Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has directed the dispatch of a team of officials from Ministry of Public service to help expedite the process of payment of pension arrears for thousands of Ugandans.
Over 8,600 pensioners have not received their monthly pensions for three months now.
The delay has been faulted on ministries that are still verifying pensioners’ records to eliminate ghost pensioners.
Rugunda says the pending cases will be cleared by October 15th.