NEW MAK SALARIES LEAK

By Otim Nape

For many years, Makerere staffers have been battling government demanding that their salaries must be enhanced which in lay man’s language simply means salary increment. The two parties had agreed years ago to implement the increment in a gradual fashion after President Museveni argued and convinced striking staffers that it wasn’t possible for his government to give a lump sum increment. The outcome of this gradual increment are the well enhanced salaries which we have exclusively obtained clearly showing how much each employee will be earning per month under the new FY2018/19 which commences in July. In our possession is the entire Makerere University payroll on which you have thousands of employees from the highest to the lowest paid employee.

MAK BOSSES TO SHARE 140BN;
What is remarkable is that the Museveni government has put aside a total of Shs140,126,248,344 (roughly Shs140bn) which the Makerere staffers which share and pocket in salaries in the next 12 months (counting from July 2018). The other reality we extracted from the same payroll is that Makerere staffers will monthly share Shs11,677,187,362 (roughly Shs11.6bn) under the same FY2018/19 budget. Records at the Finance Ministry show that all these Makerere billions are to be released under Vote 136 which is Makerere’s. The records further show that of the 3,096 approved staff positions Makerere has, only 1,749 are filled and another 1,347 remain vacant. In the FY2018/19, the plan is to fill at least 189 of the 1,347 vacant positions. The 1,749 staffers currently on ground are hired and paid to serve the academic and welfare needs of the 35,540 students Makerere had as of January 2018. This figure includes 14,106 freshers (first years) that were admitted into the University during the August/September 2017 admissions season. The slightly over Shs140bn allocated by government for staff salaries in the coming FY2018/19 is a huge improvement from last FY’s mere Shs58.5bn. In our part 1 of the two part special report, we hereby present the newly enhanced Makerere staff salary lists (watch out for the 2nd part). For comments, call/text/whatsapp us on 0703164755!