Nakonde village headmen demand salaries

Nakonde village headmen demand salaries

Nakonde, June 12, 2013, ZANIS…  Village headmen in Nakonde district of
Muchinga Province have appealed to the government to consider putting them on the payroll.

The village headmen are demanding to be paid salaries through the Ministry of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs for the community work they do in their respective chiefdoms.

The demand for salaries is contained in a letter submitted to chieftainess Nawaitwika of the Namwanga people of Nakonde.

The letter of appeal was given to chieftainess Nawaitwika during a meeting she held to sensitize her subjects  on early marriages at Chilolwa health centre grounds yesterday.

Traditional leaders said they do a lot of work in the communities especially when it comes to handling issues of people’s welfare in the area.

They added that it is for this reason that they were asking government
through the Ministry of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs to start
considering them in terms of payments.

They explained that village headpersons in other countries like Malawi
were on government salary.

Reacting to the letter, Chieftainess Nawaitwika said she had no powers over
such matters.

Chieftainess Nawaitwika however said that she would hand over the letter to
Nakonde district Ministry of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs officer Elijah Miyemba for
further action.