NORTHERN Province Acting Permanent Secretary Beauty Undi-Phiri has bemoaned the growing tendency by some civil servants of altering their pay slips to acquire huge loans from lending institutions. Ms Undi-Phiri says the vice is negatively affecting the living standards of civil servants and has left many highly indebted. She disclosed that her office has been […]

NORTHERN Province Acting Permanent Secretary Beauty Undi-Phiri has bemoaned the growing tendency by some civil servants of altering their pay slips to acquire huge loans from lending institutions.

Ms Undi-Phiri says the vice is negatively affecting the living standards of civil servants and has left many highly indebted.

She disclosed that her office has been receiving numerous complaints from the police over the malpractice.

“Some civil servants are even conniving with some officers and those working in internet cafes to engage in this dubious activity, this is sad as it has left many highly indebted,” she said.

Ms Undi-Phiri said this when a team from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) paid a courtesy call on her ahead of the stakeholder’s consultative workshop on the draft Criminal Assets Management Bill held in Kasama district. 

And ACC Director General, Daphne Chabu called on stakeholders not to merely review the provisions of the bill but to consider whether the proposed framework is sufficiently robust, practical and responsive to the realities faced by institutions responsible for asset recovery.