ACTING Finance Minister Chipoka Mulenga has confirmed that government is aware that some civil servants have been experiencing loan deductions on their payslips for loans they did not obtain. Responding to a question by Itezhi-Tezhi UPND MP Twaambo Mutinta, who wanted to find out if the government was aware that some civil servants, especially teachers and health workers, had been experiencing loan deductions for loans they did not obtain, Mulenga affirmed during a question for oral answer session yesterday. “Yes, government is aware that some civil servants have been experiencing loan deductions on their payslips for loans they did not obtain. This is particularly evident with microfinance organisations that offer loans online without proper internal controls to validate the applicants...

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