Following the various detrimental changes that have proudly been sponsored by the COVID-19 pandemic, prominent private university top management officials have since been rumored to be considering the termination of employees’ contracts. Both essential and non-essential inclusive of senior and assistant lecturers, lab and workshop technicians and even the common cleaners at the campuses.
Our reporter despite having scoured through top administrators of various privately run universities was unable to receive a direct confirmation or denial of this alleged pledge but after further and deeper perusing, learnt from a well placed source working in the office of a prominent Kampala-Metropolitan based vice chancellor that indeed these minutes had been tabled and scheduled for discussion as per the next board seating.
Speaking with one of the would be victims of this pledge, our reporter learnt of the dreadfulness of the employees current condition and how dire the consequences would be should this decision be undertaken.
“We are already poverty-stricken as it is. All we have now is the hope that government may decide to resume institutions for at-least the finalists tweyiyize okwo.” Quoted the anonymous source.
Discussing with a celebrated practicing public lawyer accountant, Elvis Sentongo, placed in one of the associated universities, our reporter learnt that this strategy is aimed at ensuring that employees don’t claim cumulative salaries for the months off work (which apparently they can legally do) and also avoid associated legal penalties as a consequence of the failed salary payment.
“The top management is not breaking any law by doing this, it might be a hard decision but in a professional perspective. It’s for the greater good of these universities.” Sentongo concluded.
