Malawi teachers salaries delayed again

Malawi government will once again delay paying the salaries of teachers in public primary and secondary schools this month which  is attributed to bureaucracy in the State machinery.

The delays are likely to spark further discontent among the teachers employees  who are already battling to cope with the increasing cost of living as they are the lowest paid in the public service.

Earlier this year trachers  staged a strike over late pay, after going for weeks without income.

According to Teachers Union Malawi (TUM) general secretary Charles Kumchenga, the Ministrty of Education, Science  and Technology owes  teachers salary arrears amounting to about K1.7 billion from 2010.

Among the affected districts  for delayed pay are Lilongwe, Rumphi, Mwanza, Karonga, NkhataBay, Blantyre, Mulanje, Nkhotakota, Phalombe and Mzimba.