GOVERNMENT has started paying outstanding allowances for civil servants attached to the Civil Registry Department during the 2023 voter registration exercise.
According to a survey conducted across the country, some of the civil servants got their payments this month after nearly a year of promises from Treasury.
Government workers recruited for the mop-up exercise ahead of the August 2023 elections have been at loggerheads with Treasury over outstanding payments.
The affected workers are from different districts countrywide, with indications that a few were paid during the first payment tranche last year.
“I got half of the outstanding payment. So far, they have deposited US$2 000 and I am not sure when the remainder will be paid,” a civil servant from Mashonaland Central province confirmed.
Each engaged civil servant was promised at least US$4 000 as subsistence allowance.
A Civil Registry official from Bulawayo confirmed that some of the workers had started receiving payment.
“I can confirm that payment is coming through their bank accounts,” the official, who refused to be named as he was not authorised to speak to the Press, said.
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“We understand some have received part of the payment.”
Last year, NewsDay exposed the non-payment saga resulting in the government committing to release US$16 million to clear the arrears.
Finance ministry secretary George Guvamatanga expressed commitment to pay in a communication dated February 27, 2024.
At the time, Guvamatanga said the outstanding amount would be paid in three batches from March to May 2024.
The letter, which was gleaned by this publication, was titled RE-Request for payment of US$16 002 000 to clear outstanding mop up mobile registration exercise allowances for Civil Registration Department.
It was addressed to Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage secretary Raphael Faranisi.
