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92 former BP Zambia workers, who won a court case regarding final salary pension scheme have issued a 7 day ultimatum to Saturnia Regna Pension Trust Fund owned by Hakainde Hichilema to pay up the outstanding K457m.
Group representative and lead plaintiff Expendito Chipalo said the representatives of the 92 workers (236 families) will deliver the Petition at 0930hrs at Hichilema’s home on Tuesday 24th May 2016.
The 92 workers who have been battling in court with Hichilema’s pension fund for over 20 years for their pension benefits to be paid said they could not wait any longer as many of their members had died.
They warned that if Hichilema does not pay within the 7 days, the 236 families will camp at his home until he paid their money.
Recently the former BP workers finally won the case in the Supreme Court ordering Saturnia Regna Pension to settle immediately the Pension Benefits.
On 28th April 2016, the assessment court also ruled in favour of the former BP workers but Hichilema has raised another technical appeal despite the final Supreme Court Ruling.
For the last 20 years the company has used all sorts of legal gymnastics to evade paying the workers pension benefits.
In January 1995, Saturnia Regna Pension Trust took over the administration of the BP Pension Scheme from the Zambia State Insurance Corporation.
Saturnia received initial contribution of K1.5billion and the fund grew to K22.7billion then.
With benefits and interests, the workers’ fund has grown to excess of K457m.
After this Saturnia began to procrastinate to pay due pension claims insisting that workers would only be paid after age 55 years or at death.
“This was crude theft of our pension savings” .
Both the High Court and Supreme Court have ruled in favour of the workers saying the action by Saturnia was contrary to the Income Tax Act and pension laws
Chipalo said the representative will deliver a Petition at 0930hrs today and warned that the 236 family members will next tuesday camp at Hichilema’s home indefinitely, until he paid their money.
They said threats and attacks will not deter them as this was their money that they have patiently waited for 20 years.
“PAY UP OUR K457M PENSION FUND”
“PAY UP OUR K457M PENSION FUND”
Why didn’t they go to Regina fimo fimo?
Fake
PF fears HH
So its when they are now thinking of Storming HH. during “PF” campaigns? smh. nonsense.
Foolish why this time
The name is politics,wynter said it “no morality in politics bwana”
Kkkkkkk awe mwandiiii….
Why this time naimwe?
This shows the Zambian Pipo that pf is really afraid of the opposition. they knw that Upnd can perform better than the rulling government thats y they ar in a panic mood to even capitalise on baseless issues
Sotafye not ifi
Lo lo lo hh 2026 its yours not 2016&2021 no
I thought you people would open up your eyes. HH and GBM will be facing court cases in order to be distracted from campaigning. Managers are never liable for a companies failure…
we will decampaign HH on the it un opportunity for us pf .hhhhhhhhhhhhh..20 yrs sure..this man is evil.where is bishop chomba..
Is HH Government for him to pay them?
he was major share holder n th boss
of Government?
And some chaps want this boy to be president over this great Nation of Zambia God forbid
This is lunacy at its best…hichilema is indeed separate from that business. .desperation at its best
if he can’t give people their money then how will he create jobs for them.
There was a time in Zambia when a limited company was a separate entity whose liabilities could not be placed on its sponsors. Whatever happened to that clause…….