Speaking when he addressed thousands of Mpika residents during a thanksgiving rally yesterday, President Lungu said that he had received reports that TAZARA Retirees have not yet been paid their benefits.
Mr. Lungu stressed that when he gets back to Lusaka he will work hand in hand with the Minister in the Vice President’s office Sylvia Chalikosa to ensure that their due retirement benefits are processed and paid to them as soon as possible.
The Republican President is on a three day working visit to Muchinga Province.
Meanwhile, Mr Lungu has also directed Mpika Central Member of Parliament Sylvia Chalikosa to ensure that the challenge of water experienced in Mpika Market is worked on.
President Lungu said the challenge of water in Mpika Market which is on and off should be looked into because Government has got money to ensure that its people access water.
And PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says civil servants and party officials should unite by upholding the national motto: One Zambia One Nation.
President Lungu said it was important for civil servants in Muchinga province to work with the PF in order to build this country.
He said this when he addressed both civil servants and party officials in one meeting at Chimbalanga Gardens in Mpika District of Muchinga Province.
President Lungu has urged civil servants to ensure that they read and understand the Patriotic Front Manifesto so that they know the vision of the party and keep check on Government operations
Mr. Lungu says party officials should not be bosses to civil servants and vice versa.
President Lungu says Muchinga Province is a new province therefore there is need for the area to discover different ways of contributing to the development of the nation.
He has since challenged the Provincial Minister, Malozo Sichone to tell people in the province his plans and vision for the province and how best development can be brought to Muchinga.
And in his vote of thanks, the District Party Chairperson Patrick Eneyar assured the President that Mpika will stay peaceful as party officials and civil servants will continue to work together.
Speaking on behalf of civil servants District Health Director, Dr. Jane Mweenda says civil servants and party officials are working together as a team to move Zambia forward.
Working visit! Busy holding rallies, i thought one police officer said our country’s security is unstable.
TAZARA benefits is an old problem, he knew about it before he went there. What he should have done is gone there and said their money was in their accounts. You can’t keep making promises otherwise you turn into a liar. Action speaks louder than words.
They will be paid in 90 days
payed in 90 days in 2020
Crap, he doesn’t mean well otherwise he would not be spending K2,000,000 to put in cadres pockets
He is holding rallies but for others it is unstable, what a paradox. He even lies through his teeth that he has just head about their predicament now. Just say the money was used for erections or is it elections? Gallivanting all the time like no man’s business amassing wealth at the expense of development. Stay at state house for once and do some real work wemuntu.
90% of people who attended this rally were ones below the voting age and who did not participate in last years elections. This speaks louder.
Why pay the retirees when the ICC matter is more pressing? So says my erstwhile govt. Kaya!
These are minors, what are they doing at political rallies, shame on us we can not protect our children from indoctrination by this administration. Please don’t rob these kids future.
Please don’t take us back to Kaunda’s days.
About the retirees, if were him I’ll just do it behind the scenes. Why turn it political?
And what about the civil servants that haven’t been paid their benefits for a while now?
Mpika water problems have been there for a long time Sata failed when he was MP and President to resolve it! How will Lung and Chalikosa resolve it?????
He addressed a ‘rally’ of mostly children, where he promised Tazara retirees their benefits. Populist politics. How long have retirees been waiting for their dues? What’s the time-frame for this latest promise?
Public servants have to read the PF MANIFESTO. In a democracy really. You train adults by teaching them as children. A picture tells a thousand words.