{"id":82362,"date":"2026-04-11T23:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T23:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/president-hichilema-raises-chiefs-allowances"},"modified":"2026-04-11T23:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T23:10:31","slug":"president-hichilema-raises-chiefs-allowances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/president-hichilema-raises-chiefs-allowances","title":{"rendered":"President Hichilema Raises Chiefs&#8217; Allowances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. Dr. Gabriel Pollen Wrote;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish to draw your attention to the announcement made by the President of the Republic of Zambia, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, during the Kulamba Traditional Ceremony of the Chewa speaking people in Katete District,<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Province, on 30th August, 2025, where he announced plans to increase<\/p>\n<p>subsidies for the traditional leaders and wages for the retainers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry wishes to inform you that it implemented the Presidential announcement and adjusted the subsidies for Chiefs and Retainers\u2019 wages upwards, effective January, 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. Dr. Gabriel Pollen Wrote; \u201cI wish to draw your attention to the announcement made by the President of the Republic of Zambia, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, during the Kulamba Traditional Ceremony of the Chewa speaking people in Katete District, Eastern Province, on 30th August, 2025, where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":82360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-82362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Hichilema Raises Chiefs&#039; Allowances - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. 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