Government Told to Award Jobs on Contract

By Charles Bwogi, www.newvision.co.ug

The government should phase out the permanent and pensionable system in public service jobs as one of the interventions to reduce the rampant rate of unemployment because it is the biggest employer in the country.

Fred Mukedi, the chief executive officer, of African Business Foundation, said, “The permanent and pensionable system has locked out many young smart brains, who are much-needed by our growing economy. It leaves many old people for too long in the public service system.”

Mukedi said the Government should instead promote the contract-based system where a person serves for a specific period of time after which they move on and give others a chance to work.

He said in Uganda, the active labour force is over 8 million people and over the next 10 years, the number of people entering the labour force will increase.