LUSAKA - Three donors have given Zambia 22 million US dollars for implementation of the newly launched Public Service Management (PSM) program, local newspaper Zambia Daily Mail reported on Thursday.

The three donors are the Department for International Development (DFID) of the Untied Kingdom, the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), who offered five million dollars each, and the World Bank who released 12 million dollars.

"Government is very indebted to the three cooperating partners who have committed a total of 22 million dollars to be utilized in the implementation of PSM project over the next five years," Secretary to Cabinet Joshua Kanganja was quoted as saying when he officiated the launch of the program on Wednesday.

PSM, a component of the Public Service Reform Program (PSRP), is aimed at enhancing public service delivery, according to Kanganja.

World Bank country manager Oyene Nyanin said although the Zambian government was making a lot of progress in the public service reforms, there was need to get down to serious work so that public service delivery could be improved to serve the Zambian people.