Chilufya Tayali
BRIAN MUSHIMBA SHOULD SHUT UP, HE IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT MADE PF LOOK SO CORRUPT
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HOW CAN BRIAN SAY PF EMPLOYED CADRES WITHOUT QUALIFICATIONS, FORGETTING HIS OWN DEEDS, DOES HE WANT US TO CALL OUT NAMES OF UNQUALIFIED PEOPLE HE EMPLOYED?
Brian Mushimba was at the center of some of the corrupt deals at the Ministry and he has built empires in States, let him not insult our intelligence. Ala!
TAYALI THE PUBLIC LAWYER OF THE PUBLIC COURT OF OPINIONS!
Dr. Brian Mushimba wrote:
“I hear the local government commission (under Hon Sejani) will start an audit of all qualifications among council workers across the country.
Let me put it on record that this is highly commendable on the part of the local govt commission and certainly welcome news.
Its welcome because, in a functional society, only those qualified for the role should be hired and allowed to hold those positions. Anything else is a disaster, corruption and inefficient. It steals from govt and from the people.
However, this exercise, in my view, should not be restricted only to local government. I submit that it should be a countywide effort that should be extended to every corner of govt. By so doing, the irregularities that breed incompetence, mediocrity and poor performance in our society will start to possibly be addressed.
Highly qualified people in relevant positions will increase production, productivity and output. They tend to be more serious. They tend to be more equipped. They took time to craft their trade and have honor and credibility to protect. The era of having only the connected in the country get jobs instead of the qualified should never be embraced. That’s how societies fail. And we are an ambitious lot wanting prosperity for all Zambians – we must therefore always try to do the right things.
The generation of hiring friends, our children, nephews, nieces, neighbor’s kids must seriously be challenged and replaced with a pure meritocracy. Hiring purely on the qualifications and being the best candidate for the job! Fixing the country starts here when meritocracy is embraced in all we do as a country.
So please ba government, twamipapata, don’t only deal with local councils. Please go to ministries, provincial headquarters, SOEs, everywhere and put the right qualifications in the right positions. We will return dignity to those that labor for years specializing in a field of study. We will increase output and prosperity. We currently have too many of the people that should be in some of these roles out of employment because of the long standing practice in the country of hiring the connected first.
I must also suggest that embracing technology in these audits will help greatly in righting the ship. Create digital platforms that will screen qualifications. Remove or keep to a minimum human-to-human interactions in these processes to ensure fairness and equity in these conversations.
I championed this idea while I served. I even pushed hard for the ZAQA ACT to be a mandatory check valve to be consulted on all hires requiring certain qualifications before someone was given a job. The pushback was vicious.
Zikomo.
#Meritocracy👍🏾
#SayNo2DegreeYakuMatero
#ImproveGovtPerformance
#AsanteSana”