I am here reporting the above mentioned.
It was on 3rd July when we received the above report from Martin who is the MBEZA SAFARIS driver. According to the report, the workers who were clearing the hunting road in Ilinda area as they were clearing the road, one of the' ten poachers approached the workers and invited them to have the elephant meat which, these poachers had removed the Ivory from it these people saw the dead elephant and decided to inform Martin about the development, Martin without delay he rushed to the CRB Chairperson Mr. Ackson Lungu, who immediately informed Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) Nyimba and your office. Martin also confirmed that there were also gun shots heard in Ilinda area.
After you had provided the ZAWA with the transport, they were deployed to the same area the same day. Two days later the Petauke ZAWA Officers were also deployed to the same area but via Luangwa Bridge route. These poachers had AK47 assaulted rifles. According to the ZAWA officers they confirmed that they had also the same information about these poachers and they said they suspected these poachers to have come from Lukwipa Lufunva area.
The Luembe Community Resource Board (C.R.B) meeting is to be held at 14th July to discuss, what would be the solution for those officers who were involved in poaching, because under the village scout the procedure is that if the village scout is involved in poaching he has to be fired from work with immediate effect, now the question will be what of the ZAWA Officers what will be the procedure for the ZAWA Officers who were involved in poaching.
So far, one Village Area Group (VAG) meeting was conducted and the community during their meeting supported the idea of writing a letter to the ZAWA and requiring them to remove and transfer these officers from our area.
Yours faithfully,
Japher Mbewe dip. pub. pros.
LUEMBE TRUST PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
C/O Luembe CRB
Nyimba, Zambia.
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