UDM disturbed by the growing wave of kidnappings in the country [SOUND]

# The United Democratic Movement says it is deeply disturbed by the growing wave of kidnappings that continues to grip the country. From January to March alone this year, four-thousand-571 kidnapping cases were reported, an increase of 6.8-percent compared to the same period in 2024. UDM’s secretary general, Zandile Phiri, says the government must strengthen anti-kidnapping and crime-intelligence task teams in every province, with specialised capacity to respond to express and ransom abductions: