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Lira District Health Support Staff Demand Payment of Allowances

The over 30 staff comprising porters, watchmen, and health record assistants have missed their allowances since August last year.

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Support staff at Lira District Health Department are demanding payment of lunch allowances.

The over 30 staff comprising porters, watchmen, and record assistants have missed their allowances since August last year. Each of the support staff is demanding 1.1 Million Shillings for five months.

Moses Owot, the staff coordinator explains that the staff are struggling to not only support their families but also to service their loans which have led to a loss of property to loan sharks.

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According to Owot, attempts to get an explanation from the responsible district authorities has proven futile. 

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Albert Apenyo, the Principal Human Resource Officer of Lira attributed the challenge to the introduction of the Human Capital Management(HCM) System which he says unknowingly deactivated the allowances for all staff in the health department from the time government enhanced salaries for medical workers.

Apenyo says that the district is aware of the problem and has written to the Ministry to have it rectified.

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In September, Lira district medical workers went on strike over unpaid salaries for a period of not less than five months. The delay was attributed to the HCM system which was later restored and they received their payments. 

HCM transforms the traditional administrative functions of human resources departments including recruiting, compensation, benefits, learning, time tracking, and payroll.

The system has been rolled out in four mock sites comprising the Ministry of Public Service, Public Service Commission, National Information Technology Authority Uganda, and Lira and Mbarara District Local Government.

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