIC TO MZILIKAZI AS OIC ADMIN
63. 040197R INSP MUSONZA G FROM PGHQ HR RESERVE TO HARARE EAST DHQ AS PDIO
64. 053046H A/INSP MUTUDZA B TO REMAIN SANYATI AS ACTING OIC
65. 984073T A/INSP MUTISI R TO REMAIN KARIBA CAMP CLINIC AS ACTING OIC
66. 068066J A/INSP FAFITINI T FROM GWANDA SADDLERS TO CHINHOYI SADDLERS AS ACTING OIC
OFFICERS SHOULD COMMENCE PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE AND ARE EXPECTED TO REPORT TO THEIR NEW STATIONS NOT LATER THAN 03 MARCH 2023 STOP THEREAFTER CMM COMMANDERS SHOULD SUBMIT CASUALTY RETURNS STOP STOP
But national police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, told NewsDay on Saturday that he was unaware of the memorandum.
Political analyst, Vivid Gwede, said history shows that transfers in the police force have sometimes been done “in bad faith to punish or reward police officers”.