ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024…..
I AM DELIGHTED TO HOST YOU TODAY AS WE UPDATE THE NATION ON THE PROGRESS THE COMMISSION HAS MADE REGARDING THE RECRUITMENT OF THE CHOLERA VOLUNTEERS.
TODAY, I WISH TO ANNOUNCE THE THIRD PHASE OF THE RECRUITMENT OF CHOLERA VOLUNTEERS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
IN THE WAKE OF THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK TOWARDS THE END OF 2023, HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND NON-PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERED TO HELP CURB THE PANDEMIC ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS.
THE RECORD INDICATES THAT 1,687 CITIZENS VOLUNTEERED AS GENERAL WORKERS WHEREAS, 1,407
VOLUNTEERED AS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS TO 3,094.
THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, MR. HAKAINDE HICHILEMA WAS MOVED BY THE GESTURE AND LEVEL OF PATRIOTISM EXHIBITED AT THE TIME AND THEREBY DIRECTED THAT ALL THOSE WHO VOLUNTEERED BE EMPLOYED AS SPACES ALLOW THROUGH NATURAL ATTRITION.
THE COMMISSION, WORKING WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH EMBARKED ON A PHASED APPROACH TO EXECUTE THE PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
YOU WILL RECALL THAT IN THE FIRST PHASE, THE COMMISSION ANNOUNCED THE RECRUITMENT OF 314 HEALTH WORKERS. IN THE SECOND PHASE, 303 HEALTH WORKERS AND 304 GENERAL WORKERS WERE APPOINTED INTO PUBLIC SERVICE COUNTRYWIDE.
TODAY, I AM DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE THIRD PHASE OF THE CHOLERA VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT EXERCISE WHICH WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 329 VOLUTEERS BEING EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. THIS IS BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS: 209 GENERAL WORKERS AND 120 PROFESSIONAL HEALTH WORKERS.
CUMULATIVELY, THIS DEVELOPMENT BRINGS THE NUMBER OF CHOLERA VOLUNTEERS EMPLOYED INTO THE PUBLIC SERVICE SO FAR TO 1,250.
FURTHER, YOU MAY WISH TO NOTE THAT, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE SLOW PACE AT WHICH SPACES WERE OPENING UP FOR GENERAL WORKERS, GOVERNMENT, THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HAS PROVIDED AN ADDITION OF 1088 JOBS TO THE VOLUNTEERS ON CONTRACT BASIS. THIS RAISES THE TOTAL TO 2338 VOLUTEERS TAKEN ON.
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS,
IT IS REGRETTABLE THAT THIS PHASE HAS TAKEN SLIGHTLY LONGER. THIS IS DUE TO SEVERAL FACTORS. AS HAS BEEN EXPLAINED MANY TIMES BEFORE, THE RECRUITMENT OF CHOLERA VOLUNTEERS IS PREMISED ON VACANCIES ARISING FROM NATURAL ATTRITION. THESE ARE OCCURRENCES THAT HAPPEN DUE TO HUMAN RESOURCE MOVEMENT SUCH AS RETIREMENTS, PROMOTIONS, TRANSFERS, DEMISES, RESIGNATIONS AND SEPARATIONS, AMONG OTHERS. MOST OF THESE FACTORS CANNOT BE EXPEDITED OR PREDITERMINED HENCE THE REFERENCE TO THEM BEING THAT OF NATURAL ATTRITION.
AFTER THIS RECRUITMENT, A TOTAL OF 670 PROFESSIONAL HEALTH WORKERS AND 85 GENERAL WORKERS WILL REMAIN OUTSTANDING. THE COMMISSION ANTICIPATES THAT THESE WILL BE ABSORBED INTO THE CIVIL SERVICE THROUGH THE TREASURY AUTHORITY FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF 4,000 HEALTH WORKERS BY THE CLOSE OF 2024.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REMAINS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT ALL THE CHOLERA VOLUNTEERS ARE ABSORBED INTO THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THEIR GALLANT DEMONSTRATION OF PATRIOTISM AND LOVE FOR HUMANITY BY SACRIFICING TO COMBAT CHOLERA, A MATTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH WHILE RISKING THEIR OWN LIVES.
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS,
HAVING CONCLUDED THE THIRD PHASE OF THE CHOLERA VOLUNTEERS’ RECRUITMENT EXERCISE, I WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT NAMES OF THE 209 GENERAL WORKERS AND THE 120 PROFESSIONAL HEALTH WORKERS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE PRESS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH , 2024.
THEREFORE, THOSE APPEARING ON THE LIST SHOULD COLLECT THEIR APPOINTMENT LETTERS AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGEMENT DIVISION (PSMD) OFFICES IN LUSAKA STARTING ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2024 FROM 09:00HRS AND MUST PRESENT THEIR NATIONAL REGISTRATION CARDS (NRCS) FOR EASE OF IDENTIFICATION.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
IN CONCLUSION, I WISH TO THANK, THROUGH YOU THE MEDIA, THE CHOLERA VOLUNTEERS FOR YOUR PATIENCE.THE PROGRESS MADE IN THIS EXERCISE THUS FAR IS A DEMONSTRATION OF GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT TO JOB CREATION.
I THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
SPEECH BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, DR. CHOOLWE BEYANI, AT A PRESS BRIEFING ON THE RECRUITMENT OF CHOLERA VOLUNTEERS HELD IN THE COMMISSION BOARDROOM
– CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
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