LOCAL Government Service Commission Chairperson Luxon Kazabu says it is a standing practice for council workers to receive salary increments after negotiations. On Monday, government announced that it had increased salaries for local authority workers by K710 across the board. Commenting on sentiments that the increment was a political gimmick aimed at winning votes in the forthcoming general elections, Kazabu argued that salary increments in the public service were a standard practice. “Council workers are part of the public service, they serve the public. Those that fall under the civil service had their salaries adjusted. I don’t know [if] what is being said now [that the increment is a political gimmick] was also said [during that time]. It is a...