The salaries of aviation staff and legal professionals from the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs have been enhanced in the new salary structure for this financial year.
In the new salary structure, which was released on June 30th, other civil servants except those in the aviation staff, legal professionals from the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, never got salary enhancement.
The circular released yesterday and came into force on July 1 shows that salary enhancement for the Financial Year 2023/2024 has been implemented for the Aviation staff including Soroti Flying School, presidential crew, and pilots under the Uganda Police Force and legal professionals under the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.
This financial year, the government will spend Shs7.2 trillion on the wage bill, which is an increase of Shs912b from the previous financial year.
The highest paid aviation staff member, the executive director of the presidential crew, will get Shs32m from Shs22.5m.
The President’s chief pilot will earn Shs30.2m in monthly salary, from Shs21.6m while his chief engineer has got a pay rise from Shs21.6m to Shs29.3m.
Legal officers in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will get their full salary after the government waived Pay As You Earn taxes.
Last year, 70,000 local government workers went on strike demanding a pay rise but the Minister of Public Service Muruuli Mukasa agreed that they would get an increment this financial year, which hasn’t happened.
