The Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Ramathan Ggoobi, has issued a warning to accounting officers regarding delays in the payment of civil servants’ salaries. This comes in the wake of the government’s release of Shs 19.79 trillion for the final quarter of the 2024/2025 fiscal year.
The Quarter Four Expenditure Limits for FY 2024/25 were derived from the quarterly Work Plans and Procurement Plans of Ministries, Departments, Agencies, and Local Governments, while taking into account the projected resource inflows.
“For this quarter (April–June 2025), Shs 19.79 trillion has been released, representing 25.64% of the revised budget. The released funds include Shs 8.903 trillion for wages, non-wage recurrent expenses, and development projects; Shs 2.677 trillion in external financing; Shs 8.126 trillion to cater for debt servicing and treasury operations; and Shs 83.85 billion in local revenue,” Ggoobi said.
To date, the cumulative release for FY 2024/25 stands at Shs 76.422 trillion, against a revised budget of Shs 77.196 trillion—reflecting a 99% disbursement rate.
“All Accounting Officers are instructed to comply with the commitment to pay salaries, pensions and gratuity by the 28th day of every month as per the approved salary scales,” he said.
He said in order to eliminate the accumulation of domestic arrears and penalties; Accounting Officers are directed to prioritize payment of service providers on time. Accounting Officers should stick to the requirement of not committing government without a sufficient budget.
“Parliament approved the full transfer of budget functions for the institutions affected by the Rationalization of Government Agencies and Public Expenditure (RAPEX) process and the funds have been released accordingly. Therefore, there should be no gap in service delivery,” Ggoobi said.
