Southern Province Minister, Daniel Munkombwe, has said the issue of non-payment of housing allowances to teachers has become serious and embarrassing to government.
Mr Munkombwe has, however, assured teachers that government will do everything possible to resolve the matter once given another mandate.
He was speaking in Choma today when he addressed hundreds of teachers and other civil servants at the council chambers.
This was in response to complaints raised by teachers that government has failed to honour its obligation to pay the teachers their outstanding housing allowances since the year 2006.
Mr Munkombwe admitted that the complaint of non-payment of housing allowance has emerged as a serious issue at various meetings he has addressed in the province.
But he cautioned the teachers and other civil servants that they would be making a big mistake to vote for the opposition in the October 30 presidential poll.
Mr Munkombwe said this is because the MMD is committed to resolving all outstanding problems affecting teachers.
He assured the gathering that once the MMD candidate Rupiah Banda is voted into office, he would ensure that the plight of teachers is addressed by government.
“You can’t have a salary structure that is permanent. The MMD, under Mwanawasa, tried hard to improve your conditions of service. I know they are not adequate but we will continue adjusting your housing allowances and salaries, “he said.
Meanwhile, Mr Munkombwe has cautioned the people of Choma that the nation will be imperiled if they voted for Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata.
He said the only right candidate in the poll is the MMD’s Rupiah Banda.
ZANIS/ENDS/CM/EB
do we have to vote before we get the money. isnt it our right?
No 1
That doesn’t sound right. UNIP had its 27 yrs, MMD has had its 17 now please allow PF to have its 7, or is it 8. MMD you will not win, this I know!!!!!
Are there no issues you can campain on instead of holding people to gun point to get money that is rightfully theirs? issues such as
1. 21% intrest being charged by banks.
2. no drugs and doctors at hospitals
3. high price of cement 75000
4. industies that are closed when we need what they produce and can reduce unemploment eg NCZ, Mulungushi Textiles, Johnson and Johnson, Reckitt and Colman, Lever Brothers. (by the way we import all their products from outside)etc……….
ah! teta, u beat to it! RB more of the same old crap.what he is saying is, ‘ you all dont deserve housing allowances! But if you behave, i.e by voting for me, I might just be kind enough to give you housing allowances.’
MMD you will not win
is it vote for sale or what thus why it lucks integrity, when you a dirty road you always be ashamed, within your self let pipos will privails not forcing them to what they dont want just coz of allowance
17 years stil want more time. I wonder y some stil want an mmd gov. Vote wisely people, we’re being taken 4granted
Teachers watch out if RB wins ther will be strikes again when he fails to fullfill his promises seemingly he can only do it if you like him or else moto what a load of crap. vote PF man of action and see the difference.
Awe Bamunofu!! Twalimishiba, you are corrupt. We will receive all the allowances and fertiliser and then Vote PF. You cant see in the polling Booth ( John Cena weboooo. Why vote for you over allowances when infact cash is mine alaaaa. Pabwatoooooooooo
How many years does the toothless MMD need to give people what is rightly theirs?
It would be immoral for Teachers to vote for Rupiah Banda for the sake of getting the housing allowance. Teachers need to examine all presidential candidates and find out who is the best to rule the country,and not to be enticed by the Housing allowance Munkombwe (who is looking for a position in the government of Rupiah Banda)is talking about. Teachers are mature and intelligent enough to judge who is the best candidate and need not listen to an advice from a Mr. Munkombwe.
But really does Daniel Munkombwe in all his judgement, think he is better at determining the right candidate than all Teachers put together? What insight does Munkombwe have that would make Teachers admire so as to fo
Since MMD has not paid teachers their allowances since 2006, under what conditions will MMD under RB, be able to pay? Is it not the same MMD that failed to pay? Will these housing allowances be a ‘BROWN ENVILOPE’ or is the ‘LEGAL RIGHT’ of teachers? PLEASE Ba RB be serious, or is that your old age is making your mind fussy, you can not think and reason properly? DONT HOLD THE NATION BY THE THROAT THROUGH WHAT THE RIGHTS”
SATA IS OUT OF THE GAME,HE CAN’T MATCH RBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
Madness!!!!! i wish i was voting! they shud be paid regardless.I supported mmd and Levy M. but this is just low! he’s not even ashamed that his men wanted to increase thier salaries.Wats wrong with our politics,it’s tym 4 a change…(IT’S A SHAME THAT THERE’S NOT MUCH TO CHOOSE FROM!)
I can’t wait until next week when either Sata or HH sends these political dinosaurs into final extinction.
Mm bamunkombwe naimwe mulefyaya ukusenda abantu kwati nimu unip elyo twalevotela ichula nabakaunda.
Tulefwaya fye muleya bane.Ala Nipabwatoo fye mwingapusukila,Kabili inkoloko naituchelekwa
VOTE NO TO BANDA
Banda ni kawalala
don’t mind him RB act of desperation
banda is like a stuck record
Banda kulonga bebele……all the way to the Mphangwe Hills!!!
This Goverment has also failed the Ministry of Agriculture. Lets vote them out. Viva Pf. Enough is enough
Why Should it take an election period to have the grievances of the underpayed and overworked teachers brought to light.This government must be serious ,they just cant tell us now ,that teachers have to wait till MMD is voted back into power to have their issues resolved.No wonder we need ba cobra to clear up this mess.Viva Pf
R.B do you know that dignity is the last possession of the conquered,please save your dignity before you lose it as well.
The writing is on the wall,you are out,Sata in!
Leadership lets test this
‘avoid conlict in form of quarrels and arguments, you simply dont have the time’.’INTHE OUTMATE MEASURE OF A MAN IS NOT WHERE HE STANDS IN MOMENTS OF COMFORT, POWER AND CONVENIENCE, BUT WHERE HE STANDS IN TIMES OF CHALLENGE AND CONTROVERSY’. ‘A MATCH STICK HAS A HEAD, BUT DOES NOT HAVE HAVE A BRAIN’. ‘ THE REALLY GREAT MAN IS THE MAN WHO MAKES EVERY OTHER MAN FEEL GREAT’. ‘ LETS LEARN TO SEE A DOOR WHERE OTHERS SEE A WALL. ZAMBIA LETS WAKE UP AND DO THE RIGHT THINK LOOK AT THESE LITTLE PROVERBS AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR MOTHER ZAMBIA. TO ME RB IS VERY FOCUSED AND WILL LEAD THIS COUNTRY TO PROSPERITY AND NOT MANAGE US THEIR.
At list u dont promise free meals free education.
Is it food for work or what biggy Rubish Bin????????
Waya iyee,say your last prayer.
You how do you propose to teach people to see a door where there is a wall, that should be Chainama syllabus plizzz you are on the wrong blog iwe No. 26.
MMD seem to be promising a lot AFTER they are re-elected..makes you think WHAT HAVE THEY DONE SINCE being in power????
THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT MAN CAN DO, AS LONG AS HE DOESNT MIND WHO TAKES THE CREDIT. TEAM BUILDING WORKS BUILD A CORE AROUND YOU.THEY ARE CALLED MEN WITHTHE MILLIONAIRE MENTALITY, POEPLE WHO ARE FORWARD THINKING, COST-CONSCIOS AND PROFIT ORIENTED BUILD TEAM AROUND THEMSELVES IT BECOMES A PYRAMID REACHING FOR THE MOON’ THIS IS A VERY KEY PRINCIPLE INLEADERSHIP AND IT WILL HELP THOSE STLL DOUGHTING RB’s LEADERHIP HE IS A TRUE LEADER. LETS ALLOW HIM TO LEAD US TO OUR DESTINE. DEVELOPMENT IS A JOURNEY AND YOU WALK THROUGH IT NOT BY ACCIDENT OR IMPRESS KAPONYAS OR TRIBES. BEMBAS ARE THE MOST TRIBLE TRIBE IN ZAMBIA AND LETS NOT ALLOW THEM
Its very very immoral to let old men that need to rest to contest for presidency!these chaps need to farm and feed the nation!!Munkombwe,you are one of them…these shikulus are your colleagues!RB and Satana!viva HH!!!
Mmd is like a broken record! Viva PF.
#31 Your ambiguous message is not only is full of spelling errors but it reveals a very sordid conscience centered on materialism. You have obviously never lived among the Bembas, otherwise you would know that they have the heart and mind it takes to unite and rule the people of Zambia.
I think politicians should be made to swear under oath so that any promises they make to the citizens when campaigning should be held against them when elected. It should be punishable for politicians if they knowingly mislead the public in order to get elected. It should be charged as fraud!!! The other day it was Sata, Yesterday it was HH, today it’s RB!!! come on……
lets vote for wo we want no one can force u to vote 4 someone am voting for MMD no one will tell me wo to vote for
@#12 well said! That crap in the name of Daniel Munkombwe thinks teachers can stoop so low as him. Come to think of it a man of his age kneeling down for an ACTING president who is infact a nominated MP. In his dreams he thinks Shrek will get it easily as RP. No ways! Abantu balisukilapo nomba. They vote on merit. MMD has lost sits to the opposition and the opposition have lost sits to MMD. All this has happened on merit.We stopped voting on party, tribal and regional lines. We want people that can deliver. Not “Shrekish” people that will doze a month off like they are on valium 5 injections. They start dozing on 1st and wake up on each monthend just to get their pay and then doze off again.
People of southern province, you can not suffer because of Munkombwe’s job. Vote for the right candidate for yourselves. Viva Mr Right candidate. The end of mmd is the end o Mr Munkombwe mind you he is just an appointed southern province minister, no consitituency.
Mwebantu Shrek pa TV.
Any words about independence anyone…???
@#40 Shrek says there will be no state function at No:1 Independence Avenue because he is busy campaignining and fears that he might be left behind in touching the places he hasnt gone to yet.
So tomorrow it all ends after the laying of wreaths and Freedom statue. Thereafter mulipolopela no kwendamo.
Viva Zambia! Happy Independence Anniversary, and may the best man win! Let MMD give us a break. Their time is up. Kuya bebele!!!
why do we have to vote for them so that they do the work they were elected for in the first place.See we don’t have to vote for them cause they are not doing there
work, first and foremost they say vote for us so that this becomes better and when they get in power they forget about us.It is high time we sit down and reflect on our leaders.
Voting for ndani to get chani ?This guys are indeed danderheads .How can you put conditions on somebodys money ?This teachers need to get paid whether with MMD or PF in power it is their money it is them that sweated for it.Good night,have good dreams like being on a boat cruise.Viva PF
WHO IS MMD? THESE SAME CHAPS PRETENDING TO BE OPPOSITION WERE MMD UNTIL 2001. THEY FAILED THE COUNTRY, TODAY THEY CONDEMN THE MESS THEY LEFT. THEY STARTED TRIBALISM IN 1997, REMEMBER TRIBALISM STARTED IN 1997 THEN SOMEONE WAS WRITING GRZ LETTERS IN A LANGUAGE I WON’T NAME. WE SHALL SEE, WE SHALL SPLIT THE VOTES. LET THEM JUDGE MMD AFTER 2002. INE NI HH HH CHABE. FORWARD ZAMBIA. HH HH HERE I COME!
This is bad and ECZ should do something. The playing field is not leveled coz MMD is using every govt resource available to win our votes. However God will help us guy PAAAAAAAAAABWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
No, you people. Now Toadface is putting everyone on hold until he gets voted in. Why should we give MMD another mandate when they’ve already failed under the current one? Sounds like ransom to me.
good eveining kids whats up
Ba RB and we thought you were for continuity why are you suddenly changing everything levi worked so hard to build, you are behaving as though you were not in government all this time. shame on you grandpa!!!!!!
vote michael chilufya sata man of action 2008
vote the man who cleaned lusaka built bridges maintained roads when he was governer in 1980s…man of action….
vote the man who brought back dignity to the health system when he was minister of health by ensuring medical personnel had what they needed and he ensured high standards of hygiene in hospitals….man of action
vote the man who when he was local government and housing minister ensured prudent running of local government was behind the huge infrastructure development in building houses in avondale,mersaf flats etc…man of action
vote the man who was invited i repeat INVITED at the worlds BEST university UNIVERSITY OF HAVARD…..to present a paper on chinese foriegn policy…….man of action
vote the man who knows the plight of the least considered in society since he has been there……ie cleaning streets in london…..vote man of action
vote the man who when as minister without portifolio held the nation together while others fleed during the greatest threat to our national security in the 1997 failed coup attempt….man of action
aha,kuti waseka,RB,PAMENSO KWATI CHIPUTEE!am sure even when campaigning uleumfwa nensoni.we have lost faith in the so called MMD.we want change,and its only coming when we cross the river with Perfect film(PF) PABWATOOOOOOOOOOOO
vote the man who you yourself know he has what it takes and has continuly proven that indeed he gets the job done….man of action
DO YOU HAVE TO HOLD PEOPLE AT RANSOM? BWANA, JUST CATCH THE EXIT QUIETLY. SATA AND PF WILL DO THE REST.
vote the man who KK saw fit to make as governor of the capital city of zambia ,lusaka….and chiluba saw fit to place him at various portifolios before making him minster without portifolio BASED ON HIS CALIBRE AND PROVEN RECORD OF GETTING THE JOB DONE..man of action
vote the man who has from time and again proven his humility by reconciling with KK……..reconciling with FTJ…….reconciling with LPM ….working with HH and proposing a pact which the pompous HH disregarded…….vote man of action and humility….
It’s primitive way of doing business, housing allowance is mandetory to all employees,with or without the so called RB.
FINALLY THE MAN WHOM YOU KNOW CAN DELIVER SINCE YOU HAVE SEEN HIM DELIVER…..ABASH VOTING ON TRIBAL LINES…ABASH VOTING ON UNTESTED POTENTIAL….VOTE THE MAN YOU KNOW…VOTE MICHAEL CHILUFYA SATA…..
#31 RB WISE CHOICE. YOU are right. Ba Dr. Guy Scott, naba Given Lubinda bonse ba Bemba.
kateka walasa
Shame on munkombwe. Viva HH. Sata can be like mugabe a dictator.
increasing their salaries and allowances ni fast but for teachers it should take elections!shame
ULUSE BA DOUBLE M D,IYEEEE BA RB…… MWANYA MULESUSA!!!!!!!!!!!
Zambia’s 1st president was named “DAVID” The 2nd was “JACOB” The 3rd was “LEVY” All these three names came from the bible, now tell me which book, chapter or verse where you can find such names like “RUPIAH” ,HAAKAINDE or GODFREY? Come on people “THE GREAT ANGEL IS MICHEAL” Vote wisely its 30th October. He is 4th.
If this is true, ECZ must censor Munkombwe and RB becoz this is vote buying at its worst. Why shud teachers vote for RB in order to get their deserved housing allowances? Its these uncaring people who never really understand zambias “educational malnutrition” to speak irrelevant stuff. Also saying we are headed for perils if sata comes into office, this munkombwe shud be given a 24hr ultimatum for alarming the citizenry. We are tired of these daylight robbers. Shud we be getting good allowance promises every time there is an election? May be thats why God is judging these thieves by meting death on them.
LT. You should copy the Have Your Say format where comments are queued and moderated before they are published than just eating the comment without notice. mwaba aka mutwe
#31, bushe Lubinda mu Bemba nangu ni za yellow? I thot Lubinda is from Western province. Guy Scot uko ku scotland. So who is a tribalist? This time i boat has penetrated western and Northwestern provinces which were not campaigned last time due to the selfish Saki. Such liers like Saki are a waste of time. He was a man of a sound mind in the mid 90’s, not ino inshita. Anso Saki alechepa umubili ninshi?
#69. I am Moslem. One Zambia One Nation. Please post some substance articles to read or keep quite. !!
IAM HEADING TO LUAPULA TO REINFORCE RB…..TO RIG 4 RB
COME JOIN ME….HA HA HA HA
SATA …NOT IN MY LIFETIME
LUAPULA VOTE FOR RB
If PF supporters were honest enough, they would start accepting the fact that MMD has already won. It is very clear, without a shadow of doubt, MMD has won these elections.
Konichiwa Che Guevara! ogenki desuka?
But Rupee Bandit (RB) is ugly, eheeeee. Just see how even an entire chief looks scared of akulu mphuno.
And who is that one in the background? Is it Ronald Benza (RB)? Oh! I meant Ronald Penza.
Countdown: 5 days 5 hours 50 minutes remaining and we are counting.
Vote for HH for a real ray of Chnage and Hope that all Zambians can believe and trust in. vote for your children’s future. Vote for economic independence
To this end, I ask RBB and MMD to quickly endorse HH for Zambian President. Munkombwe was quoted as saying the Sata may win if MMD makes a single or simple mistake. So, MMD stand up for what is right. It is not too late for RBB to infrom the Nation through ZNBC TV and radio with Times of Zambia together with Zambia Daily Mail that let all vote for HH.
May you all Zambians have a great weekend. I am leaving for a SABBATH recess. Thank you all for you support.