Villagers Order Cops To Clean Up Their Compound
11 March 2016
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Villagers from Guyu Village South of Gwanda last week demanded police authorities to order officers at Guyu Police Post to clean up their dwelling compounds after a cow fell ill upon swallowing an improperly disposed used condom.
A community leader from the village revealed to ZimEye.com that the villagers approached the Officer In Charge at the police post asking him to order his officers to clean up the massive litter that was thrown all round the police post and the officers’ residential area.
Feeding lots of the drought stricken area have run out of feed for livestock forcing the animals to scavenge for food around the police officers’ residential areas. The cattle feed on the waste thrown around which includes plastic paper and other solid waste.
Two weeks ago a villager almost lost a cow after it swallowed a used condom at the police compounds forcing the villagers to summon the officers to clean up their area.
An officer at the police post confirmed that officers at the police post were last week involved in a “routine” clean up exercise around their area but declined to confirm that the clean up was as a result of the issue of a cow that swallowed a used condom.
The officer referred all further questioning to the Officer In Charge who was out of office at the time.
Last year, villagers from nearby Garanyemba Village also summoned officers to clean up litter that was scattered around a road block point manned nearly full time by officers from the same police post.
Amongst the litter which residents of Garanyemba complained about at the road block point included empty containers of beverage drinks, plastic paper, human waste, used toilet paper and even used sanitary pads. Again the officers were ordered to clean up the area.
Comment could not immediately be obtained from the Environmental Management Authority EMA on the unhealthy waste disposal reports from the police officers.