The Ministry of Public Service has expressed worry that the rising bill for pensioners will become unsustainable and government will not afford to pay all the retirees under the current pension scheme unless other measures are put in place to address the challenge.
In an interview with Daily Monitor on Wednesday, the commissioner in charge of human resource at the Ministry of Public Service, Mr Victor Bua Leku, revealed that if all civil servants were to retire today, government would be required to pay Shs11.6 trillion in outstanding pension and gratuity.
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