THE Anti Corruption Commission has terminated employment of 14 investigators and lawyers based on redundancy.
The workers were served with termination letters on December 10.
“We were given the letters on December 10 and they have given us three months notice up to March 10,” said an affected employee, who refused to be named.
The employee said the reason for the termination of their employment was that they refused to accept their new salaries, which were reduced following the harmonisation of salaries for government workers.
Non-practising allowance has also been scrapped while their housing allowance, which was at 100 per cent, has been reduced to 30 per cent.
Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) spokesperson Timothy Moono said he was not aware of the terminations but that some employees were asked to be separated from the institution.
Last month, the Ministry of Justice fired 18 state advocates for engaging in what it described as an “illegal industrial action”.
The lawyers were demanding K3,600 non-practicing allowance, which is said to have been scrapped.
humphrey
December 18, 2013 at 4:14 pm
This is the new strategy by the PF Government. First, Ministry of J
humphrey
December 18, 2013 at 4:20 pm
First, Ministry of Justice lawyers fired, secondly Nurses and now ACC Officers. This is aimed at instilling fear in any civil servant who dare complain. 2014 will be difficult for civil servants. Infact, this is aimed at weakening ZCTU. May be we should keep quite and wait for 2016. How else can they impose a wage free and an employment free without dissent.
ChiKA
December 18, 2013 at 7:01 pm
Dictatorial tendencies being exhibited by PF-this government is here to punish people.
Assad
December 18, 2013 at 10:25 pm
Next time use your brains to vote and not your stomachs.
robyfast
December 19, 2013 at 10:13 am
Housing allowance was 100pecent!!!! On this one I think GRZ is very right, let the salaries be harmonized.
mandela
December 19, 2013 at 10:55 am
THIS IS CALLED JOB CREATION BY PF kikikikikikikiki……………….
Nongo Boys
December 19, 2013 at 11:18 am
kikikikikki ati ma lawyeerszi i need a lawyer payable Kr 2000 after winning my case involving 56000
Bamambala
December 19, 2013 at 1:29 pm
Why not retire them and pay them benefits and let them go instead of firing them
anonymous
December 19, 2013 at 4:42 pm
This does not sound real, how can your housing allowance be 100% of your pay?
joe k
December 19, 2013 at 8:37 pm
i wonder what SATA and his Cabinet is thinking, imagine all civil servants ( i mean teachers, agricult, education etc)are given 20% housing allowance with a highly paid getting K5500 basic. Doctor, who get minimum K17000 get 40% housing allowance. these guys spend 7 years the friends 5 years at University but look at the difference.
this animal farm is getting us nowhere but to crush landing.
Salary
December 20, 2013 at 12:27 am
Salary harmonization is meant 2reduce da gap btn da richest and da poorest, so if u got 2mch bcoz of yo ministry,yet u both hv
degrees wt som1else in anotha ministry, shudnt b a hassal, da gvnt is jst tryn 2demonstrate equity in2 practice.lets apprciate.