Enumerators recruited to take part in this year’s census of population and housing in Solwezi district have also protested over the K 1.5 million allowance.
Speaking on behalf of enumerators Aaron Mungoshi told ZANIS today that the K1.5 million allowance to be paid to them is not adequate and needs to be increased to K5million.
Mr Mungoshi said the enumerators have agreed not to sign the affidavit forms until government addresses their plight.
Addressing the protesting enumerators, Solwezi District Commissioner (DC)Frobisher Fulayi assured them that his office would resolve their concerns over allowances by tomorrow.
Mr Fulayi said the concerns raised would be looked into and a resolution will be found as soon as possible.
The DC dispelled claims that enumerators in other districts were getting more money than those in Solwezi District saying there were no disparities in allowances adding that the amount is uniform across the country.
Hundreds of Ndola-based Census of Population and Housing enumerators recently staged a protest outside the regional offices of the Central Statistical Office (CSO) demanding that their training allowances be increased after hearing that their counterparts in Lusaka were being paid K900,000 while they were paid K500,000 as training allowances.
Ndola DC , Joshua Mutisa and District police chief, Bonnie Kapeso held a meeting with the representatives of the enumerators after police convinced the protesters to disperse and give an opportunity to their representatives, CSO and the office of the DC to resolve the impasse.
Similarly , their counterparts in boycotted their training at Kitwe’s Vocational Training College recently demanding that they be paid the promised K 1.5 million allowances.
The Enumerators who were found standing outside the college are demanding that they also be refunded their transport allowances.
The enumerators have accused government of planning to under pay them after the whole census exercise.
The two hundred and twenty seven enumerators have vowed to go back to Lufwanyama were they came from if government does not honor what it promised.
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If we can afford to fly Rupiah surely we can pay these kids
Baice lwisheni. Fight for your money!!!
RB’s gimmick…Offer the little and see if they can get that. Then keep the rest for my travels and campaigns next year. Oh! borrow from the banks in the name of FRA. Give farmers promisory notes and the rest you know where to take it…….’ my travels’..