APPOINTMENT OF DCS BY THE PRESIDENT CONTRADICTS KEY UPND MANIFESTO 2021-2026 COMMITMENTS ON PUBLIC SERVICEDear Editor, ON page 17 of UPND summary manifesto 2021- 2026, concerning the subject of public service, Zambians were promised that if voted into power, UPND in government was going to ensure that there was dedicated and professional public service that should provide a more enabling environment for socio-economic development in the country. In this regard, UPND committed itself to ensure that if elected into government, it would reform the public service by undertaking two key measures on appointments as follows: First, to depoliticise the public service and improve leadership and managerial skills as well as the mindset to ensure optimal public service system. But alas, President Hakainde Hichilema has appointed UPND cadres as DCs, exactly in the same manner PF and MMD did. The expectation of the public on this commitment was that the Public Service Commission would have been […]
APPOINTMENT OF DCS BY THE PRESIDENT CONTRADICTS KEY UPND MANIFESTO 2021-2026 COMMITMENTS ON PUBLIC SERVICE
