Malawi President Arthur Peter Mutharika on Saturday blasted civil servants behavior of demanding salary increment from government saying it is high time they found an alternative means of sourcing money.
Mutharika made his call during the political rally held in Mulanje district.
According to him, the civil servants should learn a spirit of hard work rather than dependence.
“At this time I want to inform the country’s civil servants that time for demanding salary increment is over. You have to source money on your own,” said Muthalika.
“Government has already done its best and now it is your time. What you can do is to make some business rather than saying we need 75 percent or 35 increment,” he added.
However, some quarters have criticized Mutharika’s remarks saying it is unacceptable.
They said “the development will make civil servant to take more time on their business than to their mandated job.”
According to them, this will also be against the aim of the public service reform which Mutharika’s government is advocating.
Mutharika also take his time to educate law makers in the country saying “many of them fail to pronounce some English words.”
He then advised Malawians to stop depending on Maize as the only crop for food but rather they can start eating grasshoppers, mice and cassava which he said are easy to find.
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3 responses to “Mutharika blasts civil servants: stop demanding salary increment, work hard for yourself”
Stupid government…mesa munkat timalandira change???? Nde pano tikufuna salary mukut tikukupemphani?zopusa…..u will see civil service going down with ur naked eyes….odi ngalakwepo ine mxiiiiiiii
It is sad to see these remarks coming from the whole state President. Let us have the same salaries and see if most of these politicians and the President himself would express interest for election. Is it not because of the huge salaries and benefits that all of them either retire from their retirements and other demanding works just to enjoy poor peoples salaries?? Keep putting up the insults 2019 is not far from now…. mutifuna.
CIVIL SERVANTS ARE DEMANDING SALARY INCREASE BECAUSE THE PROCES OF COMMODITIES ARE GOING UP DAILY. MUTHARIKA AND HIS GOVT SHOULD WORK HARD TO REVERSE THIS OR ELSE WE WILL CONTINUE DEMANDING MORE SALARY.
SECONDLY, TAMVA ZOTI TIZIPANGA MA BUSINESS,YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME AT OFFICE. I WILL ONLY BE COMING TO OFFICE ON PAY DAY. MARK MY WORDS!