FORMER president Edgar Lungu has claimed that civil servants are frustrated because President Hakainde Hichilema is micromanaging government functions from state house.
Speaking when he appeared of Radio Delight of Chingola last night, Mr Lungu said the United Party for National Development (UPND) is struggling motivate the civil service.
Mr Lungu claimed President Hichilema is leading a frustrated government because of his tendency to micromanage everything.
“Let me say one thing and I think I will sum it all, you cannot have everything managed from state house, leave the line ministries to deal with these issues.
“Everything has to go through state house and civil servants are very frustrated, they regret every morning when they wake up, because they think that is not how the civil service is supposed to be run,” he said.
Mr Lungu, who has returned to active politics after a brief spell on the sidelines when he lost power in 2021 has advised President HH to give ministries leverage to work.
“Issues of agriculture, should be dealt with by the ministry of agriculture, you have your minister he reports to you [as president]…what has happened is that everything is being managed from state house,” Mr Lungu said.
(Mwebantu, Monday, 19th February, 2024)
They are frustrated because they are not able to steal as much as when you were there president chikala.
I remember Edgar lungu when he allowed cadres in kabwe to beat civil servants, therefore I don’t think so that they are frustrated unless criminals like him.
Edgar Lungu is not even a good standard to measure Civil Servants Motivation under his reign. I remember one of his PF criminals harrassing a female Civil Servant at then Ministry of Works of Supply. To him that’s motivatipn. Aikona Man!
Iwe Bob you have resurfaced to insult someone that has left a legacy. You should also insult the one that will not leave a legacy, but will make Panama very rich. Be fair and insult both of them coz they are just the same.
Ndiye kufuntha uku Adada … Kikikiki
Yes, we know that the only ones who are frustrated are those who used to eat Mwibala!
Now that Discipline and Controls are restored, it’s only normal for the indisciplined and corrupt to feel frustrated!
Adada, just go and rest ku farm! You are becoming irrelevant and incoherent every day!
You have never accepted and recovered from your 2021 defeat. You are the only one praying that Austerity measures get worse so that you chance an opportunity to wage a come back! And because you talk too much, you are making the job very easy for your enemies to fix you!
You will die ne chikonko!
Chikonko mwikate … Kikikiki
Ba Indigo, which legacy did Lungu leave? Thieving? Bu Pf is making you go crazy. You still have up to 2031. There is no match to HH bwana for now
This , ex President wants to bring anarchy to this beautiful country. Don’t try to mislead the populace just because you are an ex President.
If you really want to help in what ever capacity or platform you stand on do something meaningful and productive for this nation , please
You left debt even with the civil servants. The arrangements that were made for civil servants with Banks to get loand where the PF government guaranteed that it would be deducting the moneys from the affected salaries and remit the same to the banks. It was double jeopardy for the civil servants. The PF government was deducting the money from salaries, but use the money for their own business without remitting it to the banks. The banks could not stomach it after a while and started deducting money from pay cheques for civil servants leaving the without money for anything. That was frustrating!, not what you’re imagining. By the way where do you want to take the money being spent on free education when you stop it. You are supposed to be telling us how you are going to make things better not worse. We can conclude that you were an accident that happened in 2015, and people learnt some lessons. NO MORE ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENTS. YOU CAN START SPENDING WHAT YOU STOLE WHILE WAITING FOR YOUT IMMUNITY TO BE LIFTED AND SENT TO PRISON. YOU’RE SUCH A USELESS PERSON THAT DOES NOT APPRECIATE.
Which foolish Civil Servants can be frustrated with such a government like the ND? Unless those who were thriving on stealing, embezzling, looting and plundering. Otherwise sane Civil Servants, Farmers, Students, Retirees, Miners, Defence and Security are all very happy. It’s only farmers that have been disappointed by the rains but as believers, we know that God is in control and he knows why he has withheld his rains. One day when we shall be with him, these are some of the stories that we shall be chatting with him.