Ignorance of the law
Is it not damn baffling that Home Affairs co-Minister Kembo Mohadi has told parliament that spot fines demanded by traffic cops is illegal? This according to a report carried by ZBC-TV in the 8 o’clock bulletin of 15 March 2012. Surely this has been happening long before the MDCs tagged along into this dysfunctional union, meaning Mohadi has superintended over this portfolio long enough to know the Acts like the back of his hand. Talk about ignorance of the law! Talk about presiding over lawlessness! It does not get more abhorrent than that. No wonder then many here still view Zimbabwe as a lawless country, what with the ever rising public outcry about police corruption (and we read the other day the country’s top cop actually suggesting and with all seriousness that on-the-spot lie detector tests would do well in catching morally depraved cops who live-off motorists’ misery demanding bribes). But still, Zanu PF wackos imagine lawlessness as wanton violence, therefore the absence of that violence becomes a pointer that there is indeed rule of law in Zimbabwe! The syllogisms would be laughable if they were not a pointer to the dire repercussions they have on the lives of millions here. Such an admission from a cabinet minister elsewhere where democracy works, motorists and members of the public would be demanding this guy’s resignation. Better yet, he would be tendering his resignation in admission that he is an incompetent nincompoop. But what do you know, he continues head held up high, never mind the other court cases that have been splashed in the private media that would have long been cause enough for him to quit his post. With the court cases, how can his own cops serve and protect the poor villagers who dragged the Mohadi, the cops’ principal, to court? Then this. So many things wrong here.