Sun, 01 Jan 2017 08:36:22 +0000 By Oscar Malipenga THERE is too much corruption in the civil service, Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Nkole Chishimba has charged. Commenting on the 2017 national budget during an end of year press briefing, Mr Chishimba said corruption should be vigorously fought. He said ZCTU was pleased to note that the 2017 national budget presentation in Parliament also addressed the willingness by Government to address the fight against corruption. Mr Chishimba made an observation that there had been too much corruption in the system which in the past had negatively affecting the implementation of national budget. Mr Chishimba urged the Government that during the 2017 national budget, corruption should be fought with vigour. Meanwhile, Mr Chishimba said the Congress would work with Government to ensure that the targeted 100,000 decent jobs were realised so that unemployed citizens were absorbed into the productive sectors of the economy. […]
