**Fatshimetrie: ENERKA Sales Department Agents Demand Payment of Their Salaries**
For several days, an unusual agitation has been shaking the offices of the Kasai Energy Company ENERKA in Mbuji-Mayi. The sales department agents gathered to express their discontent over unpaid salaries, demanding two months of outstanding pay.
The situation is tense, and the employees’ demands are becoming more and more pressing. According to them, the Czech company SEKO, in charge of the rehabilitation of the Tshiala hydroelectric power plant, is not up to date with the payment of salaries to employees of the sales department.
While SEKO signed a memorandum of understanding at the beginning of the year for the rehabilitation and increase of the power plant’s energy production capacity, the sales department agents feel left behind. Unlike their colleagues at the Tshiala hydroelectric power plant, who received three months’ salary, employees in the commercial department reportedly received only one month’s pay.
This situation is all the more worrying since, according to the president of the trade union delegation of the Société Minière de Bakuanga (MIBA), the energy bills of ENERKA subscribers are now paid to SEKO since the signing of the memorandum of understanding. The workers in the commercial department therefore feel aggrieved and are demanding that their salaries be paid accordingly.
When questioned by the media, a SEKO representative assured that the strikers’ grievances would be forwarded to the relevant authorities to find an appropriate solution. Despite this promise, uncertainty remains as to the rapid resolution of this dispute.
This situation highlights the challenges faced by workers in a world where trade relations and international partnerships have a direct impact on their daily lives. The need for transparent and fair management of human resources in large-scale projects such as the rehabilitation of the Tshiala hydroelectric power plant cannot be underestimated.
Pending a satisfactory resolution, ENERKA’s commercial management staff remain mobilized and determined to obtain what is rightfully theirs. It is essential that all stakeholders commit to finding a fair and equitable solution to ensure the well-being and dignity of the workers involved in this crucial project for the region’s energy development.