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Silent Frustration Is Growin At Indeni Petroleum Refinery
By Joseph Mwenda in Ndola
Indeni Petroleum Refinery workforce is saddened by the renewal of a contract for The Managing Director Mr. Maybin Noole for yet another 3 years by the government which is allergic to corruption.
For the workforce this means another 3 years of suffering in silence. This has resulted in ever increasing silent frustration at the sole refinery of Zambia. Many are pretending that all is well but deep down they are very frustrated by the Mafia style of leadership by Indeni board and Noole.
The serious corruption allegation leveled against Noole and reported by the section of media to which government has decided to ignore saying they are petty corruption allegations leaves to be desired. The comprehensive dossier is there and will soon be given to the public to judge. It really pains to see the company being swindled colossal sum of money through sophisticated organized cartels with the contractors.
Indeni is in the hurry to recapitalize so that it can be able to sustain ever increasing demand of fuel and other petroleum products. Now if money is being swindled and government is just watching then one wonders on President Sata’s pronouncements against the fight of corruption and illicit financial flows.
In all these Noole is not alone hence the master minders are Indeni board (of which they have even over stayed) and some government officials. Hon. Emmanuel Chenda is being quoted in this matrix as image builder of Noole together with the board to the President. The board has become more influential that even the Energy Minister is scared of them. PF government needs to use a microscope really to the bottom of this. Indeni is strategic to Zambian economy hence when workers are not in the right mind government should take keen interest.
With renewal of Noole’s contract what does it mean to the workforce? It means:-
- Massive rampage corruption through sophisticated deals with contractors.
- You report corrupt activity then you are fired like Evans Kubi.
- Bribing of external auditors who audits Indeni will continue so as to continue concealing wrong doing.
- Mafia style of running the company will go to another cunning level.
- Indeni will be used as a conduit to siphon money by the board.
- Succession plan will hold for another 3 years for retirees.
- Training Programmes outside Zambia shall ever be for few favorite individuals.
- Adherence to company procedures will forever be abrogated
- Bribing to union secretariat will be the holder of the day so as to silence them.
- Workers conditions will continue being stripped off at the faster rate like chitemene system.
- Workers welfare will deteriorate even further.
- Lottie Musumba and Harrison Kapota’s case will ever remain carpeted when it’s known fact that they were wrongly dismissed. Hon. Fackson Shamenda has even recused himself from this case because they are personal friends with Noole leaving the two languishing.
- Human Resource won’t be allowed to work professionally and more frustrations will befall them.
- Internal auditors won’t be given room to work professionally. They are just there to fulfill organisation requirement.
- The gap between Noole’s salary and that of senior managers will even be wider. Him used to get Kr 60,000.00 before 26% increament given to him by the board whilst senior managers between Kr 15,000.00 and Kr 20,000.00.
- The board will continue image building of their fellow corrupt M.D so that he continues serving corruptly to their advantage.
For those who may not know. Maybin Noole was promoted not because he was the best person for the job but because he has been in the system for a long time and more being good at bribes. In reality he lacks basic management skills at that level of M.D as the C.V can tell it all hence cling to the retirees because without them he knows he can be exposed. The same retirees have become bootlickers’ so as to maintain their contract at the expense of bring new innovations to the company and motivating junior officers.
All in all Indeni too require holistic approach in fighting corruption which has been the greatest impediment in the quest to achieve the much desired good governance. That’s why the PF government in power today has a mammoth task to stamp out corruption among Indeni board and M.D to enhance effective running of the refinery.
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Abena PJ
May 22, 2013 at 1:54 am
The Author seem to have so much information which could either be fact, hearsay or malicious rumour invented in bad faith. Independent bodies like the Anti Corution Commission receive submissions fromall all citizens even if those allegations are mere speculations like the case was with Wynter and GBM. I would advise the author to report his corruption allegations to ACC. Otherwise we wiil be inclined to think that he has ambitions of spoiling the beans for his workmate with the speculation that he or she would take the MD’s chair.
zoot
May 22, 2013 at 1:56 am
The only way to solve your problem is to fire bomb the chap and kill him.
vimbuza
May 22, 2013 at 4:07 am
Report to ACC 0therwise we may think yu have a bone to chew with Noole or yu thought yu would be the next MD. In most cases good leaders are never appreciated during their tenure of office mostly by those who feel blocked to do corrupt activities
kakolwe
May 22, 2013 at 4:47 am
The author is a frustrated loser. In an attempt to sound convincing, he ends up shooting himself in the foot! He not only wants MD out but the Board, the minister, employees & union!
Kalok
May 22, 2013 at 7:53 am
This article is very painful to read in terms of its poor construction and grammatical presentation. Other than that I believe this could be a “grassroots” piece of evidence that is worth considering. It is usually the poor that we neglect that create an insecure society at the end of the day.
zambian
May 22, 2013 at 8:42 am
No fire without smoke, the issues raised maybe true and ACC should investigate.A FRUSTRATED workforce is never productive and a danger to industrial harmony. We need qualified and competent persons to run companies otherwise corruption fight will be in vain,i rest my case.
marie-anne
May 22, 2013 at 8:52 am
My first interview after graduating was with Indeni and I’m now happy I wasn’t picked. Atase, an MD getting K60 million!!
ng
May 22, 2013 at 9:06 am
resign and go else where… not just complaining in the media like that… if you cant stand the stench, get out of the man hole…
mwamba mutale
May 22, 2013 at 9:33 am
I think the auther is probably a clerk or general woker who doesn’t even know how much his bosses get. I thought Indeni MD could get higher than KR60000…and KR15000 should be for supervisors not managers
Ariel Zulu
May 22, 2013 at 10:15 am
This nonsense of just talking about issues without proper substantiations, is not just idiotic but it less productive.
If Indeni workers have so much grievances, why not tell us who the board is? expose the real things this Noole and the concerned board do?
Share Noole’s CV for all to see and then if this is true as it is put let the workers stop work and inform the government. Block Noolle from entering the premises. expose the PF Ministers such as Shamenda and the group who befriend this guy. It it not going to work just write such shallow articles as if it is an essay at school. We need authoritative articles backed by evidence. You are the people at Indeni who funded PF so much by giving them fuel which they were using fr their campaigns. Now you kept quite when you saw these things taking place and you were part to putting the same government of useful idiots in power now you are complaining? Cokani apa, give real data then people will act.
branch on bemba tree
May 22, 2013 at 10:25 am
The author is semi literate, probably an artisan, little education and too much talk time. No clue of strategic thinking and as such speaks of low level issues.
Explain the deals and corruption or shut up! Typical of persons that watch too many nigerian movies and believe in satanism.
LekaniI Odana any anyelane oka
May 22, 2013 at 7:02 pm
These parastatal positions are heavily lobbied for and those who fail to get the jobs or who feel threatened hire people to discredit their compettitors. Mr Nolle receives the right to retain the best advisers to run the refinery. He is the CEO and his role is to harness the best in his management team. A CV and qualifications does not automatically mean competence. Stop the bad campaign and let him be. In Zambia we have now reached. A stage of hiring people just to scandalize our compettitiors.
tru man
May 22, 2013 at 7:08 pm
I think this govrt is not doing enough to cage corupt pipo. I miss you levy this country would have been a best place to be. God help us
The One
May 23, 2013 at 8:51 am
The question IS
Is the Refinery being run professionally surely there is no smoke without fire
Nyungu Zajungu
May 23, 2013 at 3:55 pm
The guy seem to be frastrated but again its immoral to vent own frustration on other people.
real2c
May 23, 2013 at 7:22 pm
the problem with we Zambians is that we always think it is jealous but the issue at indeni with its CEO is true the author is not lying let the republican president try to invite the local union officials from indeni for once not selective the entire team and av a chat with them they will be more than willing to meet him and tell him things with evidence