Information and Broadcasting, labour deputy minister Rayford Mbulu has alleged that human resources officers are among the most corrupt in the country because they ask for bribes before engaging people.
Meanwhile, Mr Mbulu has appealed to the Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) not frustrate Chibuluma Mine plans offer its mine hospital to the Government.
Mr Mbulu said he had received information about some human resource officers charging over K500, 000 for people to be considered for a possible job engagement.
“This sad development and is affecting the even distribution of quality jobs because some officers are corrupt,” Mr Mbulu said.
Mr Mbulu said at the stakeholders meeting yesterday in Kalulushi which looked at challenges the district was facing regarding development.
Some of the stakeholders that attended the meeting included the church, water and power utility companies, mining companies, political parties, youths and all heads of government departments.
Kalulushi Town Clerk Eddie Mumba, district commissioner Joyce Nsamba, District Board Secretary Misozi Mwenya also attended the meeting.
Mr Mbulu however appealed MUZ to allow Chibuluma Mine to hand over the hospital to the Government because there was a critical need health services in the district.
“I don’t buy the MUZ argument that giving the hospital to government will compromise standards when their employer (Chibuluma Mine) has indicated in its offer letter to the Government that a special wing will be reserved for miners,” Mr Mbulu said.
He said it was prudent that the hospital which has a 100 bed capacity serviced a big number unlike catering for low admissions.
Mr Mbulu said currently the hospital had 11 admissions and yet there were some patients yearning for medical services.
He said there was need for MUZ to accept the offer because one day the miners would no longer be miners and would need the services.
Kalulushi Mayor Howard Simpemba said the local authority had engaged developers that had encroached on illegal land to correct the situation and they had responded.
Mr Simpemba, however, said bringing sanity in the community should start with individuals at household level unlike doing the wrong things and expect the authority to correct later.
“It is actually cost to the community and government to correct wrong things because, instead of channeling resources to new projects, we are forced to go back to repair the wrongs,” Mr Simpemba said.
He said, for instance, the community complained lack of water supply and collapsed sewer system forgetting that they had illegally built on the installations.
Mr Simpemba said some household had extended their yards on the drainage patterns which affects the life span of the roads.
so so so true
What do you expect when Jobs are on high demand & very few are available?? It all comes down to whose got the $ and less about qualifications..
Mr Minister go read economics 101
Its the basis and foundation of economics and its called “scarcity” its on demand and its got value. People will therefore pay.
Solution : eliminate the scarcity…. create more jobs and you kill sacristy.
I will send my consulting fee invoice…. surely Mr Economic Consultant Bob Sichinga would have told you that in cabinet meeting.
I was born in Chibuluma Mine Hospital, miners then pain K8.00 fee for the whole family to be treated there if need be. Its a pity to learn that the hospital has gone to the dogs! Gone are the days when the hospital was the pride of Kalulushi. Its a pity that anything left in the hands of ” chifita’s” turns to rubbish, just take a look at my former primary school Alexander McNeil Primary the moment we saw the last expatriate teacherr leave and the last indian dissapear the school lost its glory and changed its name to Chavuma, they broke all the windows, doors, and turned the school into a sh!thole
Ooops correction……………….born AT chibuluma….
miners PAID ….
If you know that they are corrupt, why can’t you have them arrested?
Gud one there! It makes no sense for a deputy minister to be just ranting around…! Any ***** can do that! But a deputy minister needs to assure the nation that he’s such and such measures in place to curb the trend!
..Find Josi’s latest song titled EXPERIENCE. he brought out this Human Resource issue very well. Just love the song.
Hon. Deputy Minister, that is why PSMD human resources department MUST be overhauled!
What next mr Deputy Minister??? Or are u telling us that u’re so incompetent and powerless that all u can do is to rant about it like any whistleblowing headless journalist would???
kapokomania..hahahahah..they are too corrupt for real..