Govt Set To Phase Out Unqualified Personnel From The National Prosecuting Authority

Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said that the government will soon reform the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The move is meant to remove prosecutors from the NPA who have no law degrees. A Daily News report indicates that over 50 per cent of NPA personnel mostly seconded from the police, army, prisons and Air Force are unqualified. While responding to a question by Zengeza West MDC MP Job Sikhala in parliament, Ziyambi said

I want to thank Sikhala for the question and indeed he is very correct. The NPA Act stipulates that all our law officers must have a degree and we are in the process of ensuring that we comply with that requirement of the NPA Act and very soon we will phase out all those who are underqualified from our department.