Local government workers have demanded an explanation from the Finance ministry as to why their salary enhancement has not been prioritized in the First Budget Call Circular for the 2024/2025 Financial Year.
In a September 25th letter addressed to the Secretary to the Treasury, the workers, through their union, the Uganda Local Government Workers Union (ULGWU), say the government “committed herself to salary enhancement for Local Government Workers and other civil servants who have never benefited.”
Hassan Mudiba, the ULGWU’s secretary general, adds in the letter that the workers are further dismayed that “no communication as to why the government has breached its own promise” has been directly addressed to the union.
Following economical hurdles, the government recently announced that salary enhancement for public servants had been suspended by one year Financial Year 2023/2024.
It added that implementation of a comprehensive salary enhancement plan will commence effective the Financial Year 2024/2025.
