ISO, ESO in pay dispute
A row has erupted over distribution of sh4b gratuity to the staff in the internal (ISO) and external (ESO) security organisations
By Emmy Allio
A row has erupted over distribution of sh4b gratuity to the staff in the internal (ISO) and external (ESO) security organisations, sources have said.
About sh2.8b of the money is for ISO.
The lower staff have accused the top echelon of the organisations of planning to pay themselves at their expense.
Sources said some ISO staff were accusing 18 top officials in the organisation, who happen to be pioneer staff members, of plotting to use about sh1.6b to pay themselves.
This is the first release of gratuity since the two organisations were set up in 1987. As a result, retired staff or relatives of dead staff have been battling the organisations for claims.
In ISO, 63 dismissed operatives are demanding about sh1.02b in gratuity.
The acting Director General of ISO, Dr. Amos Mukumbi, said he had resolved the row.
“We have resolved to give each staff member 15.1% of their entitlement. The dead and retired staff are also to be paid,†he said.
Mukumbi said the 63 staff members who had sued the organisation were paid through the Solicitor General.
“All their monies are on their accounts. That chapter is closed now,†he said.
In ESO, the controversy over the distribution of the money still drags on. But ESO boss, Maku-Iga, said he had formed a committee to discuss the mode of distribution.
“Since the organisation began, no money had been released to pay gratuity. Now everybody wants the same money. We hope the committee will come up with a solution of distributing it,†Maku said.
He denied allegations that the top staff wanted to pay themselves at the expense of the lower staff.
He said the committee would also look into how to pay those sacked by his predecessor David Pulkol.
Sources said the finance ministry released the money after successful court battles by sacked ESO and ISO staff. Pulkol sacked 40 ESO staff , while ISO sacked 63.
Recently, the High Court ordered the two organisations to pay the claimants.
A row has erupted over distribution of sh4b gratuity to the staff in the internal (ISO) and external (ESO) security organisations, sources have said.
About sh2.8b of the money is for ISO.
The lower staff have accused the top echelon of the organisations of planning to pay themselves at their expense.
Sources said some ISO staff were accusing 18 top officials in the organisation, who happen to be pioneer staff members, of plotting to use about sh1.6b to pay themselves.
This is the first release of gratuity since the two organisations were set up in 1987. As a result, retired staff or relatives of dead staff have been battling the organisations for claims.
In ISO, 63 dismissed operatives are demanding about sh1.02b in gratuity.
The acting Director General of ISO, Dr. Amos Mukumbi, said he had resolved the row.
“We have resolved to give each staff member 15.1% of their entitlement. The dead and retired staff are also to be paid,†he said.
Mukumbi said the 63 staff members who had sued the organisation were paid through the Solicitor General.
“All their monies are on their accounts. That chapter is closed now,†he said.
In ESO, the controversy over the distribution of the money still drags on. But ESO boss, Maku-Iga, said he had formed a committee to discuss the mode of distribution.
“Since the organisation began, no money had been released to pay gratuity. Now everybody wants the same money. We hope the committee will come up with a solution of distributing it,†Maku said.
He denied allegations that the top staff wanted to pay themselves at the expense of the lower staff.
He said the committee would also look into how to pay those sacked by his predecessor David Pulkol.
Sources said the finance ministry released the money after successful court battles by sacked ESO and ISO staff. Pulkol sacked 40 ESO staff , while ISO sacked 63.
Recently, the High Court ordered the two organisations to pay the claimants.