Qualified and skilled workers are shunning Kabompo district council in Northwestern Province because it is
the only council in the region which is offering lowest salaries and wages to workers.
Kabompo District Council Director of Works, Chisenga Changwe made the observation when he made a submission on the council, on behalf of Council Secretary Lizzy Makayi to the Salaries Review Commission which sat in Kabompo last Friday and was Chaired by Professor Muyunda Mwanalushi.
Mr Changwe said that the Kabompo district council was not only unable to retain qualified and skilled personnel but also unable to pay salaries and wages to its workers because of poor financial muscles.
He said that the council owed institutions and individuals over K 685.6 million in salaries and wage arrears and for other services rendered to the council.
Mr Changwe further said that unless salaries and wages for workers in the district councils were standardized according to the categories of councils in Zambia, some councils with poor resources like Kabompo would continue paying lowest salaries and wages which will cause workers to desert the council for greener pasture.
He lamented that for several years the posts of Deputy Council Secretary and Deputy Treasurer have remained vacant.
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