Civil servants’ arrears and gratuities don’t reach beneficiaries – Chiyobe

THE Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union (CSAWU) says there is need to formulate a direct payment system to facilitate the disbursement of employees’ arrears and gratuities. And Union president Davy Chiyobe says the top leadership tends to take advantage and sideline actual beneficiaries once funds are released from the central government. In an interview, Chiyobe said it was important to ensure transparency in the payment of salary arrears in the public service. “I think sometime back, maybe two years ago, money was released in one of the provinces and it was shared amongst the top management. That one is very clear and it is indisputable because that was the information that we were told. When we asked our members,…...