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More Than 30 Zamtel Employess Lose Jobs, Many More To Go
Dear Editor,
PERSONAL VENDETTAS, INCOMPETENCE AND SETTLEMENT OF PERSONAL SCORES CHARACTERIZE ZAMTEL TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT RENEWAL EXERCISE AS MORE THAN 30 JOBS ARE LOST EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 30 2012 WITHOUT NOTICE AND MANY MORE TO GO.
More than thirty qualified, disciplined and experienced Zamtel Zambian personnel have lost their jobs/employment with the company in unprofessional, heartless and inhumane circumstancies as no notice was given to all of the affected employees and their families through non renewal of employment/job contracts. Those affected include; Managers, Senior Engineers, Engineers, and Technicians. Now there are problems of repatriations, house rentals, transport, medical bills and utility bills as the pension/gratuity is yet not ready. At least Zamtel Management should have given the staff notice/warning even just one week, they could have prepared themselves. This is rainy season and it will be a dry Christmas for the affected staff.,
The whole exercise has been heavily characterized by personal vendettas at the expense of national development, economic progress and unity, settlement of personal scores and leadership incompetence of Chief Technical Officer Sydney Mupeta and his Senior Managers. This man might be skilled as an Engineer but was rushed for this position as he has exhibited incompetence of the highest order. On moral grounds let him resign (Ericsson please come get your Muppet show (Mr. Sydney Mupeta), we were much better without him, we don’t need comedy, we need to work).
It is clear that the Technical Director and his senior Managers did not have professional criteria to have a basis for their actions to throw away more than 30 people into the streets as the laid off staff were ALL performers and qualified. Sydney Mupeta has only been in Zamtel for 4 months and thus literally knows nothing about the company scale, its operations, its history, its organizational politics and its human capital hence he shouldn’t have allowed Senior Manager Jason Mwanza and Senior Manager Martin Chishala to mislead him, now Mupeta is lost hence our call for him to resign on principle. He should have waited just a little bit more, more all over this company was already doing better even without him at helm of Technical department but with these staff he has decided to lay off contrary to the our Patriotic Front manifesto of job creation. We challenge Sydney Mupeta to produce performance management contracts for all the affected staff and the whole world will know who is truthful and not vengeful.
As for Jason Mwanza senior Manager, ever since he started killing people whilst driving company Vehicles in drunken states, he vowed to deal with all those who condemn his irresponsible actions (drink, drive and murder) and he has indeed dealt with us by not recommending our employment contract renewal. Jason also gave instructions to have a Adsl internet service provided at Eve Banda former LAP green Director s residence on the Copperbelt without payment and without following procedures. All those who resisted to carry out this illegal action have been laid off. As for Martin Chishala we don’t expect anything good/Positive from him he got the Senior Manager position through the window at night, he couldn’t even manage the back door, He is a personal copy and paste of Mr.Mupeta.
As Zambians lets put our country first, To run a parastatal like Zamtel, its Directors like Sydney Mupeta, Senior Managers like Jason Mwanza and Martin Chishala need to be professional, visionary, sound and secure and put aside nepotism, favoritism, personal relationships, connections and friendship aside when it comes to work related duties. Leaders in Mupeta s shoes need to unite and not divide, to build and not to destroy other peoples s careers, to motivate and to not to show off, to share their knowledge and not show off their knowledge, To correct and not to rebuke, to feel strengthened and not feel threatened, to be forgiving and not to be vengeful ,to inspire and not witch hunt, to train and not to dismiss/layoff, to help create jobs and not to recycle jobs.
For Zambia to develop we need human capital, lets harness and develop this human capital and not frustrate it but with Sydney Mupeta s pace and way of doing things we might lose this human capital and demotivate the remaining ones thus losing everything. Citizens of our beloved country ,lets all get involved and work with the Government of the day in helping the Patriotic Front Government realize its dreams and deliver on its promises, don’t only watch and wait to be affected ,it might be too late, Lets be both proactive and reactive. Join in stopping the madness in Zamtel Technical Department. Zambia our home, Zambia our country and if we don’t apply our knowledge and talents to develop it who will do that for us and our future generation?.
Posted by Editor
on December 6, 2012. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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Frustrated *****
December 6, 2012 at 8:49 am
It is clear that the artical is coming from one frustrated individual who is trying to put blame on evry thing above him.I think the solution for Zamtel is to have Permanent Employment Contracts instead of subjecting workers to unnecesary scrutiny,vendatta and personal oppinion.
Carlos
December 6, 2012 at 9:46 am
I think that scenario is very common in Zambia of not considering workers’ input. go to Rivonia Farm Products along kasupe rd in lusaka west,people get fired at any time.Local employees are subjected poor conditions of service!!!!!!!!!! we hope an independent group will be set to start going thru companies to investigate hoe pipo ar treated>
matakofwimbo
December 6, 2012 at 10:24 am
i worked for the so called rivonia.that white man billy has bribed eveybody.its crazy.
james
December 6, 2012 at 11:25 am
Zamtel is for zambains so keep on destroying zamtel the same way you destroying ur zambia.
Democrat
December 6, 2012 at 11:34 am
Contracts are like that my brother, no security at all. So kuichaila. Iwe naiwe cimupeta put yourself in other people’s boots. Mulekwatako uluse ba swaini.
GK
December 6, 2012 at 12:12 pm
In parastatals and government orgs, thats the order of the day. Some people feel more entitled but when they come across people with devotion to duty beyond their comprehension, they feel belittled, insecure and they get very frightened. Usually its people without exposure with rural backgrounds. Ruralness is a diseases. I agree with the author, lets put ruralness behind and work as Zambians and not as Easterners or Southerners I mean, regionalism etc or whatever. Thats primitive.
bashi Sekwila jnr
December 6, 2012 at 1:55 pm
like chi former Zamtel, Zawa boss chi Mukela Muyunda ku zccm-ih na muppet mudala mung’omba..fools bonse!!
Marketeer
December 6, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Whatever you to your friends that they will also do to you. Why treat your fellow Zambians like that do you know how many pipo are going to suffer or should I say do you know how many pipo you have killed ala mwilachusha abanenu panchito it is so traumising that if it were you may be you can even die of depression I hv been through that several times in my working life as a result I just decided to be my own boss tho it is not easy but God is faithfull He has been seeing me thru for almost 10 years now so my brothers and sisters put everything in the hands of God He will see you thru pray on I pit you but there is nothing that I can offer you but just pray for you persevere, it shall be well God is in control. Kabili abo nabo ati ba Shamenda bali kwati tabalemona ifilechitika how can they allow such a thing to happen just organise yourselves make an appointment to go and see the president over that bane coz these ministers cannot speak for you there are so scared to speak to the president unless it concerns them or their children its lyk each one for himself God for us all but it shouldnt be lyk that.
geofrey
December 6, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Sad to hear this. But it is my prayer that management at Zamtel revisits the decision and possibly revert. Please Chiefs and Senior managers, i personaly know what you had been going through, but for God’s sake have mercy and try to talk to those you think are not putting in the best and observe them for a while. Unless they are not willing to change, then you will have the blessings of God to do what you feel is right, but for now CTO please override all contributions and do the needfull that you know good.The bible says”He who knows what to do good if he does not do it he commits sin”.Once again MD and CTO this is purely your hands to sign.