Some civil servants in the Ministry of Health, including medical doctors in key hospitals and health centres, have not been paid their September 2013 salaries, one week after their official payday.
Ministry of Finance spokesperson Nations Msowoya in an interview yesterday attributed the delay to the suspension of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (Ifmis) payment platform which fraudsters used to siphon public funds.
He said civil servants in the Ministry of Health who have not been paid may get their salaries this week.
Msowoya said following the suspension of the Ifmis, government officials responsible for payments have been working manually to prepare the salaries.
The Nation also learnt that some teachers and police officers also received their September 2013 salaries late.
Ministry of Health spokesperson Henry Chimbali said employees in his ministry started receiving salaries on Monday last week, disclosing that some were yet to be paid.
