KCCA retains some former KCC workers
Aug 01, 2012
Over 100 former workers of the now defunct Kampala City Council will temporarily continue working for the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), pending recruitment of new staff.
By Brian Mayanja and Taddeo Bwambale
Over 100 former workers of the now defunct Kampala City Council will temporarily continue working for the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), pending recruitment of new staff.
Most of the former workers, whose tenure ended on Tuesday, have been retained on a six-month contract to allow a smooth transition into a new staff structure.
This follows a crisis meeting held on Tuesday over concerns that the exit of some experienced professionals would affect operations, according to a source who attended the meeting.
Most of those retained are law enforcement officers and officials who have been working in the directorate of treasury services.
Some of the division town clerks have also been temporarily absorbed, as well as education and public health officers.
KCCA spokesperson, Peter Kaujju confirmed that some of the workers would be temporarily retained.
“It is true some of the workers will be temporarily retained to manage the transition period,” he told the New Vision on Wednesday, although he could not confirm the number.
More than 1,000 former KCC staff have been laid off as KCCA implements a new staff structure intended to improve service delivery.
This financial year, however, KCCA will only fill up to 30% of the new structure due to a shortfall in Government funding.
By Wednesday morning, most of the workers had vacated their offices at City Hall and in the five divisions, and a transitional team is expected to take over from them soon.
Kaujju said most of the former workers had complied with the directive and handed over reports, office keys, identity cards and pending assignments to their immediate supervisors.
“The handover process has been smooth and more than eighty per cent have complied,” he said.
The former KCC workers are battling a court case over their terminal benefits. They want government to settle their terminal benefits under the Local Government’s Act in which they were recruited, and not the Kampala Capital City Act, 2010.