Our main claim is to have our grades changed to Grade G- Police Officers

63 Police Officers that graduated between 2018 and 2021 have demanded that they should be promoted to Grade G to match their qualifications.

The Police Officers have sued the Malawi Police Service arguing that their promotion have delayed.

The Police Officers said that they presented their grievances to former Inspector General (IG) of Police George Kainja who was fired after being implicated in Corruption allegations, in the presence of director of Human Resources M a n a g eme n t a n d Development and the Service Administration Officer in 2020 where the IG promised to consider them.

“Our main claim is to have our grades changed to Grade G to match with our qualifications which ideally is promotion based on qualifications. This idea brings us to the issue of personal to holder which the defendant is basing its defence," reads the statement. 

The 63 police officers’ decision comes barely eight months after High Court of Malawi Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda ordered the service to promote 53 graduate police officers, who dragged the IG and AG to court over salary and promotion disparities based on a 2017 functional review.
The judge gave police 30 days to, among others, change the officers’ grades and also pay them arrears, which is the difference between new and old salaries from July 2017.

I n his 10 – page judgement, Nyirenda faulted the police for not considering the 53 graduates and ordered the police to promote the aggrieved from Grade I and H to grades G and F, respectively, within 30 days from February 8 2022.