Sat, 14 Oct 2017 13:13:43 +0000 By Rogers Kalero MEMBERS of the United Mine workers Union Zambia (UMUZ) have accused the union leadership of running down the union through dictatorial tendencies. They charged that the leadership had become dictatorial by suspending Vice-president Ananiahs Sabiti, who was perceived to be a threat to union President Wisdom Ngwira. But when contacted, Union General Secretary Yosam Nyirongo refused to comment on the matter because it was before the disciplinary committee. The UMUZ members, who spoke on grounds of anonymity for fear of being victimised by Mr Ngwira and Mr Nyirongo, told the Daily Nation that the two union leaders had financially crippled the union. They said the two had now resorted to suspending whoever was speaking against their selfish style of leadership. The union members said Mr Sabiti was suspended without any proper charge on the day of nomination. He was suspended when he was about to file […]
