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Local government workers have given government up to the end of this month to address their long-standing demand for pay rise, or else they will lay down their tools effective October 1, 2025.
In a letter dated September 17, 2025, addressed to the head of public service and Secretary to cabinet, Uganda Local Government Workers’ Union (ULGWU), General Secretary Hassan Lwabyai Mudiba said all venues of dialogue with the government had been exhausted.
The union accused the government of creating salary disparities through selective increments, which according to them have polarized the civil service and demoralized many employees.
This comes at a time government-aided primary school arts teachers are on strike, pushing for their own salary increase, disputing learning in several districts across the country.
Mudiba stated that despite several petitions and engagements with the ministry of public service, the Prime Minister, and the Speaker of Parliament, no concrete action has been taken to address their concerns.
The Union has appealed to Cabinet and Parliament to use their budgetary powers to address the grievances of the local government workers, nothing that they are at the Frontline of implementing the ruling government’s manifesto.
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