Fury as new payment system cuts salaries of local govt staff

By Jane Nafula 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 pilot ed in selected districts across the country is dubbed “Human Capital Management System.” “We 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 be- ing paid a lower scale contrary to ap- pointment […]