President Rupiah Banda has sworn in former Zambian High Commissioner to Malawi, ambassador Joshua Simuyandi as Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman and former Zambia Venture Capital Fund General Manager , Johnston Chizinga as Zambia’s Ambassador to Germany.
President Banda said at the swearing in ceremony at State House yesterday that Mr. Simuyandi was an experienced and mature man who he believed would serve the country diligently. He noted that the PSC was faced with numerous challenges which he hoped Mr. Simuyandi together with government would find solutions to.
President Banda expressed confidence that the Service was placed in the right hands with his appointment of Mr. Simuyandi.
On Zambia’s new Ambassador to Germany Mr. Chizinga, the President stressed that ambassadors are a linkage between two countries in this case Zambia and Germany. He urged the ambassador to take care of the interests of both Zambia and Germany and help cement the existing relations between the two countries.
President Banda also warned Mr. Chizinga to be cautious in the execution of his duties as he was in the public eye. He noted that even though he would be far from home, the local people in Germany and fellow ambassadors would be watching him hence the need to do the right things.
President Banda said he was however confident that he was sending the right person to an important country stressing that Mr. Chizinga was a well groomed, educated and experienced Zambian.
He said that Germany was very important to Zambia because it has trained most of the key people in the country in different fields.
President Banda further urged Mr. Chizinga to increase co-operation with Germany in training as well as other fields.
Meanwhile, newly appointed Public Service Commission Chairman, Joshua Simuyandi in an interview after the swearing in ceremony noted that his appointment was a challenge to him as the Public Service was faced with numerous problems.
He said he was hopeful that with systems already in place he would aspire for greater heights to improve the service noting that Public Service was key to the country’s service delivery.
And Zambia’s new ambassador to Germany Johnston Chizinga said he would strive to increase co-operation between Zambia and Germany. He added that Zambia’s many water projects could be an area of co-operation with Germany.
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Good Afternoon
It’s about time. It’s been so long since HE Mr. Chinkuli left. We’re now looking forward to meet Mr. Chizinga and welcome him to our “zweite Heimat” (second home) Deutschland.
I wish the same can happen here- we are tired of the people we have at the zambian Embassy. Can anyone tell me how far the issue of Auditing the Embassy has gone please?
What happened to Mateyo? Johnston Chizinga is the second to be appointed as Zambia’s Ambassador to Germany in less than a year.