GOVERNMENT has directed the department of immigration to urgently take stock of all foreign employees working in the country. Minister of Home Affairs Kennedy Sakeni announced this in a statement issued in Lusaka yesterday.
“Keeping line with the country’s immigration policy regarding foreign nationals entering the country, the department of immigration should take stock of foreign employees in both local and foreign-owned companies operating in the country.
The exercise should be done in accordance with the principal of making sure that an immigrant in the country must have a contribution to make in the form of skill, profession or capital which should be of benefit to the Zambian people,” Mr Sakeni said.
He said an immigrant should not deprive a citizen of Zambia of employment and should not be a charge on the state as they must have the means with which to support themselves with their dependants.
Mr Sakeni said an immigrant intending to settle in the country must be in possession of an entry permit.
“Because of these principles it is imperative that all foreign investors should abide by these norms and provide economic and social data when requested by law enforcement,” he said.
Mr Sakeni appealed to local and foreign companies operating in the country to stop offering jobs which can efficiently be performed by Zambians to foreigners.
He said the trend is exacerbating the rate of unemployment in the country.
Mr Sakeni, however, appealed for fair treatment of foreigners and that they should enjoy equal opportunity if and when qualified for a specific task.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
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…that’s precisely what they are doing here in these frozen parts (UK) and I don’t see why we shouldn’t. Zambia is now a heaven for crooks and criminals and I think it’s time for a thorough clean-up. Some of these so-called investors are, if anything, fly-by-night business men…
This one is great i think.
thank you minister, treat these people that way, only those that contribute to our coffers in terms of tax and proper investment should be allowed to stay, not the likes that come to abuse our system in any form…
Sakeni or Sekeni. We need this Job done using our trade mark ’90’ days. Please make sure that you give people the ultimatum not just directing because they may not give u until Sata fires u.
Good Move Hon Minister. May this Head count be also be intergrated with regulators checking whether these people are are qualified. One good example is where this guys come to work as accountant but come under pretext of system analyst. Wen you look at thier work description, it all about bank reconciliation and making a payroll. surely do we need an indian who doesnt even pay NAPSA or Paye to come and do what a Natech guy can do. I challenge the government to stop this lip service. ZICA we pay alot of money through your exams and as such we expect you to be in the forefront pushing benefits of your students. We see these pay on two types of salary( Kwacha and Dollar) and worse more 10 times more. I rest my case.
@6 You are right, ZICA its high time you started protecting qualified accountants. charge all those working without ZICA membership. The kwacha and dollar payrolls should come to an end its not fair and its becoming a trend, foreigners are being paid in usd the locals in zmk i dont think in the us they can pay you in pounds. awe twanaka insasa kulinganya bombelenipo ba sakeni may God bless as you bring sanity to our labour system.
Plz start with K.C.M here in chingola
Perhaps some committe of technical experts must be formed to look into the issue since the useless bastards of our the EIZ are idol.Chinesse companies need a thorough clean up,they hav expertriate control room operators who watch movies thru out their shifts.At LCM their are even chinese engineers with crafts,technician and diplomas with EIZ numbers and no experience at all.When did the regulations on engineer registration change mr. EIZ,i wonder why you are even still existing and collecting the membership fees.
Start with KCM, then move to the Chines mines. Then what is the name of that market in lusaka???
Thats the best way to start but make sure your officials are not corrupt so that we get correct figures.
start with kitwe copper mines….central street….
OP Officer we hear you on this one, surely immigration officers should be firmly competent on how to handle immigration laws, and this is exactly what is been done here in diaspora. thumbs up minister sakeni
:) its a good move bt jst as my colegue had put it we need an altimatum othryz it cn take 5 yrs…..tatulefwaya amashiwifye no! We want action!!! Who doesnt knw it speaks louder??
Bring sanity Mr Minister, our country is in a mess, We have Zambian HR officers in the fore front organizing fake qualidications for these muzunguzi.
But, has Govt taken stock of the whole of expert and skilled nationals that the Zambis possesses, to match the expatriate cadre? I suggest a specific sample cencus, using the various professional bodies as resourse bases, for example EAZ for engineers, ZICA for accountants: to be conducted side by side with the head count of the foreign personnel currently in the country, for the purpose of comparing and contrsting the numbers and skills. It is necessary to have a data base for the skills that the nation has.
Good move Honourable Minister.Immigration big officials are so corrupt that the best way is to clean up the system.Fire them.Can you imagine most immigrants buy qualifications right here in our country with the help of these corrupt Zambian officials.We cant tolerate that.
GOOD MOVE HON. SAKENI!
We have competent and qualified Zambains in ALL fields now. Why should investors still be bringing in Finacial Directors / Managers / Engineers even buyers when the Zambian market is over flowing with such?
please mr minister take note of JOHN PHIRI an immigration officer he is very corrupt send people to come and see the high number of expatriates at tombwe processing limited please please twachula sana
While, on the whole,i support the idea it also seems to me we need a cautious approach as we might hurt our economy in the process.Without prevarication,the reason some of these foreign companies bring expats is not for lack of skilled zambians.It is,unfortunately,due to our poor work ethic or lack thereof.
Even in the aviation sector there people workin illegaly. They are holdin on to our jobs.
This is what is happening where we stay.
This is the way to go GRZ.. Zim may not be the ideal example, i have seen the Zim foreign investment policy, it excludes foreigner from being involved in businesses which can be done by local..stuff like kamwala tuntembas, distributing locally produced goods…in other ways, foreign national must be Expert of the Industry in thier field.
Expatriate labour is there to transfer skills to locals in a stipulated time and not stay in Zambia until they are 65yrs old and above. They must be repatriated since they can not impact whatever little knowledge they have on to the locals. Expatriates do not stay are not forever in any foreign country because after a specified time they got to go back to their countries of origin and not the way you treating expatriates in this country like locals. It must come to an end because this leds to xenophobia. They even start regarding local like second rate citizens.
This is one step towards developing our country.Please the situation here in Ndola is quiet pathetic we’ve have witnessed an increase in the number of somalians and the so called masai who are going round selling chams for men.Do all these people possese permits and if so what investment have they brought in to our country?.Please can the relevant authority look on these issues.
Minister move fast on this one. Please dont leave out makerts like Chisokone in Kitwe cos some of the non – citizens have nrc z like that mangongo mp. Secondly check imigration dept genuine pipo are meant to wait for months for passports but crooks and relatives to officers get it fast. Dr malama do a spot check in Lusaka, livingstone and ndola. staff have built houses out of these offices. Please look at officers transfers. some staff have 25 yrs in one place. By the way i forgot my small place masansa in mkushi too many congoles do they have legal papers?
WARNING MR MINISTER
FOR AS LONG AS JOHN PHIRI AN IMIGRATION OFFICER WITH HIS TENDAM OF CORRUPT ELEMENTS IS NOT REMOVED THIS WILL NOT WORK ,THIS MAN IS VERY CORRUPT HE HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF EXPATRIATES IN THE COUNTRY FROM ZIMBABWE THROUGH CORRUPTION WATCH HIS MOVEMENTS CLOSELY
WARNING MR MINISTER
IF YOU THINK IT IS NOT TRUE WHAT JOHN PHIRI IS DOING GO AND SEE FOR YOURSELF AT TOMBWE PROCESSING LIMITED THE NUMBER OF EXPATRIATES HE HAS CORRUPTLY BROUGHT WHO ARE DOING THE JOBS WHICH ZAMBIANS CAN DO AND THEY ARE GETTING HEFTY SARARIES AT THE EXPENSE OF HARDWORKING ZAMBIANS SOME OF THEM ARE TOO ABUSIVE TO ZAMBIANS BECAUSE CORRUPT JOHN HAS BEEN GIVING THEM WORK PERMITS DUBIOUSLY AND PROMISING THEM THAT,AS LONG AS HE IS AT THE IMMIGRATION THEY CAN EVEN BRING THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS PROVIDED THERE IS CASH TO THE OLD MAN JOHN NO PROBLEM
Wow. About time. Hope we also look at the practice where people of a certain persuasion are waved through southern African borders and openly blog about how they smuggle in and out gems and drugs.
Here in the UK I always found it amusing that people I knew from certain southern hemisphere countries threw their passports away and worked on changing accents coz they figured they would pass as Brits. The system here is finally catching up with them. Most are using the 14 year rule to regularize their stay and regretting wasted years.
I wonder what a UK style stop and search would reveal in terms of foreigners over staying visas. We have a growing foreign population of whom some have slipped through the cracks. It is not tolerated here and shouldn’t be tolerated in Zed either.
WARNING MR MINISTER
PLEASE MINISTER AND OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS TRY TO CHECK THE PERMITS THOROUGHLY BECAUSE JOHN PHIRI WITH HIS FELLOW THIEVES ARE BUSY TRYING TO CHANGE SOME WORK PERMITS SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK GENUINE, PLEASE INVOLVE CLEAN PEOPLE OR INDEPENDENT PEOPLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE JOHN HAS SOME INFLUENCE AND HE IS CAPPABLE OF MAKING THIS WHOLE EXERCISE UNFRUITFUL WE ARE WATCHING HIM BUT NO POWERS TO STOP THIS CORRUPT ELEMENT
WARNING MR MINISTER
MY APPEAL IS TO ALL THE BLOGGERS IS THAT, IF THERE IS ANYONE WITH DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS HE SHOULD FORWARD SOME OF THESE BECAUSE JOHN IS DAMN USELESS ALL WHAT HE KNOWS IS GOING ROUND COMPANIES WITH A BRIEF CASE CORRECTING KICKBACKS AND ENCOURAGING EMPLOYERS TO BRING MORE AND MORE FACK EXPATRIATES IMAGE CLERKS,ACCOUNTANTS,MACHINE OPERATORS,SUPERVISORS JUST TO MENTION A FEW DON’T WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO CAN DO THOSE JOBS SURE PLEASE FELLOW BLOGGERS LETS STRIVE HARD FOR MOTHER ZAMBIA
WARNING MR MINISTER
LUSAKA TIMES PLEASE FORWARD THESE TO THE MINISTER SO THAT HE CAN SEND A TEAM TO GO AND INVESTGATE JOHN PHIRI AND OTHER IMMIGRATION OFFICERS BECAUSE THE CHAPS ARE DAMN CORRUPT THEY STINK CORRUPTION, THEY EAT CORRUPTION AND THEY BREATH CORRUPTION ESPECIALLY JOHN BECAUSE HIS ACTIVITIES ARE WELL KNOWN THAT IS WHY HE IS EVEN DELIVERING WORK PERMITS PERSONALLY TO COMPANIES AND HOMES BECAUSE CORRUPTION IS IN HIS BLOOD
lets hope it will work because the chaps are damn corrupt
These so called invester’s should be watch look at kcm and lumwana mine process plant wake up immigration and do your job
all indians are crooks,they shld b thoroughly screened.some they have trade test and they claim 2 b engineers with no propare qualifications.some they say in zambia just carrying in a toolsbox u can make money.
yes please Minister visit kansanshi mines too urgently please we have expats doing jobs for nationals and they are failing to training nationals some are brought in as supervisors and later they change that they are trainees they are really crooks please please
mr immigration officer,which station is JOHN PHIRI located is it at IMMI HQ and what position does he holds?
Hon. Minister, you have my full support. As a former shushushu yourself, this ministry fits you very well.
As John Phiri, let the ACC and take the job there is no Kayukwa anymore.
The government move to take inventory offoreigners is a right step. But what can be done further is to follow up with actual evaluation of who has what qualififctaion in the company. Forxample. go to Lumwana mining. look at their structure and staffing levels. Every title position has qualifications attached ..are there no zambians with matched qualifications. Foregn investors e.g in exploration has employed zambians and often send them to explore minerals in other countries where they have investiments and sort of swarp with foreign experts to do exploration in zambia. The dange in this is that..at the end of the day zambians will have no clue to what we naturaly have undergroud as it is in the hands of foreigner
First good move of this PF GRZ!!
Plse plse start with kcm, there are over one thousand indians here, some of them labourers, i think they come in containers on ships…they have taken all our jobs plse plse come to kcm fast
Ok lets do something about John phiri.
visit lafarge as well, too many expertriates getting too much money. umuntu alefol pensioni ya muntun uwabomba 30years
Meanwhile GRZ and mining companies are busy holding meetings behind closed doors.
MWENYES IN KCM CHINGOLA TEAMED UP AND BUILT JOHN PHIRI A MANSION AND BOUGHT HIM A FARM SO AS TO KEEP ON EXTENDING THEIR WORK PERMITS. KCM HAS ALOT OF UNNECESSARY SO CALLED EXPATRATES FROM INDIA WHO KEEPS ON EXTENDING THE WORK PERMITS. MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE INCEPTION I.E. GHYANSHAM P , SANJE, AND MANY MORE.
PLANZO JOHN PHIRI IS AT IMMI HQ SORRY MY BROTHER I WAS NOT IN THE OFFICER WHEN YOU POSTED THAT
PLANZO JOHN PHIRI IS AT IMMI HQ SORRY MY BROTHER I WAS NOT IN THE OFFICE WHEN YOU POSTED THAT
Others are hiding in Foreign aided government projects. Especially in Health. Mr. Minister work hand in hand with Dr. Chikusu, deputy minister health. He has been around in health for a long time, please give Zambians their jobs and root out the fake job seekers in the name of foreign consultants busy doing nothing but looking through quotations. We have enough Scientists to date. And this John Phiri must be sorted out.
It’s high time ! when i was in Botswana at the Immigration Department the forms we were given to fill in had a part which said ” State Name of person to understudy you……………..and for how many years………….! I think this is a good move as these foreigners we have in Zambia have taken Zambians for a ride. Some of them do JOB’S that we can do as Zambians .
PLANZO MY FRIEND PLEASE GO THERE YOU WILL FIND THIS CORRUPT CHAP WE ARE ALSO TRYING HARD DAY AND NIGHT TO SEE HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH HIM AND HIS CORRUPT FRIENDS
PLANZO JOHN PHIRI IS JUST ONE OF THE SENIOR OFICERS THERE AT IMMIGRATION
BA ZAMBIA THANKS FOR THAT BUT LETS WORK EXTRA HARD TO MAKE SURE JOHN PHIRI IS BROUGHT TO BOOK BECAUSE THE OLD MAN HAS FLOODED OUR COUNTRY WITH ALOT OF EXPATRIATES WHO ARE NOT EVEN QUALIFIED BUT THEY GET PAID ALOT OF MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS
MPUNDU KAPOKOLA THANX FOR THAT IF WE HAVE ALOT OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU ZAMBIA WILL SURELY DEVELOP COZ THIS JOHN CHAP CAN BE EASILY SORTED OUT WHEN WE CONTINUE WITH THIS FIGHT TOGETHER
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