The\nchairpersons of recently created sub-counties and town councils are threatening\nto sue government over unpaid salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They\nwant to compel government to pay their salaries and allowances since they were\nduly elected and gazetted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joseph\nLononyang, the Napak district chairperson said hundreds of town councils and sub\ncounties have become operational over the past two years but many of them are\ngrappling with funding issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The\nLC1s, the villages, the parishes, the subcounty chairpersons, district\ncouncillors, all these were duly elected and sworn in, so meaning that those\npeople are legally elected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nnoted that all the elected leaders are actively carrying their duties but not\nfacilitated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Not\neven salaries are paid, this puts the local government in dilemma, so as a\ndistrict who governs the gazetted and non-gazetted are actually responsible for\nevery entity at the end of the day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Patrick\nKayemba, the chairperson Iganga district said that there are a lot of\ncomplaints from affected leaders who are threatening to sue government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“So,\nthis is a time bomb because these people can easily go for litigation because\nthey were duly elected and fully sworn in,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nsaid the effort to seek remedies from local government ministries and the\nministry of finance have since collapsed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nsaid whenever they try to contact the ministry of finance, they are referred to\nthe ministry of local government and vice-versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Uganda\nlocal government association are actually in dilemma. We don’t know what to do,\nwe even don’t know who to blame, so we don’t know who is fooling who,” he\nsaid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The chairpersons of recently created sub-counties and town councils are threatening to sue government over unpaid salaries. They want to compel government to pay their salaries and allowances since they were duly elected and gazetted. Joseph Lononyang, the Napak district chairperson said hundreds of town councils and sub counties have become operational over the past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":12763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n