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State To Recruit Over 380 Prisons Officers
MINISTER of Home Affairs Davies Mwila says Government will this year recruit 389 officers in the Zambia Prisons Service and improve their conditions of service.
The minister said Government is aware of the shortage of staff in the Zambia Prisons Service.
“The treasury has already given authority for us to recruit 389 officers,” Mr Mwila said.
He said this on Saturday when he addressed Zambia Prisons Service officers at Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison in Kabwe.
Government initially planned to recruit 600 officers but the number was reduced due to lack of funds.
Mr Mwila also said Government is addressing accommodation challenges for officers in the Prisons Service, Zambia Police Service, Department of Immigration and Drug Enforcement Commission by constructing 10, 000 housing units.
Mr Mwila said the first phase of the project will involve construction of 2,500 housing units and Government has engaged Avic International undertake to do the works.
He also said Government will procure vehicles, equipment, firearms and uniforms for security wings under his ministry.
The minister also said Government will establish four milling plants under the Zambia Prisons Service to help reduce the cost of mealie-meal in the country.
“When President Lungu visited China, arrangements were made that China will give Zambia milling plants.
“The purpose of having these milling plants is to have more production of mealie-meal to reduce the price,” Mr Mwila said
Meanwhile, construction of a multipurpose hall for the Zambia Prison Service at a cost of K3.6 million in Kabwe’s Mukobeko area has reached an advanced stage.
The Zambia Prisons Service has engaged Lima Agro Construction to construct the facility, which will be completed in August this year.
Mr Mwila said he is impressed with the Zambia Prisons Service command for embarking on the construction of its own multipurpose hall.
“I want to assure that Government will always help you,” Mr Mwila said.
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Hello Haters
June 9, 2015 at 9:23 am
Oweeee! Brace yourselves for more political arrests under PFool with their POA.
Hildah Malama
June 9, 2015 at 9:28 am
its a good idea so that they will ensure that the three country hard core criminals do not escape and these are; Rupiah Nyamasya Banda, Edgar Kachasu Lungu Muhammed Boko Haram Lungu and Davies Jona Savimbi Chama.
For those who didn’t know, Davies Chama is the biological son of the late Angolan UNITA Rebel Leader Jonas Savimbi no wonder you see a lot of evil and inhuman traits in him (Davies); shooting at will at innocent civilians.
Rupia Banda, Edgar Lungu and Davies Chama are all hard core criminals who need to be heavily guarded by the Prison warders.
Shaka Zulu
June 9, 2015 at 9:28 am
Yes all political hoodlums should be rounded up and locked up.
New Educated Zambia©
June 9, 2015 at 9:36 am
How do you claim to improve conditions of services by recruiting more people in poor conditions. Very dull pf.
mj banda
June 9, 2015 at 11:03 am
@nez, even in developed countries, they employ and reduce man-hours naimwe. government is just creating jobs, whats wrong with that.
New Educated Zambia©
June 9, 2015 at 7:46 pm
you have poor services and you employ more people. Meaning Pfs agenda is to make people more miserable and poor. Why not first make the conditions of current workers better and then think of expanding the work force? very foolish approach
Kwati like so
June 9, 2015 at 10:27 am
Story of ngambwe district no funding mulusa gave us crocodile tears. Employing wen u can manage ok wit me.
son of a Gunman
June 9, 2015 at 11:36 am
Possessed you are young lady,What were you promised by HH?That makes your ASS Itchy when you go a Day without De firming ECL?You better be careful or else before you know it,it would have spread and destroyed your Brain tissues,next thing we will Just be seeing is, You parade on Cairo road with your Deformation utterances. Have your mental case checked,your commentary has lost value and it appears you are as clueless as your Hero of what is patterning on the ground.Its a share waste of Time to even inform you about what the root cause of the problem is,intead visit the nearest mental clinic.
joojo
June 9, 2015 at 12:17 pm
How I wish we could have another Kadansa! That man talked his mind (in the name of madness) and no one arrested him, and yet his talk was always about poor governance. So I think we can have Pilato pyanaling kadansa.
kwa george
June 9, 2015 at 12:51 pm
OURS IS MORE POLICE POSTS, MORE PRISON OFFICERS
MODERN MORTUARY .
NOT PREVENTION OR ROUTE CAUSE.
chatasha
June 9, 2015 at 1:00 pm
No direction ,ba Mwila kwati balelota fye.Where is the money? Another loan!
kabaso
June 9, 2015 at 2:29 pm
that’s great news bane inchito isho. its better than nothing.
club zero
June 9, 2015 at 2:37 pm
Recruiting prison officers,PF guyz just work on things which are important not iyo prison shit,we knw wht you want to do because you never knw wht happens tomorow,
kabaso
June 9, 2015 at 2:45 pm
Unbelievable, ZESCO website has no career/job search. such a big company sure! jobs are for their relatives that’s why.
36
June 10, 2015 at 7:07 am
Zambian jobs for relatives.beer stories in chawama.
mj banda
June 10, 2015 at 8:30 am
@nez, make good conditions to the already employed and the un employed what do u do with them? Useless approach by UPND and worst manifesto for a party looking for power.
SINJOONJO
June 10, 2015 at 9:02 am
BA JOOJO, WHER IS MR KADANSA BANE, INDEED HE SPOKE FREELY BCOS WE HAD PIPO IN POWER THAT UNDERSTOOD AND RESPECTED THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THEY WERE CONFIDENT ENOUGH OF THEIR MANDATE TO GOVERN TO THE EXTENT OF NOT FEARING A SIMPLE MOTAL LIKE KADANSA