Who told President Lungu that the people of Zambia want 20% of his salary? Lungus announcement is seen as a tact to reduce public outrage amid soaring fuel and electricity prices in his country by almost a hundred […] According to Statutory Instrument number 19 of 2016, Lungu is now being paid K447, 599 plus K117, 648 special allowance. Adeola Fayehun presents and analysis Mugabe’s potential retirement and Zambian president Edgar Lungar’s slashing of his 47,000 monthly salary in half to help his impoverished nation overcome hardship. Public workers in the highest salary bracket will have their salaries cut by 20 per cent, whereas those in the middle will have theirs reduced by 15 per cent. President Edgar Lungu, left, and President Robert Mugabe, right. Zambian police have arrested three men suspected of stealing President Frederick Chiluba's last 16 months' pay. Zambian President Edgar Lungu cut his salary and those of senior cabinet ministers on Friday, as higher electricity and fuel prices take effect, his office said. Zambian President Edgar Lungu The salaries will be cut between the range of 15 and 20 per cent and will be extended to executives of parastatal firms, according to a statement released by his office.
The price of petrol gained 10% to 17.62 kwacha ($1.27) per litre on Thursday, while that for diesel fuel rose by 9.6% to 15.59 kwacha. Let even those senior civil servants keep their 20% Let him not punish them because some have loans and reducing their salaries in any way will adversely affect their livelihood. This is the third time Lungu has increased his salary and allowances from the time he was elected in January 2015. That is his and he should keep it. The three, a businessman and two employees of Barclays Bank in Ndola, are accused of conspiring to divert the president's salary from his account. This decision, according to the Head of State, is aimed at cushioning the impact that increased fuel prices and electricity tariffs will have on Zambians. Zambia President Edgar Lungu has borrowed a leaf from his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, by announcing his intention to reduce his salary and that of senior cabinet ministers by 20 percent. President Edgar Lungu of Zambia has cut his salary and those of cabinet ministers and other senior government officials by between 10 per cent and 20 per cent with immediate effect. […]

Outgoing president Edgar Lungu has once again increased his salary and other allowances.