By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The Ministry of Public Service is set to lay off 2,200 staff next year. These are staff employed in several public agencies that are set to be merged after the rationalization.
This was revealed by the Minister of Public, Wilson Muruuli Mukasa while appearing before Parliament last week to defend the ministry’s request for supplementary funding.
Muruuli says the Ministry of Public Service is seeking for Shs79.3Bn in its 2024/25 budget, to compensate the 2,200 staff that are set to be laid off by Government.
Amongst the agencies to be merged include; Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), National Information Technology Authority of Uganda (NITA-U), Cotton Development Authority (CDA), Dairy Development Authority, and Uganda Meteorological Authority among others.
