Civil servants bemoan extravagant government spending amid excessive taxes for workers

Civil servants, through their umbrella body, the Apex Council have expressed their dissatisfaction with the government’s extravagant spending while the civil servants are being heavily taxed. The also decried the government’s record of imposing its decisions on people without adequate consultation or resource allocation.

Ladistous Zunde, vice chairperson of the Apex Council said

We have the AIDS Levy, PSMAS subscriptions and the Health Fund already.

They keep adding taxes to that little income without properly consulting and explaining the mechanisms. They say they are consulting you, you tell them to consult widely because the environment is not conducive but the next thing is you find them implementing

He urged the government to implement the same austerity measures that they wanted the citizens to adopt.  The government’s spending does not tally with their public statements where it claims that there is no money.  Said Zunde

Where is the extravaganza and flamboyance that we are seeing in government circles coming from if there is no money? If we say let’s tighten our belts let it be everyone,

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