By Editorial,
Retiring police officers have asked President Yoweri Museveni to raise the salaries of senior police officers to match those of their counterparts in the Uganda People’s Defense Forces –UPDF.
The message was delivered yesterday by the retiring Deputy Director for Interpol- Uganda, Joseph Obwana on behalf of 233 officers who are retiring from active service.
Obwana, who is at the rank of Senior Commissioner of Police which is equivalent to Lieutenant General has been earning 2.5 million shillings yet his counterparts in the army earn over 13.5 million shillings.
The UPDF High Command on May 25, 2022, resolved and effectively implemented a salary rise for all Generals, Colonels, and Majors. Subsequently, the four-star Generals whose salary was 3.8 million Shillings was increased to 15 million Shillings yet their police counterparts the Assistant Inspector Generals of Police (AIGPs) are earning 2.9 million shillings monthly.
It is against this disparity that Obwana requested Museveni to raise the senior officers’ pay to the levels of their military equals.
Obwana expressed worry that he is retiring with a dismal package yet when he shared with his recently retired top senior military officers who are equivalent to his rank, their packages were exciting and encouraging. END.