By Richard Kagunda

Kasungu, April 10, Mana: Mayor for Kasungu Municipality, Innocent Nkhoma, has called for hard work and servant leadership amongst the council’s employees, saying residents deserve good services from duty bearers.

He was speaking in Kasungu on Wednesday when the municipal council awarded best performing members of staff for the 2024/2025 financial year.

“We urge our employees to have passion and develop a spirit of hard work all the time for us to accomplish our mission to become a city. We have a lot of work to do so that we change the face of our town,” Nkhoma said.

He encouraged workers in different sectors to work in collaboration, saying it is crucial for the municipality to achieve tangible progress in its development efforts.

“When different departments work as one, problems are solved faster than expected. So, we must all pull in the same direction so that we achieve our objectives with ease,” he said.

Masiye Banda, from the Health Department, won the Employee of the Year accolade and went away with a certificate and K320, 000 cash prize.

“I feel on top of the world after getting such an award. I have realized that hard work pays. I have always tried to be punctual as well as disciplined to achieve this.

“To a large extent, I owe it to my workmates for being good partners and together we can achieve great things for the good of the people we serve,” Banda said.

Chairperson of the awards organizing committee, Ophman Ndekha, said they decided to award the best performing employees as a token of appreciation to those who showed outstanding performance in their departments.

“We decided to award employees to instill a mindset that prompts them to work hard for the betterment of our organization and improve service delivery for the benefit of the people we serve,” he said.

The municipality spent K2 million on the activity.