Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eunice Yotalina, the Iganga Central Division treasurer has been deleted from the payroll over lack of academic documents. The Town Clerk of Iganga Municipal Council, Daniel Kasala says that the decision follows investigations by the Inspectorate of Government early last year, which confirmed that Yotalina …
Read More »‘Public servants payroll under audit’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to rectify the recurrent challenges in remittances of pensions, gratuity and salaries of public servants, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) has instituted an audit into the payroll. This revelation was made by the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to …
Read More »Gov’t loses UGX 33Bn in payroll irregularities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government lost 33 billion Shillings in payroll irregularities in the last financial year 2021/2022. Part of the money was paid to ineligible teachers, overpaid in salaries and pension, and in some other instances, paid to retired, transferred, dead, or staff who absconded. This was revealed …
Read More »Teachers in Gulu query inconsistent salary payments
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of secondary school teachers in Gulu district have raised concerns over the inconsistent payment of their salaries this financial year 2022/23. The teachers say since August last year, they have been missing their salaries without getting clear information despite being on the government …
Read More »Lamwo district human resource department incapacitated to manage payroll
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Poor management of the payroll is affecting the performance of workers in Lamwo district. Raising the concerns to the State Minister for Economic Monitoring who is assessing government projects in East Acholi, James Okumu Bedijo, the Chief Administrative Officer of Lamwo said since the decentralization …
Read More »Gov’t fails to align, clean teachers’ payroll
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has failed to eliminate quack teachers from both private and public schools, let alone free its payroll from ghost teachers. Understanding who is teaching in schools is one of the common queries raised by different reports, which is blamed for the poor academic …
Read More »Public schools struggling to pay teachers in candidate classes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government aided schools are struggling to pay teachers not on the payroll. Since the reopening of schools for candidates and finalists by government, schools that are partially supported by the government and under the PTA are struggling to operate. Martin Muyingo, the headteacher Makerere College …
Read More »1,000 police officers risk deletion from payroll
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 police officers from the ranks of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to Special Police Constable (SPC) risk being deleted from the Police Force’s payroll system after missing out on the manpower audit. An internal police message dated April 24, 2019, from Police …
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