Health workers in hefty pay rise

By ALEX NJOVUGOVERNMENT has awarded health workers salary increments ranging between 18 and 75 percent. Health Workers Union of Zambia (HWUZ) general secretary Lewis Mukosha confirmed the development in an interview from Siavonga yesterday.
“There can be no salary increment than what the Patriotic Front Government has given us. The lowest worker will be getting K 1.5 million while the highest will be receiving K 7 million. We have been given additional money of between K 854, 000 and K 1.8 million on top of what we were getting,” he said.
Mr Mukosha said HWUZ is happy with the salary increment that Government has awarded its members.
“We are very happy with Government’s commitment to motivating and improving working conditions of health workers. We are excited, this is very good.
“I am short of words to describe how I am feeling right now. We have also been given 10 percent of the basic salary as transport allowance and 20 percent of basic pay as housing allowance,” Mr Mukosha said.
He appealed to health workers to continue working hard.
Mr Mukosha said HWUZ will continue working with Government to develop the health sector in the country.
He commended Government for its commitment to developing the health sector.
On Wednesday, Government awarded civil servants in the agricultural sector a 15 percent salary increment.

Kitwe rehab centre for abused women, children to be built

March 29, 2012

By ALEX NJOVU

REAL Life Matters Zambia (RLMZ), an international organisation that looks into the plight of abused women and children in various communities, will soon construct a rehabilitation centre in Kitwe for vulnerable women and children at a cost of over K100 million.
RLMZ chief executive officer Tina Banda said the organisation is committed to empowering vulnerable women and children in various communities with income generating projects.
Ms Banda said RLMZ has since elected a new board led by Kitwe businessman Fred Simwinga, which will spearhead the construction of the centre.
“We want to build a rehabilitation centre for abused women and children. We are concerned that some men have continued harassing, beating, raping, defiling and killing innocent children. It is sad that two children in Chipata were recently petrol-bombed by their own father who was supposed to provide a shelter for them but he decided to kill them,” she said.
Ms Banda said RLMZ is currently working with various stakeholders including the Kitwe City Council in a bid to find a piece of land where the centre for abused women and children will be constructed.
She said the centre is expected to accommodate more than 50 vulnerable women and children.
Ms Banda said her organisation has over 18,000 members worldwide, who will contribute funds for the construction of the centre.
“We are calling on women not to withdraw cases of sexual abuse against them. We want men who treat women as sexual objects to go to jail so that our societies can be better places for children and future generations. We are happy that Government and other stakeholders are actively involved in fighting gender-based violence,” she said.
Ms Banda said RLMZ has already adopted a woman and her three children in Kitwe’s Chamboli township whom it is sponsoring after she was abandoned by her husband when she tested positive to HIV and AIDS.

Kitwe rehab centre for abused women, children to be built

By ALEX NJOVU
REAL Life Matters Zambia (RLMZ), an international organisation that looks into the plight of abused women and children in various communities, will soon construct a rehabilitation centre in Kitwe for vulnerable women and children at a cost of over K100 million.
RLMZ chief executive officer Tina Banda said the organisation is committed to empowering vulnerable women and children in various communities with income generating projects.
Ms Banda said RLMZ has since elected a new board led by Kitwe businessman Fred Simwinga, which will spearhead the construction of the centre.
“We want to build a rehabilitation centre for abused women and children. We are concerned that some men have continued harassing, beating, raping, defiling and killing innocent children. It is sad that two children in Chipata were recently petrol-bombed by their own father who was supposed to provide a shelter for them but he decided to kill them,” she said.
Ms Banda said RLMZ is currently working with various stakeholders including the Kitwe City Council in a bid to find a piece of land where the centre for abused women and children will be constructed.
She said the centre is expected to accommodate more than 50 vulnerable women and children.
Ms Banda said her organisation has over 18,000 members worldwide, who will contribute funds for the construction of the centre.
“We are calling on women not to withdraw cases of sexual abuse against them. We want men who treat women as sexual objects to go to jail so that our societies can be better places for children and future generations. We are happy that Government and other stakeholders are actively involved in fighting gender-based violence,” she said.
Ms Banda said RLMZ has already adopted a woman and her three children in Kitwe’s Chamboli township whom it is sponsoring after she was abandoned by her husband when she tested positive to HIV and AIDS.