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(LUSAKATIMES) Sata orders Shamenda to immediately revise minimum wage

Sata orders Shamenda to immediately revise minimum wage
TIME PUBLISHED - Friday, September 30, 2011, 2:38 pm

President Michael Sata has ordered for the revision of the current minimum wage which stands at K 419 000. Mr Sata says the current minimum wage is unacceptable and shameful. He has ordered Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda to immediately revise it.

And President Sata is disappointed that 15 billion kwacha is owed to civil servants in unpaid gratuity. He is further saddened that over 8 billion kwacha is owed to the Ministry of justice.

He says a commission of inquiry will soon be appointed to investigate the payments of gratuity including the payment of over 500 million kwacha gratuity to an individual sitting at the National Constitutional Conference.

He says a commission of inquiry will soon be appointed to investigate the payments of gratuity including the payment of over 500 million kwacha gratuity to an individual sitting at the National Constitutional Conference.

Meanwhile, President Michael Sata has withdrawn the nomination of Willie Nsanda and Samuel Mukupa as Members of Parliament.

The two were on Thursday nominated and appointed Minister and Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Transport, Works, Supply and Communications.

The President says he has withdrawn the nominations of the two because he had over nominated by two people.

President Sata says instead of nominating eight people to parliament, he nominated 10.

ZNBC

Labels: MICHAEL SATA, MINIMUM WAGE

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