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Close to 250 civil servants in Namayingo District were not paid their September salary,Monitor has learnt.

Namayingo District Uganda National Teachers’ Union (Unatu) chairperson James Nadako said the affected include 56 primary school teachers and 77 secondary school teachers, while all 100 pensioners in the district did not receive their annuity.

“We have a good number of teachers and pensioners who were not paid their money for last month,” Nadako said during celebrations to mark the International Teachers’ Day at Namayingo District headquarters on Saturday.

He added that failure to pay salaries, especially for teachers, had affected their morale as many are struggling to raise money to pay school fees for their children and attend to basic domestic needs.

Namayingo District Commercial Officer Zadoko Odako, who represented the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) attributed the lack of pay to wage shortfalls.

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