The Minister of Public Service Hon. Raphael Magyezi has revealed that the government decided to enhance salaries for local government workers because the current cost of living is increasing yet their salaries are not increasing.
Presenting the Local Government Ministerial policy statement for the 2024/25 financial year, Minister Magyezi noted that it would be good to enhance the salaries of local government leaders.
Local government workers remain among the least-paid political leaders under the NRM- Museveni Regime.
”Local government leaders will receive a 100 percent pay increment starting the next financial year, the Minister for Local Government”, Hon. Raphael Magyezi has said.
Magyezi, who underscored the need to enhance the remuneration of local political leaders, was appearing before the House Committee on Public Service and Local Government, chaired by Hon. Ojara Martin Mapenduzi, on Tuesday, 26 March 26, 2024.
“This policy statement prioritizes many areas including the increment of political leaders’ remuneration. Considering the current living costs, it is prudent that they are enhanced,” he said, decrying the low pay for councilors saying that it does not sync with the current economic times.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Ben Kumumanya, said that they will present a Cabinet Paper that will demonstrate a 100 percent increase for all the local political leaders since audits have established that there are gross variations in public servants’ pay.
