A Member of Parliament (MP) of Mbeya urban Joseph
Mbilinyi alias ‘Sugu’ has expressed his disappointment over the way the government
is treating retired prison staff officers in the country saying that the
ex-workers are suffering as they have
been left stranded at staff quarters
without pay upon their retirement. Citing the example of the retired prison
officers at Mbeya prison where he was recently sent to serve his five month jail
sentence in February this year, the legislator that, the retired staff
lives in abject poverty as though they were not serving for the government.
Joseph
Mbilinyi alias ‘Sugu’
He expressed his views early this week in parliament when clarifying a point as he was directing his
supplementary question to the ministry of Finance with a view to know
plans by the government to help them rather
than paying good attention to policemen who knows to harass people and plant
cases to innocent civilians. Responding to this question the deputy minister
for Finance and Economic planning Dr. Ashatu Kijaji revealed that, most retired
staff in the country are not yet paid on
time simply because the government was busy paying its accumulated debts. The
deputy minister also accounted for another reason and noted that is due to
plans by the government of amalgamating its social scheme funds which comes
into effect in July this year an aspect that their terminal benefits has
delayed.
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