Ugandan Parliament checks staff qualifications
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Monitor
Ugandan Parliament Speaker Jacob Marksons Oboth says checks on staff qualifications and skills are not intended to prompt dismissals. The two-week validation exercise, launched to correct administrative inconsistencies and weed out fake qualifications, is to protect employees with genuine credentials, according to Parliament.
Ugandan Parliament Speaker Jacob Marksons Oboth said on Tuesday 20 October that the verification of parliamentary staff’s qualifications and professional records was not intended to dismiss employees. The validation exercise is meant to restore integrity and merit in the services, he said on X.
The two-week exercise includes a physical headcount, document checks and a skills audit. Susan Abeja, parliamentary commissioner and chair of the Human Resources Committee, said that employees with genuine qualifications would not be arbitrarily dismissed. Staff began submitting their documents on Monday in Parliament’s Conference Rooms A and B.
The verification commission is led by Jacob Marksons Oboth, alongside Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, Leader of the Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi and other members of the Parliamentary Commission. Oboth asked staff to continue their work as normal during the exercise.
Ugandan Parliament had notably approved the deployment of the army to Gaza on 23 September, as part of its legislative activities on the deployment of the army to Gaza.
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