Civil servants are expected to get a 5 per cent salary increment next year but the money will be remitted as their savings to the new contributory pension scheme the government has introduced.
Speaking at their offices in Kampala on Thursday, Mr Wilson Muruli, the Minister of Public Service, revealed that a Bill to introduce a contributory pension scheme has been drafted.
The Bill, he said, is currently awaiting approval by Cabinet and thereafter be enacted by Parliament by July 2019.
Contrary to the existing system where public servants are paid their pension only from government contributions upon their retirement, the new contributory scheme means that in addition to government contributions, public servants will also be required to contribute to their retirement benefits during the time they are still employed.