The Minister made this call in the wake of continued delays in implementation of government Projects which is often caused by inefficiencies and sometimes inimical deliberate actions by some civil servants. The Minister sited an example in which the Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) failed to secure and transmit power from Maamba Collieries in 2015 to 2016 due to retrogressive actions by some civil servants. The country had a power deficit of about 580MW and Maamba Collieries was able to supply 300MW.
“Through independent investigations as Assistant to the President for Projects I discovered that this power was unnecessarily delayed by civil servants and not by politicians.” Explained Mr Mulusa.
Through an intervention within 2 months 260 MW were commissioned way back which couldn’t be evacuated to support economic activities. Government lost huge sums of money as a result of failure by some civil servants to make pragmatic decisions importing power.
The Minister and some callers urged need for a commission of inquiry to ensure that civil servants that caused such delays are brought to book. The Minister went further to explain that his Ministry through the 7th National Development Plan has added pillar 5 which focusses on Good Governance. Through that Pillar government will now be able to crack the whip on erring officers and ensure that they are brought to book. The Minister bemoaned the weak legal systems that currently do not give adequate disciplinary mechanisms.
The system that has been proposed by the Minister shall bring an end to poor performance by the civil servants.
One commentator did say even corruption is done at this level but we always point fingers at the politicians. I am not saying politicians are perfect but these civil servants do even outlive presidents and governments and continue with their corrupt habits. It’s very good that Hon. Mulusa will take up this matter personally and identify these wrong doers and bring them to book.
The problem is 3/4 of civil servants are cadres and professionalism does not exist. Rember these guys where employed by politicians(unip,mmd and now pf). The starting point is cleaning the whole system and hiring people who can manage. How do you expect a cadre to work efficiently and effectively? From the time I can remember board members for Zesco have always been party cadres. Reality is catching up and am happy maybe we are going to change the way we do things.
MULUSA FIRED! Why?
Bcoz….
He has been fired by saying the truth
He does not support corruption hence the boot