TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TIZ) has challenged the Zesco board to explain the areas of the contract where the board failed to agree with Lemba Nyirenda for the post of the company’s managing director.
TIZ president Reuben Lifuka said in an interview yesterday that the Zesco board should ensure transparency in the way it handled appointments in the company.
Mr Lifuka also advised the board against making decisions that would leave suspicions in people’s minds.
The TIZ president, who was reacting to the board’s move to drop Dr Nyirenda shortly after appointing him managing director, wondered how the board could announce the appointment before concluding the contract.
On Tuesday, Zesco board chairman, Songowayo Zyambo announced that contractual negotiations with Dr Nyirenda had collapsed.
Mr Lifuka said Zesco was a strategic company whose activities needed to be handled in a transparent manner.
He said it was disturbing that since the departure of the former managing director, Rodnie Sisala, three months ago, three people had already passed through that office.
Since Mr Sisala’s departure, Zesco board first appointed the company’s director of power rehabilitation project, Musonda Chibulu as managing director in an acting capacity before announcing the appointment of Dr Nyirenda who also worked for the same company in the 1970s.
The board has now appointed chief operating officer, Cyprian Chitundu to act as managing director after failing to reach an agreement with Dr Nyirenda.
On Wednesday, the National Energy Sector and Allied Workers Union (Nesawu) blamed Zesco board over the collapse of negotiations for the contract of the managing director and asked that Dr Nyirenda be accorded an opportunity to discuss the new terms.
[Times of Zambia]
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Just give him back his position. Bootlicking is one on the terns in the contract which Dr Nyirenda disagreed. Yes in the 1970s we never had these power shortages. He had a vision for the company. Good boy Lifuka tell the chaps at Zesco and MMD to wake up. We need learned people to head such institution. Pity that a learned person becomes a threat to MMD. SENIOR CITIZEN where are you? I want you to vomit on this but use the simplest English please
# 2 read as *bootlicking is one of the terms*
As a human resource person I find this really unprofessional, what is the Human Reource Dept doing? It is a shame!
We had candle light dinner last night…how many here can beat that?
Shame on you Zesco Board.
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Life continues.