Zambian contractors and suppliers have gone for over three months without getting paid. The country is undergoing financial problems and has been able to pay suppliers half of what they owe them whilst some contractors have received half of their money with others getting none at all.
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| Zambian railways |
The government
decided to divert $40 million out of the $120 million Eurobond money
that was allocated to the recapitalization of Zambia Railways forcing the opposition party to
demand the immediate payment of the money.
The UPND leader said his party was saddened that government neglected
former workers retired after the termination of the Railway Systems of
Zambia (RSZ) concession who required only $5.1m (K30,000,000) but chose
to pay a different workers’ category. He said President Michael Sata and
the PF government were Hypocrites.
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| one of Zambian trains. |
Meanwhile Zambian Railways Managing Director Muyenga Atanga fired three
senior workers and placed Director of Finance on appraisal with a view
to fire him for suspected leaking information to the Zambian Watchdog
about his continued abuse of resources in the company.
The same thing has been happening with Zambia's neighbours (Zimbabwe) as they have failed to pay their workers their due.
Several National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)
employees have in the past slept at the main railway station in
protest over non-payment of salaries, with officials saying they had no
financial solutions.
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