Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Education and Sports has clarified that public school teachers will not be paid based on attendance during the current financial year, calming growing anxiety among teachers following reports of an imminent rollout of the policy. Mary Frances Atima, the Director for Education …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Museveni has proposed a tax exemption on the salaries of scientists, arguing that their work has a tremendous impact on the country’s development. Speaking during the launch of a Ugandan-made anti-tick vaccine at the National Livestock Resources Research Institute in Namulonge on Thursday, Museveni …
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Rubanda, Uganda | URN | The government is set to enhance salaries of arts teachers at the beginning of the next financial year. State Minister of Finance Henry Musasizi revealed there is a discussion going on to make it possible to have the salaries of the arts teachers enhanced to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Non-teaching staff in the twelve public universities have issued a stern warning to university leadership against any attempt to divert government-allocated funds meant for salary harmonization. The warning comes from the Public Universities Non-Teaching Staff Executives’ Forum (PUNTSEF), which has expressed concerns over reports …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cold chain technicians and statisticians have said the Human Capital Management System (HCMS) being rolled out by the Ministry of Public Service to automate the human resource function, is faulty. While this system, which is among others supposed to allocate workers’ pay is yet …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The annual review of the public service sector was dominated by issues of salary enhancements, delayed payments, and corruption mainly in the recruitment processes. The sector reviews are aimed at presenting to the public the level of successes or failures by each, as far as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has offered a tax waiver on salaries of State prosecutors following their repeated demands to have them exempted from paying taxes. The President announced this on Friday evening while attending the 6th Joan Kagezi Memorial Lecture in Munyonyo which was …
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Koboko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of secondary school teachers in Koboko is up in arms against the district authorities for non payment of their salaries for varying months. The affected teachers told Uganda Radio Network that some of them have gone without pay for more than three months, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Finance (General Duties), Henry Musasizi has said investigations into non-payment of December salaries for civil servants will be carried out. He said that while the ministry released the wage component for the last quarter, they continue to get factual complaints …
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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 …
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