Cape Town – Police in Zambia have been ordered
not to marry foreigners, according to a statement by Police Inspector General Kakoma
Kanganja circulating on social media.
"Be informed that the police high command has with immediate
effect directed that no police officer should marry a foreigner," read part of
the statement.
The statement also advised officers who were already married to
foreigners to "declare" their spouses "within a week".
The memo, dated January 11, 2017, went further to say that failure to adhere to the order would "attract
disciplinary action".
See the statement below.
Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo had since defended the order,
maintaining that it was constitutional, a report by Lusaka Times said.
BBC quoted
Katongo as saying.
