The Uganda Police Force has responded to concerns raised in various media reports regarding missing salaries for some police officers.
Police Spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke reassured the public that officers are regularly paid their salaries at the end of each month.
However, he acknowledged that a few officers experience delays due to specific administrative and technical issues.
“There are isolated cases of salary delays affecting individual officers due to circumstances that vary from one officer to another,” Kituuma explained.
Kituuma Rusoke explained that some salary delays result from inconsistencies between officers’ unit service records and payroll data, which cause rejections in the payment system.
He also noted that some officers failed to meet validation requirements following a 2023 Auditor General’s exercise due to missing national identification cards, discrepancies in personal details, or lack of proper appointment letters, leading to their classification as partially validated.
Additionally, salary payments are sometimes rejected due to mismatches between identity details submitted to banks and those recorded in the payroll system.
He added that officers who abandon duty are also removed from the payroll, and their reinstatement after undergoing disciplinary procedures is a gradual process.
Kituuma also revealed that some officers were mistakenly retired because of discrepancies in their recorded entry dates and age details held by the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA).
Furthermore, the transition to the Human Capital Management System introduced data migration challenges, resulting in incorrect entries that affected salary processing.
The police assured affected officers that these issues are being addressed to ensure timely payment of their salaries.
