Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:04:08 +0000 By Ronald Lwamba I joined the Department of Water Affairs in 1974 as a Water Engineer, after completing my civil engi-neering degree from the University of Zambia in 1974. The Chairman of the Public Service Commis-sion summoned me to his office, Mr Ariel Phiri if I remember his name correctly. I was filled with trep-idation but I need not have worried. He congratulated me for being the first Zambian Water Engineer in the department and that he had even informed his Excellency the President about my appointment. I felt flattered. However my stay in the civil service was to be short lived and I resigned even though I had been promoted to Provincial Water Engineer, Copperbelt Province, after only nine months. This decision has haunted me to this day but it should be viewed in the context that salaries in the civil service in those days were very […]
