Dear Editor,
The battle between the Minister of Labour and the Zambia Federation of Employers has not only wounded the few but has terminated incapacitated and dehorned the once celebrated Buffalo. The fundi Buffalo though mute on the pertinent issue of minimum wage, its in-depth cry groans the loudest to the deafening of its standard of living. My interaction with a soldier over the weekend revealed alot of issues that burn in the hearts of our men and women in uniform.
Our dear gallant and loyal soldier bemoaned the last 12 percent salary increment awarded to them that it could not cushion the latest revised minimum wage for domestic workers. He complained that the Army only provided a k30,000.00 servants allowance and wondered how he would be expected to pay minimum wage of k522,000.00 to a domestic worker. The same k30,000.00 was still being threatened by their Finance office who keep dropping allowances in the name of cleaning the payroll.
We are suffering, he said, our superiors do not tell the national leaders the truth. Only a few are enjoying working, the rest are just filling up gaps with no motivation. We dont know what we have to deserve this crop of military leaders, they are insensitive to our welfare. Travels are the order of day. Mihova and Lubaya have failed because they are visionless. Nepotism is rife, appointments are not balanced. You need to be North Westerner or southerner to be considered. Lets condemn nepotism in the Army the way we condemn tribalism in Governance. All key jobs are reserved for tribesmen and the ACC is doing nothing.
Merit is never considered and the welfare of soldiers is secondary. The Army lacks credible representation in negotiating sound conditions of service. In the era and age, how do you expect one to meet the minimum wage with as low as 30pin. We need professional military leadership that is based on merit and performance. Lets have a criteria in Défence and competent leadership that all citizens will be proud of.
Concerned Zambian
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No one is happy with there salary expect ministers who have Government pay all there housing, electricity, give them fuel in there cars, pay there maids, Let them keep this in mind they wont be minister forever, how can i increase my maid’s salary when my own salary is a joke to me. Am an educated Zambian but what i get is no where near my level of education. I see problems and PF has to rigg if they have to go back into power 2016, otherwise we who voted for them are not seeing the benefits they were telling about.
The moral of the story is UNIP was popular when it was in power after sometime people didnt even what to hear the name UNIP, Then came MMD like a hero to rescue Zambian’s the hero later turned into a Zero and no one wants to hear the name MMD now, Now we have PF and they still haven’t learnt from previous governments how easy it is to become unpopular, you cant rule like a dictator in a democratic country you are simply voting yourselves out. Ask UNIP and MMD otherwise you are next on the list.
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