Appointments of cadres worry CCZ

Appointments of cadres worry CCZ
By Kombe Chimpinde
Tue 06 Mar. 2012, 11:59 CAT

THE Council of Churches in Zambia has described as retrogressive and discriminatory the appointment of cadres to senior civil service positions.

Releasing the Council's Pastoral Letter on the state of the nation, council president Reverend Moses Mwale said one of the demands of Zambians to the government was to see a professional civil service that was capable of guiding and running government structures professionally.

Rev Mwale said instead of the government cleaning up and getting rid of political cadres from the civil service, more and more were being added.

"Prominent PF cadres, some of whom lost elections in the just-ended election have been appointed into senior civil service positions as controlling officers, district commissioners and into professional positions in the foreign service and parastatals," he said.

Rev Mwale said that the civil service must be left to non-partisan workers in order for the government structures to run professionally and effectively.

"As church leaders, we find this retrogressive and discriminatory to many qualified Zambians seeking for appointments in the civil service that are neither relations of the senior government officials or PF cadres," he said.

He said the church also found the development was totally against the
foundations of the nation under the motto of ‘One Zambia, One nation'.

And Rev Mwale said that the church was concerned about the shuffling of ministries, hiring and firing of top civil servants.

"We have also noted that government has been hiring and firing top civil servants in their attempt to position capable people within the civil service," he said.

Rev Mwale said the continued hiring and later firing of government officials was making the government look disorganised.

"We have not received official an official position from government on most of the reports that have been presented," said Rev Mwale.