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UHRC lobbies Parliament to back improved remuneration for top staff

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Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has urged Parliament to consider its petition for better remuneration and improved staffing.

In a meeting with the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanya, UHRC chairperson Med Ssozi Kaggwa said the Commission has various challenges which need to be addressed after government embarks on increasing its budgets.

Kagwa also said that despite the Ministry of Public Service harmonizing the Commissioners’ salaries with that of Permanent Secretaries, it has not been reflected at the UHRC.

“It is hierarchical that the Commission’s Secretary earns better than the Chairperson and all Commissioners; it is that commissioners’ salaries be enhanced,” he added.

In response, the Deputy Speaker said Parliament would act upon UHRC’s request in conjunction with the Ministry of Finance.

“So far in all the documents that Parliament has received, the Ministry of Finance has not tabled your request. However, we shall task them to bring all requests that they have received from various government agencies for consideration,” Oulanyah said at Parliament.

The UHRC request comes in the wake of various industrial actions by different government entities demanding for among others improved payments and working conditions.

On Labour Day in Ssembabule district, President Yoweri Museveni castigated Uganda doctors for staging strikes and vowed to bring in Cuban doctors who, interestingly, will be paid higher salaries.

Museveni argued that the local medics ‘misbehaved’ as they demanded for solutions to their grievances, prompting his decision.

In the current process of budgetary allocations for Financial Year 2018/2019, various government agencies are lobbying Parliament to allocate funds to cater for staffing and remuneration constraints.

 

 

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