Dear Editor,I WAS rather surprised to hear His Excellency President Hakainde Hichilema state that no sitting allowances, as was done in the past, will be paid to both Ministers and Permanent Secretaries when they hold a workshop in Lusaka next week.Sitting allowances were abolished in 2012.I expected a quick rebuttal or clarification from Cabinet Office.It has not.Renumerative allowances that include sitting allowances were abolished in 2012/13 when Government implemented the 2010 Public Pay Policy. This Policy revised conditions of service and payment of allowances to government officials. It abolished almost all renumerative allowances such as sitting, overtime, lunch, bonuses allowances and consolidated them into a salary.Sitting allowances were abolished.However, Government retained only duty-facilitating allowances. Government still pays duty-facilitating allowances for those officers working outside station, outside town or outside the country.Government introduced Daily-Subsistence Allowances for officers and officials traveling outside town.Even in this case, sitting allowances were abolished as government pays for accommodation and food, and a small […]
SITTING ALLOWANCES WERE ABOLISHED IN 2012
