The new payment system for Local Government workers has caused anger among workers whose salaries were cut in the process of rolling out the system.
While addressing the press last evening in Kampala, the leaders of the Uganda Local Government Workers Union (ULGWU), demanded that the underpayment in the pilot districts be rectified and the arrears cleared immediately.
The new payment system being piloted in selected districts across the country is dubbed “Human Capital Management System.”
Hassan Mudiba Lwabayi, the ULGWU’s general secretary, said they demand that an order for payment of salary arrears to all affected members of the union whose salaries were reduced without administrative due process and all those who are being paid a lower scale contrary to appointment letters be issued to that effect.
Mudiba said automated systems introduced by the government should be designed in a way that respects laws, other than being a disservice to the people it is meant to serve.
Further, he said the union was considering legal action, demanding that judicial investigations be done on why their money is being cut without any
explanation.
Adam Bukenya, the Undersecretary in the Public Service ministry, said he could not comment on the matter but advised that the information will be provided by authorised people.
