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Oxfam International Director, Winnie Byanyima has praised President Museveni’s bid to block the increment of allowances and emoluments for public servants.
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According to Winnie Byanyima, president Museveni’s move is an excellent one that deserves credit.
Winnie Byanyima however requests Museveni to reduce on the expenditure placed on presidential advisors.
In her tweet, she also wants to know about huge entourage, presidential palaces & staff etc keep going!
Museveni stops fat public servants’ allowances https://t.co/19Su4uo16E via @dailymonitor Well done Prez. Now, how about a cut to your huge entourage & fewer advisers & fewer presidential palaces & staff etc etc keep going!
— Winnie Byanyima (@Winnie_Byanyima) September 29, 2018
This controversial increment was made in June 2018 when cabinet approved the new rates for public servants because the previous ones were “too meagre” given the rising cost of living.
According to the Daily Monitor, this decision didn’t go well with Mr Museveni who directed Prime Minister, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, in the August 30, 2018 letter, to call a Cabinet meeting earlier this month, to reverse the decision.
The president questioned Cabinet why they approved the increment long after the budget was approved, knowing that no extra money was available for such expenditure in the 2018/19 budget allocations.
“I have been informed that the Ministry of Public Service has increased the allowances to higher rates, a situation which was discussed by the Cabinet after the completion of the budget process.
In the then increment, some of the biggest beneficiaries were the vice president, whose daily inland night allowance was increased from Shs210, 000 to Shs500, 000.
Several other government officials also walked away with housing, transport and a string of other daily allowances when the Public Service raised the rates.
However, it is not clear whether the new rates had already taken effect by the time the president’s directive came into force.
In his letter, Mr Museveni directed Dr Rugunda to lead Cabinet in reversing the decision and ensure that the budget is not stressed by huge expenditure on allowances.
“This is therefore, to direct you to chair the Cabinet of Monday September 3, 2018 and bring down those rates to what it was before in the budget. I do not agree to uncoordinated management of Government affairs and this should not happen again,” the letter reads.
Mr Museveni warned Cabinet ministers and the Public Service Ministry officials not to repeat such mistakes, saying he doesn’t want to be party to uncoordinated government activities.
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- Kampala’s Economists Cautioned Museveni Over Splashing Money
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