Eastern Province Assistant Secretary (AS), Clement Chilembo, has advised civil servants to desist from engaging in partisan politics.
Mr Chilembo told civil servants who want to join partisan politics to first resign from the civil service.
ZANIS reports that Mr Chilembo said this when he held an orientation meeting on the civil service terms and conditions with Heads of Government Departments in Mambwe district.
He said while civil servants were individuals and independent, they were expected to work with the government of the day.
“You are a political being by nature of being a human being, but the politics of you and me should be in the heart,” he said.
Mr Chilembo added that civil servants are there to work with every government that is formed.
“There are people who have worked in all the Republics. I was in the UNIP government myself. I also worked under MMD, PF and now UPND. If I did not know what is expected of me as a civil servant, I wouldn’t be here today,” he said.
Mr Chilembo also urged civil servants to use social media wisely and refrain from passing comments anyhow.
“We have social media today. You colleagues, especially the young ones, have self-restraint in the way you use social media,” he said.
