A public servant voiced her concern that after her brother was apprehended by the reservists following a land confrontation, she went to the temporary holding cell and was told to pay K3,000 bail before he could be released.
Margaret Silas, a local at the Nanima-Kariba Rural LLG, voiced similar sentiments, saying it has been nearly a decade since regular police officers were stationed at Aseki Station.
“If there’s no money, the issue will not be attended to,” she said.