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By SYLVIA MWEETWA –
GOVERNMENT has directed the police to deal firmly with people  found  invading private  property before the situation gets out of hand.
Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba said people grabbing land illegally should be stopped and brought to book and to ensure sanity .
Mr Kabimba has since described the move  by some people  to grab private land by force as criminal trespass and advised the police to deal with perpetrators of such acts.
Speaking when he  featured on KNC Community Radio in Kabwe on Sunday morning, Mr Kabimba who is  also  PF secretary  General  said  there was need for the police to deal with land invaders firmly regardless of which political parties they came from.
He said the  tendency  of  grabbing land  should  come to an end  and that those  found  wanting should  face  the law what the owners of the land  should be protected.
“We cannot allow such a trend of people waking up and wanting to  grab land or property illegally which is the reason why  the  police should firmly deal with such acts to ensure the trend is stopped immediately,“ he said.
And Mr Kabimba called for discipline in the PF and ordered the cadres to stop locking offices for civil servants.
He  said there was need for discipline to prevail in the party and urged the party cadres to desist from locking offices for Government officers  every time  thery were aggrieved.
He said he was not happy with cadres who went to lock the office for Mkushi Council Secretary and asked for the trend to stop saying they should use their time to bring new members to the party.
“It is not your job to start locking offices, there are channels to follow in the party and PF members must spend time explaining Government programmes to the people and not engaging in squabbles,” he said.