28/07/2022
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, MR PETER MUMBA ON THE RECRUITMENT OF 11, 276 HEALTH WORKERS
THURSDAY, 28TH JULY, 2022 AT 15:30 HOURS
PLEASE ALLOW ME TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO THIS SPECIAL EVENT. TODAY WE HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE RECRUITMENT OF THE 11, 276 HEALTH WORKERS COUNTRYWIDE. I WISH TO STATE FROM THE ONSET THAT THE FOCUS OF THIS RECRUITMENT, HONOURABLE MINISTER, WAS TO CARRY OUT THE PRONOUNCEMENT AND PROMISE MADE BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE NATION. THIS INITIATIVE AND PROCESS IS PREMISED ON GOVERNMENT’S ASPIRATIONS TO PROMOTE THE DELIVERY OF QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THIS RECRUITMENT EXERCISE AS A SYMBOL OF HOPE FOR THE NATION. IT WAS A WORD BY THE PRESIDENT AND NOW IT HAS BEEN ACTUALIZED. THIS PROCESS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DEMONSTRATES THE FOCUS AND SINCERITY OF THE NEW DAWN GOVERNMENT.
DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
THIS EXERCISE WAS DECENTRALISED DOWN TO THE DISTRICTS AND WAS HIGHLY PARTICIPATORY. IT WAS CARRIED OUT ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE COMMISSIONS ACT OF 2016. ALLOW ME TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE KEY PROCESSES THAT WERE UNDERTAKEN IN THIS RECRUITMENT EXERCISE.
1. A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER TECHNICAL WORKING COMMITTEE COMPRISING OFFICERS FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGEMENT DIVISION, MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND NATIONAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, WAS ESTABLISHED TO MANAGE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND COMMUNICATION;
2. THE DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS UNDERTAKEN BY MINISTRY OF HEALTH REVEALED THE STAFFING NEEDS AT EACH FACILITY AND WAS USED AS THE BASIS FOR VACANCY CREATION;
3. SWEARING IN AND ORIENTATION OF DISTRICT AND PROVINCIAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES PREPARED THEM FOR THE SELECTION AND VALIDATION OF HEALTH WORKERS WITH THE INVOVLEMENT OF ANTI CORRUPTION COMMISSION, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT-SPECIAL DIVISION AND DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS TO ENSURE AN EFFICIENT AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH WORKER RECRUITMENT PROCESS. IT ALSO OBLIGATED COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO UPHOLD CONFIDENTIALITY;
4. THE RECRUITMENT COMMENCED WITH RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS AT DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICES AND COPIES WERE ALSO SUBMITTED TO DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS, A PROCESS THAT ALLOWED FOR TRANSPARENCY AND IMPARTIALITY.
5. OFFICERS FROM THE SECURITY WINGS WERE PART OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEES AT DISTRICT AND PROVINCIAL LEVELS. THIS ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY AND CREDIBILITY OF THE PROCESS.
THE NATIONAL CONSOLIDATION PROCESS WAS FACED WITH SOME CHALLENGES WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE SHIFTING OF THE TIMELINES, LEADING TO DELAYS IN ANNOUNCING THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES.
1. THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF APPLICANTS UNDOUBTEDLY HAD A HUGE BEARING ON THE SPEED OF PROCESSING. A GOOD JOB HAD TO BE DONE.
2. THE RECRUITMENT OF HEALTH WORKERS IS VERY UNIQUE. IT COMES WITH SO MANY VARIATIONS OF THE CARDERS IN EACH AND EVERY PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY. TO UNPACK AND DISAGGREGATE THIS WAS VERY INVOLVING.
3. SOME PROVINCES WERE UNABLE TO FULFILL QUARTERS IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES SUCH AS DENTAL ASSISTANT, RADIOGRAPHY TECHNOLOGIST, PHARMACY TECHNOLOGIST, CLINICAL OFFICER PSYCHIATRY, MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST, REGISTERED MENTAL HEALTH NURSE AND NUTRITION TECHNOLOGIST. THIS WAS HOWEVER TECHNICALLY MITIGATED BY CONSIDERING THE SURPLUS APPLICATIONS FROM OTHER PROVINCES.
DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
I AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE RECRUITMENT EXERCISE OF THE 11, 276 HEALTH WORKERS WAS CARRIED OUT IN A TRANSPARENT AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER. YOU WILL AGREE THAT THE PROCESS OF METICULOUSLY AND METHODICALLY SELECTING 11,276 HEALTH WORKERS FROM THE UNPRECEDENTED 137, 129 APPLICATIONS COUNTRYWIDE. THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS IMPARTIAL, INVOLVING AND PROVIDED A LOT OF LESSONS.
IN THIS REGARD, OUT OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE (137,129) APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, 11, 276 APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS FOLLOWS:
FOR DIVISION I AND II
PROVINCE
TOTAL NO. OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS
CENTRAL
7,642
1,028
COPPEBELT
13,873
1,289
EASTERN
3,824
1,007
LUAPULA
9,538
971
LUSAKA
14,812
976
MUCHINGA
1,619
717
NORTH WESTERN
4,805
930
NORTHERN
7,058
900
SOUTHERN
9,093
1,274
WESTERN
3,142
1,178
GRAND TOTAL
70,126
10,270
FOR DIVISION III
PROVINCE
TOTAL NO. OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS
CENTRAL
7,803
93
COPPEBELT
10,624
85
EASTERN
6,897
95
LUAPULA
5,280
93
LUSAKA
16,294
111
MUCHINGA
5,158
93
NORTH WESTERN
4,6168
102
NORTHERN
6,674
110
SOUTHERN
4,176
101
WESTERN
5,996
121
GRAND TOTAL
73,520
1,006
IN THE SPIRIT OF PROMOTING INCLUSIVENESS IN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS, A TOTAL NUMBER OF SIXTEEN (16) PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WERE SELECTED.
IT MUST BE NOTED BY ALL THAT THIS RECRUITMENT PROCESS IS NOT THE LAST ONE BUT JUST A BEGINNING. IT FOLLOWS THEREFORE THAT THOSE THAT HAVE NOT MADE THIS TIME, SHOULD NOT DESPAIR BUT REMAIN HOPEFUL AND TRY NEXT TIME.
FINALLY, ALLOW ME TO CONGRATULATE THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. THE COMMISSION WISHES THEM A FRUITFUL TOUR OF DUTY.
I THANK YOU AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
