By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The Uganda Airlines, a government owned but loss making parastatal is paying its managers salaries that have even shocked Members of Parliament.
Appearing before the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises- COSACE this morning, 16th August 2022, the management was tasked to explain why Uganda Airlines which is making Shs160bn losses per annum is paying its CEO Shs87m per month.
Cosace was also alarmed to learn that Chief Financial Officer gets Shs73m, Manager Finance earns 58m, and Director Maintenance Shs80m.
Others are; Manager IT Shs36m, Human Resource Director S43m, Manager Cargo 14m, and Quality Assurance Shs43m.
The committee also questioned why some Pilots get 60m and others 50 million shillings. Some Cabin Crew members earn Shs4m, while others earn 2m.
The CEO Uganda Airlines in reply says that the Airbus has a different pay structure while the CRJ Bombardier also has a different one.
Meanwhile, MPs say they are not against the salary of the Pilots, but asked Uganda Airline officials to explain why the Airlines which is making losses (160bn) a year is paying managers and directors exorbitantly
The CEO Uganda Airlines Jennifer Bamuturaki says that they are currently reviewing these salaries.
