The High Court in Lilongwe has issued an interlocutory injunction stopping the government from redeploying five senior officers of the Malawi Police Service (MPS) into the mainstream civil service.

The officers, who previously served at the rank of MPS Commissioner, are Christopher Katani, Rhoda Manjolo, Emmanuel Soko, Chikondi Chingadza and Barbra Mchenga Tsiga.

The order, dated 28 November 2025, restrains the government and specifically the Chief Secretary Justin Saidi, who authorised the transfers from implementing the redeployment “until further order of the court or the conclusion of the matter.”

A portion of the ruling reads: “The interlocutory injunction is hereby granted restraining the defendant, either through himself or any agent, from implementing the redeployment of the cla

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