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No, Ms. Esther Katongo maintains her position as Deputy Commanding Officer for Lilayi police.

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Ms. Esther katonga did not receive any formal communication of her being demoted from Deputy Commanding Officer to Assistant Police Officer.

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Verified Nov, 12 2021

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An article was published on 6th November, 2021, on Zambia News Yatu media Facebook page claiming that former Police Spokesperson Ms. Esther Katongo has been demoted from her newly appointed position of senior Assistant Commissioner of Police and assigned to a Junior role of Assistant Commissioner of Police. The article claimed Ms. Katongo had since been redeployed at the police Headquarters.

Rating Justification

The fact checking process has determined as false the claim that former police spokesperson Esther Katongo has been demoted from her new position. On 2nd October 2021, Ms. Esther Katongo was appointed as Deputy Commanding Officer, Lilayi Police College. In the same vein Ms. Katongo was acting as Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police. The iVerify fact checking team phone called Ms. Esther Katongo to substantiate the claims circulating on social media, Ms. Katongo revealed to the iVerify team that she had not received any formal communication of the claimed demotion. Therefore, the claim that she has been demoted from her position is false.

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