President Hakainde Hichilema presided over the swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed Permanent Secretaries and senior government officials, urging them to serve with integrity, diligence, and humility in line with their oaths of office.
The officials sworn into office include:
Mr. Alfred Silamba Sakwiya – Permanent Secretary, Management Development Division, Cabinet Office
Mr. Chibelaka Hilton Chibeleka – Permanent Secretary, Special Duties, Cabinet Office
Dr. Max Mudenda Choombe – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries
Mrs. Joma Tambatamba Simuyi – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health
Mrs. Beatrice Penzi Chinyama Chilomo – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Community Development and Social Services
Also sworn in were:
Ms. Stella Chishimba Nyonda – Deputy Auditor General
Mr. George Kanyamula Zulu – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
President Hichilema reminded the appointees of their responsibility to implement government policies effectively and to manage public resources responsibly, always with the interests of the Zambian people at heart.
“It is paramount that they uphold the oaths taken today, executing their duties with diligence, integrity, and humility,” the President said.
He further extended congratulations to the newly appointed officials, expressing confidence in their ability to contribute meaningfully to national development.
As usual. The PS are the victims. Non but them are sacrificed. Will this strategy ever yield much?
The life of Zambians is deteriorating by the day since 2021, no changes any where. Full of excuses from this government ever since they took over,excuses ranging from Ukraine war, to PF, to debt(as if when they were promising they did not assess) to drought and yet their economy started deteriorating even before the drought because of suffocating local contractors with lack of payments when they took over, there by suffocating the economy, who does not know that private sector runs the economy
Usual ceremonial exercises which do not improve the life of me the common man. As a common man, my question is, is there no provision for one to resign when one has failed the way this President has lamentably failed. No malice here. Our living conditions have clearly got worse ever since he took over.
What is the meaning of .”….and senior government officials”
Arent the permanent Secretaries senior government officials?
Binwell Mpundu,MP for Nkana constituency does not know what a bank loan arrangement fee is!Next, we shall hear that he has beaten up the cashier because he did not buy the VAT indicated on his ShopRite receipt.
Binwell and Katotwe Mufyaya really make me laugh
And if we look at the facts that 80 percent of these are Tongas, is it problematic?
It wasnt in the past but this GRZ has certainly making it debatable now
Appointments of vengeance
Are Tongas not Zambians with equality like other tribes?
Enka, they are Zambians with equality. However, it is naive to ignore the tribal favouring that’s openly public. 90 percent of the appoints here are Tonga. If you look at most appointments of HH in senior government positions they are Tonga and Lozi. This is creating a dangerous precedent where another President will be forced to fire them creating further divisions on tribal lines.
Maybe the Tonga are the only ones who have the brains to do the job????
My own Tumbuka tribe will also rule Zambia soon .Ngoja uone tukitawala kwa ufanisi sana .
And that seems to be an unobjective basis to rule. The question should be among the directors in the sector or public service who deserves the position based on ability competence qualufication and merit? All these jibs are so premitive…we are one Zambia one nation
But Jackson surely , are chitenge /mealie bribes , false promises and politics of “go get him” when out of power better performance metrics? Cuz those are the primitive metrics that have been in use since 1964.
How can they be called Permanent Secretaries , when are fired each time the govt changes or the president gets tired of them. should be called temporary secretaries !!!!