UDC proposes 17% salary increase for civil servants

Last year, Government increased salaries for non-unionised officers by three percent after reaching a deadlock with trade unions on salary negotiations at the bargaining council.  Gaolathe, who stood in for the Leader of Opposition, Duma  Boko to respond to the budget Speech delivered by the Finance and Economic Development minister, Kenneth Matambo, chose to point less to the inadequacies of the Government’s budget and underlying policies than focus on ideas that can lift the nation above the ensuing disaster of unemployment, inequality and poverty.

He said the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) Government would increase recurrent budget based on the proposal to adjust public servants’ salaries by 17% with immediate effect to create a highly productive and incentivised workforce.  “Salary increases in the ensuing years would decline, and plans put in place to set a transparent manner for adjusting salaries based on inflation, performance and exceptional skill,” he said.