New incentive packages for public servants on the cards

Dar es Salaam. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has said the government was committed to instituting a new structure of salary and incentive packages for public servants in order to improve efficiency.

According to a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office yesterday, the government was still waiting for a human resource audit report being implemented by the Public Service Productivity and Remuneration Board.

He said the report would enable government to institute new structure of salaries and incentives for the public servants. Currently, the head of public servants (President John Magufuli) is using salary and incentive structures formulated by his predecessors.

According to the statement, the Premier disclosed this when addressing health workers at Ushirombo Health Centre in Bukombe, on Thursday.

The government has spent Sh500 million for rehabilitation of the centre that serves thousands of residents in the district. PM Majaliwa challenged health practitioners ensure they delivered quality services to citizens regardless of their status, class, race, tribes or other differences. “We want health workers to ensure that once a patient enters a health centre, he/she gets best services without delay,” he said.

He also commended Bukombe District Council for implementing the directive issued by President John Magufuli on construction of dispensaries in all villages, as Bukombe District has already constructed dispensaries in 50 villages out of 52 villages.

He said as a result of such a remarkable achievement, the residents of Ushirombo now have a relief as they cannot travel long distance to either Kahama or Geita towns searching for better health services.

He listed the services that would be available at the Ushirombo Health Centre as including surgery, reproductive and child health care, laboratory services and mortuary.

For his part, Ushirombo district executive director Dionis Myinga was quoted as saying that the health centre project, which started on June 22 was scheduled to be completed in December.

The DED said that the health centre would offer such services as surgery, reproductive health care and improved emergency services for in-patients.

“Pregnant women who have been suffering from poor reproductive health services for a long time. This centre will provide health services for at least 54,271 people,” he said.

According to him, a total of Sh436.9 million would have been spent on the project, where as Sh63.06 million will be spent on roads linking the centre to other places.