Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The executive has increased the nationwide wage bill by UGX 724.7 billion within the 2025/2026 financial year to boost wage enhancements for selected public servants, together with Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs), police and jail officers, and senior civil servants in native governments.
In step with Round Standing Instruction No. 01 of 2025 issued by the Ministry of Public Service, the enhancements—effective July 1, 2025—are piece of a phased executive thought to handle continual wage disparities within the public service. The executive continues to fulfill its dedication to improving the salaries of all public officers in a phased formula. Accordingly, UGX 57 billion has been allotted for wage enhancement,” the circular states.
Below the revised wage structure, CAOs will now internet UGX 12.75 million, up from UGX 2.37 million, a higher than fivefold develop. Town Clerks of Metropolis Councils, Deputy Directors, Commissioners, Undersecretaries, and Faraway places Service Officers (Grade I)—whose old salaries ranged from UGX 1.86 million to UGX 2.08 million—have also been moved to the identical UGX 12.75 million bracket. Senior police and jail officers also obtained huge raises.
Assistant Inspectors Overall of Police (AIGPs) and their prisons counterparts will now internet UGX 12.75 million, up from UGX 7–8.8 million. Senior Commissioners and Commissioners have also been elevated to that bracket. Assistant Commissioners’ salaries jumped from UGX 1.6 million to UGX 3.8 million, while Superintendents now internet UGX 2.05 million, up from UGX 990,000.
Police Constables noticed more modest will increase—from UGX 466,000 to UGX 583,000—while Particular Constables rose from UGX 375,000 to UGX 469,000. Public Service Minister Muruli Mukasa talked about the enhancements are piece of a approach launched within the 2018/2019 financial year, which has to this level considered UGX 2.4 trillion invested in bettering salaries, namely in severe sectors.
“We’re now coming into the second piece, specializing in preserving all last staff. With this progression, we are on route to fulfill 77% of our medium-time duration wage targets,” talked about Minister Mukasa. He added that the expanded wage bill will also cater to unique staff recruited within the finding out and health sectors, namely below the Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers (UGIFT) programme.
“The funds now also offers for staff at newly constructed faculties and health centres, and entails newly appointed departmental heads at the native executive level,” he talked about. The announcement comes amid ongoing concerns about wage disparities, namely amongst non-science civil servants. In latest months, secondary college arts academics staged a strike tense wage parity with science academics.
Whereas they later returned to class following negotiations, the Ministry of Finance talked about it would payment over UGX 500 billion yearly to elevate their salaries to UGX 4 million per 30 days, a pick deemed unaffordable within the unique funds. Nonetheless, the executive has promised to put in force a 25% wage increment for the community within the next financial year.
President Yoweri Museveni has consistently defended the prioritization of scientists in pay enhancements, citing their strategic feature in nationwide construction. He has assured that as revenues develop, assorted civil servants will also merit. With the unique modifications, Uganda’s wage bill has climbed to UGX 8.55 trillion, up from UGX 7.82 trillion in FY 2024/2025.
This now accounts for roughly 11.8% of the nationwide funds, currently estimated at UGX 72.4 trillion. Of the entire wage bill, 58.9% goes to central executive civil servants and public leaders, Forty eight% helps personnel at the native executive level, and the relaxation covers staff at foreign missions.
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