Malawi: Police Officer Denied Secondment to Botswana Loses High Court Battle

A Malawian police officer has been dealt a legal blow after the High Court’s Civil Division refused to allow her to pursue judicial review proceedings against the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General, over the shock withdrawal of her secondment to the SADC Secretariat in Gaborone, Botswana.

Nolliettie Chihana Chimala had successfully applied for secondment from the Malawi Police Service and accepted the prestigious posting, only for the arrangement to be pulled after police cited a…