Wed, 05 Apr 2017 11:04:11 +0000 By ROGERS KALERO MUFULIRA Municipal Council (MMC) is to set bailiffs on residents who owe the local authority money in unpaid land rates so that it can raise money to settle the two-month salary arrears it owes its workers. This was disclosed yesterday by MMC assistant public relations manager Melvin Mukela. But Zambia United Local Authority Workers Union (ZULAWU) general secretary Kingsley Zulu said the two-month salary arrears the council owes its workers was allegedly due to mismanagement by senior council officials. Mr Mukela said the council had failed to pay its workers in the last two months because residents were not paying land rates, hence the council was contemplating setting bailiffs on defaulting residents. He said the council was owed more than K2 million in unpaid land rates by residents in the district which, if recovered, would go a long way to settle the salary arrears […]
