Former Inspector General of Police Francis Musonda has been elected as new chairperson of the Crime Prevention Foundation of Zambia (CPFZ).
In a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today, CPFZ vice National Chairman
Martine Mtonga said Mr. Musonda was elected after an extra ordinary national
executive council member general meeting held last week.
Mr. Mtonga said the election of Mr. Musonda follows the recent registration and
re-launch of the foundation with the registrar of societies.
He said the foundation will among other operations organise, co-ordinate, promote
activities and assist organisations for the purpose of crime prevention.
Mr. Mtonga added that the foundation will also assist activities of organisations
working for the rehabilitation of victims, offenders and former offenders in Zambia.
Mr. Mtonga said the foundation is for the benefit of Zambians irrespective of their
race, creed or religion as it aims to curb the rising crime activities in the
country.
So what is now? Another task force? Why can’t we strengthen and increase funding for existing constitutional bodies like ZPS, ACC and DEC? These organizations are mere retirements schemes for people who neglected to save money for that rainy day (mostly baby boomers)!!
#1 KC, read carefully, this appears to be an NGO, a civil organisation, as they have had to register with Registrar of Societies.
CPFZ is an NGO which engages all sectors of society, including govt., in programme activities that have the effect of reducing crime in or the impact thereof on society. In Japan, for instance,a similar NGO exists with resounding success. Crime concerns us all and does impact negatively on individuals and the nation if not addressed wholesomely.We should encourage and support efforts by Mr FX and his colleagues, seek to understand their work and aspire such worthy association in earnest contribution to noble causes of national development. As an individual, pause a minute to ask yourself what it is you can do to change and add value to the lives of others and the Nation at large.Look at Zambia as yourself and not as a distant abstract phenomenon detached from your daily struggles of life.The people you sarcastically call “baby boomers” have given you a chance to live and now it’s up to you to give back to society. That is no “retirement scheme”,it is giving life a worthy meaning!Thanks
# 3, You must forgive people for lack of understanding and gross misuse of terms. Baby boomers, as used in the USA refers to people who were born during rapid population increases of the 1960’s in USA and Europe. This term does not apply to Zambia which had a population of just about 4million at the end of the same period. If there are any baby boomers in Zambia, it is those that were born in the 70’s and 80’s. These are the years when Zambia experience rapid population increases.
Francis Musonda was born in the 50’s, which in either case he is not a baby boomer. I know we want to sound ‘modern and enlighted’ but misapplication of terms exposes our ignorance, # 1!
#4 you are spot on!
I can refer to people in that age group in Zambia as babyboomers if I choose too and a lame person would know what I mean. That does not mean I’m ignorant or I’m trying to sound ‘modern and enlighted’. This is not your exam session!
#3, Look at the big picture here… you ask “We should encourage and support efforts by Mr FX and his colleagues, seek to understand their work and aspire such worthy association in earnest contribution to noble causes of national development.”
How are these guys like Musonda going to make an impact on reducing the level of crime as an NGO that they failed to do while they had statutory powers in office?
Just as an after thought #1,6 and 7, baby boomers have not even started retiring yet. The oldest baby boomer (USA – born on 01/01/1960) is just 47 years old – way below the retirement age (USA – 65). If, in #6, by “lame person…….” you mean people will misapply the term to a wrong age group – in Zambia, I agree with you. Old people is not synonmous wiht baby boomers!
You remind me of my teaching years when I gave an assignment on Equal Employment Opportunities in Zambia in a Personnel Management Course. One of my students qoute from the Equal Employment Opportunities Act of the USA (very good) but argued that it equally applied to Zambia in the same context(wrong!).
How is the oldest babyboomer 47 years old when the term refers to the end WW2? There 60 or close to it
Wikipedia…
A baby boomer is a person born between 1946 and 1963 in Australia, Canada or the United States. Following World War II, the United States experienced an unusual spike in birth rates, a phenomenon commonly known as the baby boom. The term is iconic and more properly capitalized as Baby Boomers.
Canadian Press…
An awful lot of boomers are going bust.
The oldest of Canada’s almost 10 million baby boomers — people born between 1946 and 1964 — are entering their early 60s with a litany of joint, muscle and bone complaints arising from years of trying to stay active on aging frames.
Let’s not make an argument out of nothing here!
We thank people like Mr. Alex Chilufya of Indonesia for their understanding of what crime prevention is all about. We are volunteers in crime prevention, just as you have first aiders in the health sector who render their free services to an injured person to sustain and support life before handing over to medical officers thereby reducing the likely hood of loss of life due to trauma and negligence.
Crime, like disease, affects all people in society. If you are not infected, you are affected. Crime has devastating effects upon individual lives and a country’s economy!
We are appealing for resource assistance from well wishers and stakeholders to enable us reach out to every corner of the country. At the moment we are using our own resources as CPFZ is a non-profit making NGO. Those interested to assist or join as members can get in touch with me on the following numbers: +260 955419920/966947256/976947256.
You may also wish to contact me through my email: [email protected]
Ref:Requirements of Becoming a Member.
Am a member of Kanyama neighborhood watch association.I have attended your workshop at Lusaka Division Headquaters Senior Officers Mess on 26th July this year and I was awarded a certificate.We want to have CPFZ identity cards.What are the requirements?As it is difficult to work in the community without identifications.
Yours faithfully,
ZULU TIMOTHY.
Reading the comments from those against the CPFZ, i feel little publicity has been done on the police’s concept of community policing and community crime prevention schemes. iwish to inform all the concern on this page that the police amendment act number 14 under section 48 provides for the formation of community crime prevention units such as the CPFZ. In the wisdom of the police command, this was to provide opportunity to participate in issues affecting them like crime. As you maybe aware the police is just a handful of individuals who cannot be everywhere every time but the community is. Partnership therefore in crime prevention in such a set up cannot be over emphasized but provides an opportunity that we develop security at the grass root level and thus secure development.welcome…