President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered Minister of Homeland Security Ken Zikhale Ng’oma to discuss with Minister of Finance to have salaries of police officers hiked.

Chakwera said this during the pass out parade of 1 367 police constance recruits at Limbe Police Training School Ground.

He said this will be important in ensuring that police officers will do their work with utmost dedication.

Chakwera said police play a very important role in maintaining and law order; hence, they need to be applauded for the good work they do.

The President said at the time he was assuming power in 2020, they were few police officers which was obviously a contributing factor to lawlessness that prevailed at the time.

Chakwera said since he promised Malawians that his administration will lean on servant leadership, he had to live up to such by ensuring the number of police officers are increased through more recruitment.