ZAMTEL has put in place adequate measures to ensure a smooth transmission of elections results in the light of the on-going strike by union workers.
Zamtel public relations manager, Charles Kachikoti said in an interview in Ndola yesterday that area managers and other essential workers in the 64 districts had been detailed to ensure that there was no disruption on the wide area network.
Mr Kachikoti said that the firm had taken adequate measures to ensure that there was no sabotage as it transmitted the election results electronically from various districts to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) in Lusaka.
“During the election time, we’ll ensure that the ECZ operations are not jeopardised. Area managers and specific members of staff will be on the ground in the 64 districts to ensure that electronically, we transmit the documents to ECZ without any form of sabotage,” he said.
He said the talks on salaries and improved conditions of service fell through between Zamtel management and the National Union of Communication Workers (NUCW) on Tuesday evening. Zamtel was under ‘great pressure’ in terms of finances and could not at the moment meet demands to increase salaries and improve conditions of service.
Zamtel management, he said, had suggested that improvement of salaries and conditions of service should be tied to performance.
“Management is in total agreement on the need to improve salaries and conditions of service. Management is particularly sensitive to the needs of workers. The difficulty though is that the company is not performing well,” Mr Kachikoti said.
He said the board had mandated management to meet the union on Tuesday to seek the way forward, but the talks failed.
Management could only improve salaries and conditions of service if more revenue was generated, thus it had undertaken to eliminate problems such as loss making.
And Mr Kachikoti said management was still compiling information to quantify the losses incurred during the strike, which started last week on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, workers in Ndola yesterday resolved to continue with the strike after a meeting with union officials at Zamtel workshop on Arusha street.
NUCW general secretary Clement Kasonde said workers meeting resolved to continue with the work stoppage due to the inconclusive negotiations between management and the union.
Mr Kasonde said management was allegedly delaying the conclusion of the negotiations because they decided to consult the board.
Zamtel acting managing director Mukela Muyunda has meanwhile refuted reports that he got a K500 million loan from the company.
Mr Muyunda said in a separate interview that he had not obtained any loan or sales advance from the company and described the allegation as malicious and designed to divert attention from real issues.
The acting managing director, who was flanked by acting finance director Basilio Musonda, said he would rather workers addressed the real issues affecting the telecommunication firm.
[Times of Zambia]
Ba Zamtel…..strike??!
beter not or they all risk being fired!!
Politicians need to stop treating Zamtel like its a baby every time.This company is a flop.No matter how much the Govt has tried to protect this company from private competition, it all adds up to Zero.
ABASH CASUALISATION
All these Sata rallies shown are in the cities. Wait for the main voters in the villages. Hold your fires everyone till the actual results else you are going to faint. Sata’s followers in the pictures posted on Lt are just there ‘ukupweneka’ and laugh at Sata. Can’t you see. FRAIDAY, FRAIDAY , FRIDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IF SATA WINS I WILL NEVER GO TO ZAMBIA.
ABASH CASUALISATION THESE BROBLEMS WILL END
why are there very few queues this time yet the rallies were crowd pullers? could this be the begining of the loss of confidence in the electral process? Any way let the Zambians decide who rules them for this 3 years.
I hope the technicians are working. otherwise VJ and his team will manipulate all the electronic results, play with the faxes. Sata you make sure to tail VJ with your best. In the mean while all we can do is wait. Those of you who are able to vote please dont disappoint us this time its Mwamukoloooooo!!!! Pabwatoooooooooo!!!!!!
By the way, can someone confirm what the turn out at the polling stations is like?…..all those PF cadres are probably still in bed drunk from last night!!!!! VIVA HH
LELO LELO LELO LELO LELO LELO LELO LELO
FINALLY OUR TIME TO BE VINDICATED HAS COME!!!!
OUT WITH BANA NJOVU AND ALL THE STAFF AT THE ZAMBIAN EMBASSY IN RUSSIA ALL YOU PARTY CARDERS WILL BE NO MORE NI PA BWATO FYE!!!
TWANAKA NAIMWE PA POMPWE!!!!
LELO LELO LELO LELO LELO LELO LELO LELO
Madam# 5 Is it Sata or you cant just go to Zambia because of your immigration status?
whether paBwato or Pa Nkoloko, both are recycled leaders and very soon bakala blower with fumes. Zambia yesu bose, best wishes to the new President from next month. Hope the new Bally will turn things around Zamtel
In senanga central the turn out is not bad. My brother in Kalabo central told me that there as at 13:00hrs the turn out was still low. I will update the LT surfers around 16:00hrs
Hey guys we only have slightly over five hundred voters in Lusaka province and that includes Luangwa and Kafue and i guess all rallies yesterday combined where more than a million so over half of the people at rallies are not voters.
Its called CALM:
C- Competitive advantage
A- Asset utilisation
L- Leadership and
M- Markets Addressed.
One, two, three or all of the above is/are missing that’s why the company is underperforming. Most likely Markets addressed and asset utilisation. The last time i was in Zambia most people had done away with land lines from which i suspect 80% of zamtel’s revenue came from. Why not utilise your assets and increase your relative market share in mobile communication? A sizeable number of pipo in Zed can afford internet broad band. Choice is yours Zamtel.
#15 you are right
#5 you are mad,sata is wining and its good your not coming back coz that minimizes hiv sick women in zambia, 1 love.
Put zamtel on private hands as its with ZRA.Zesco & zamtel is where politician can get cash.Have u heard the saga on fertiliser villagers & farmers are told to go & buy in RB shop at K50000 all stores is at K220000.Politics of povert wait zamtel workers for joy by monday.
#5,mr president,wrong comment on a wrong topic.bufontini.wake up.ha ha ha ha ha! nakuseka mwandi,i wish waumfwako,kuti walila.
and dont tell me u havent heard that PF has won!
VIVA PF! VIVA SATA
Thank you Zambians from Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern, Northwestern, The Southern and Western Provinces for voting wisely. Together, Yes we have done it. The end.
Special thanks to all LT bloggers especially those who did not insult anyone. PF cadres, it was great noting how focussed you were: the ‘pabwato’ thingy by you was constant and it normally made my fellow HH supporters lose hope time-and-again until I would boost HH supporters morale. MMD cadres,it was a good run with you too. HP, sorry but try again to put up a good support. As for my fellow the UPND’s HH support base, it was great meeting you and participating in a noble cause to develop Zambia together.
#15 GOOD COMMENT.I HOPE ZAMTEL CAB BE RE-ORGANISED.TWATENDWA!!
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Ba No 5. “if Sata wins I will never come to Zambia.” You are not even a voter who needs you in Zambia. Just stay where you are. We will fight our own battles. If you are really Patriotic you would have come to Zed to Vote like other people I know.
Well Spoken No 20. You are a true mature blogger
There is pontential in ZAMTEL government cant just see. Make it commercial and offer shares.
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