By Chisomo Phiri
460 retired soldiers, who retired from service since the 1970s are complaining about the government’s delay in paying their pension arrears.
On March 14 this year, the High Court in Blantyre ruled that the soldiers should be paid their pension arrears within 14 days of the ruling.
However, their leader, Sergeant Ben Ntwana, told Times 360 on Wednesday that despite the court order, they have not yet received the arrears amounting to K4.7 billion.
Ntwana said they plan to stage peaceful protests at government offices in the coming days to pressure the government to pay them the arrears.
Reports indicate that after retirement, these soldiers receive a small monthly pension, a uniform amount regardless of their former rank.
