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Taxpayers could soon shoulder an additional Shs 29.079 billion annually if parliament approves a proposed salary enhancement for resident district commissioners (RDCs), their deputies, and assistant RDCs.The proposal was presented by Alex Byarugaba, chairperson of parliament’s presidential affairs committee, during the tabling of the committee report on the 2026/27 Ministerial Policy Statement for the Office of the President.According to the proposal, RDCs’ monthly salaries would increase from Shs 2.29 million to Shs 9 million, while deputy RDCs would move from Shs 1.28 million to Shs 5 million. Assistant RDCs would see their pay rise from Shs 877,216 to Shs 2.695 million per month.Uganda currently has 146 RDCs, 170 deputy RDCs, and 432 assistant RDCs. To finance the proposed increments, the committee recommended that an additional Shs 29.079 billion be allocated to the Office of the President in the 2026/27 financial year.“The committee established that, for almost 20 financial years, salaries for RDCs and deputy RDCs have remained stagnant,” Byarugaba said, noting that inflation and the rising cost of living had significantly eroded their purchasing power.The committee also justified the proposed salary review on the grounds that RDCs currently earn less than some of the technical officers they supervise, particularly chief administrative officers (CAOs), whose salaries have already been enhanced in recent years.Byarugaba argued that the disparity had created an imbalance within local government administration and undermined the authority and effectiveness of presidential representatives at the district level.The proposal comes amid broader government efforts to review public sector salaries.In the 2026/27 Ministerial Policy Statements and recent directives from the Presidency, government committed Shs 500 billion towards a phased salary enhancement plan for arts and humanities teachers. The plan provides for annual increments of 25 per cent over four years to narrow the pay gap with science teachers.Meanwhile, the ministry of Public Service and the Uganda Local Government Workers Union are finalising salary enhancement plans for other technical officers outside the science sector and chief administrative officers.Local Government minister Raphael Magyezi confirmed that the government has also earmarked Shs 30 billion for the facilitation of political leaders from LC I to LC V, while technical staff salary enhancements will be integrated into the wider public service wage bill.Under the proposed new salary structure, primary school education assistants would earn Shs 700,000, up from the current Shs 449,000. Primary school headteachers’ salaries would rise from Shs 980,000 to Shs 1.5 million, while deputy headteachers would move from Shs 773,000 to Shs 1.3 million.In secondary schools, headteachers with arts degrees are expected to earn Shs 3.5 million, up from Shs 2.3 million, while their deputies would move from Shs 1.7 million to Shs 2.1 million.Arts teachers with degrees in secondary schools would earn Shs 1.5 million, up from Shs 980,000, while diploma holders would see their salaries rise from Shs 700,000 to Shs 1.3 million. Parliament is expected to debate the proposals as part of the forthcoming national budget process.
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