PRESIDENT HARRY KALABA TO GIVE 100% BASIC PAY AS RURAL HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE TO CIVIL SERVANTS
Zambians should ignore hired toxic media tabloids such as *The News Diggers Newspaper* who are hell bent on discrediting feasible deliberate policies meant to improve working conditions for civil servants.
*President Harry Kalaba* has amassed enough experience in the civil service space were he rose to a position of Foreign Affairs Minister to a point when he left the PF government to form his own political party he came up with a program of *debt swap* which many called a *” crazy idea “* until the PF government implemented it and majority civil servants benefited todate they still appreciate.
We are aware that News Diggers Newspaper is desperately trying to increase paper sales, however attacking Citizens First Party and President Harry Kalaba on deliberate policies that are viable is certainly not the best approach unless the entire production crew is aloof from reality.
60 years after independence at a time Zambia is discovering precious minerals of high value on the global market it’s just right to say with proper management and political will 100% of basic pay to be given as rural hardship allowance can easily be actualized in order to improve the welfare of our nation and it’s citizenry.
News diggers newspaper should know that just those tax holidays given by the upnd government to foreign owned mining companies are enough to make the 100% rural hardship allowance to our distinguished civil servants.
100% rural hardship allowance will not only motivate our civil servants but produce desired results particularly in the *Education Sector* which risk compromising quality education as a result of free education policy.
Civil servants under the Upnd government have suffered slavery conditions of service amidst unprecedented levels of high cost of living and it’s just time for CF and President Harry Kalaba to realign the civil service space making it attractive so as to deliver according to people’s expectation.
*Maxwell Chongu*
CF National Youth Chairman.
Changes in government pay structure require cabinet approval. It is not a wanu man show.
These are cheap populist politics.
All sugar.
No substance.
Break out of election fever and some are already delirious and promising the moon when elected.
Between Mr. Chongu (whatever his name is) and News Diggers, I would believe News Diggers any day. They are arguably the most credible newspaper in the business.
Of course, what Mr. Kalaba is promising is nonsense. He can’t make those tax holidays disappear overnight.
And where is he going to find the money from? Talk is cheap.
100% Hardship allowance for Civil Servants is an idea the Citizens First Party has proposed. If they can find a way to finance this idea, it is worth looking at.
That’s the way Democracies work…
There are a lot of ideas out there. It’s not just Hakainde’s CDF , Imita Ufole and Cash for work programs which are best for Zambia .
There are infinite ideas out there to make Zambia better.
Let’s have those ideas so that we can interrogate them.
Kudos to President Harry Kalaba.
Yes, hardship allowances will not be for all public servants.Just for those working in rural areas.And yes money can be found to finance the alliance Maybe El Chapo is on to something tangible here
@MuZambian
Kalaba ‘s idea looks fine. It will make working in rural areas attractive, and prevent the migration of civil servants to urban areas.. Social service delivery in rural areas will therefore improve.Am sure our President has looked at this. The beauty of being an incumbent is that when such ideas are thrown around, well you can easily jump on them and actualize them.
The late Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe pledged to open the route to South Africa which Kaunda had closed because of UDI and Apartheid South Africa.. Zambia being landlocked had to look East, constructing TAZARA at Huge cost. Kapwepwe ‘s idea though morally wrong meant a shorter route, cheaper and affordable goods for Zambians.
Kenneth Kaunda had no choice but to immediately open the route.
Another area of importance which was mentioned by Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba is the unpaid money owed to Civil Servants in form of allowances, leave days, repatriation etc. The government owes Civil Servants the money for over 15 years in some cases.
If some politicians can put this issue in the manifesto and promise to pay the civil servants, it can help this group of workers who always move with pay slips at month ends.
That’s the democracy I want. Not the retarded thinking that ideas are only the preserve of Hakainde..
Let democracy thrive so that we build a better Zambia.
MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET VERSION TWO, CHAPWA! THE DAMAGE HK LEFT IN FOREIGN SERVICE IS UNFORGETTABLE! ANYTHING TO DO WITH FORMER PF IS OUTRIGHT CARROT DANGLING. ZAMBIANS UNDERSTAND THIS TRICK WELL AND WILL NEVER FALL FOR IT.
Mr. Kalaba’s desperation will drive him mad. First talk about how you will improve the economy for all, health, education, … From your desperate promises you are guaranteed 5% of the vote. no more. Governing is a whole programme, not just a sweet promise here, a juicy promise there.