Employees of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) yesterday called off their strike following government’s commitment to raise their pay by nine percent.
However, the employees have said this is not the end of their engagement with government on the issue because nine percent is on the lower side compared to the 70 percent raise they demanded.
ACB senior public relations officer Egritta Ndala confirmed the development, saying: “We have just agreed that we should accept the nine percent raise. After all, the financial year is coming to an end [on June 30]. However, we shall continue engaging government on the increase of salaries. The problem was that government was not delivering on their promise that is why we downed tools.”
According Ndala, the strike resurfaced after it was called off in January this year following government’s commitment to have the issues resolved never materialised.
ACB staff terms and conditions of service stipulate that employees’ salaries are supposed to be raised every time there is an increment in the civil service.
It further says that the salaries would also be adjusted in the event of the devaluation of the kwacha in order to maintain their (salaries) value.