Low Paid Civil Servants To Get A Raise

Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development has increased budgetary allocation to the Department of Human Resource Management and Development with K7.7 billion in order to allow lower paid workers in civil service to get better salaries. 

Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe told the National Assembly during the Committee of Supply before the passing of 2016/17 budget that the increment has been made to avert possible strike if workers continue to get little salaries. 

“I did say in the morning that we have a protest from Civil Servants and to avert the negative consequences of that we have agreed that we will give further increase to the vote and so we are asking that we increase that figure by K7.7 billion.” He announced 

Before the increment, Department of Human Resources had budgetary allocation of K21. 738 billion, and now with the increment the Department has received a provision of K29. 504 billion.

“We want to increase the salaries of the lower paid people in the civil service a little bit more. That is the purpose” said Gondwe