Dear Editor,WHILE we rarely comment on misguided statements by UPND President Hakainde Hichilema as they are devoid of reality, his recent assertions regarding increasing the salaries for civil servants cannot go without comment.In the wake of debt swap, Mr Hichilema promised to immediately effect over 25 percent salary increment for public sector workers without explaining the methodology for that miracle money.Firstly, Mr Hichilema is among political leaders who stood on the podium with a promise to reduce public expenditure by trimming financial resources spent on emoluments. He has also promised to reduce the tax burden for persons who are in gainful employment.A simple arithmetic test is that under the Hichilema-led government, there could be reduced prospects of revenue growth for the treasury as it will be bent at subsidising nearly all sectors of the economy.Therefore his pronouncements of increasing the salaries is not consistent with reducing public expenditure.It should also be noted that the governance […]
UPND-PROMISED MIRACLE MONEY FOR CIVIL SERVANTS NOT TENABLE
