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Mr. Hassan Mudiba, the Union’s General Secretary, while presenting the petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, on Friday 19 February 2021 said the government had failed to respect the Collective Bargaining Agreement it had signed with the Union and other Public Service Labour Unions in June 2018.
“They have subjected the Union members to very low pay; lack of accommodation and transport; no medical care facilities. The microfinance institutions have stringent terms on loans and the banks give loans at a higher percentage which leads to officials getting multiple loans and eventually to perpetual poverty,” Mudiba said.
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He added that the government has continued to discriminate against public officials in terms of pay between scientists and non-scientists.
“The scientists are considered more important and their pay is more yet both were appointed as public officers. There should be set parameters between the two so as to stop the issues of discrimination. There is no economy the world over which has developed because the efforts of scientists only,” he said.
Mudiba also noted that the government continues to assign more responsibilities on the local government workers with no additional remuneration. He cited projects like the Presidential Initiative on Wealth Creation; Youth Livelihood Programme; Senior Citizens Grant to mention but a few.
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Speaker Kadaga in her response said she will forward the petition to the committees of Local Government and Budget for scrutiny as it involved the budget.
“I will send this petition to the committee so that it calls for a public hearing. There is also an issue of finances which means we will have to forward the report to the Budget Committee before the budget process concludes,” she said.
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