Daily Monitor
Monday May 17 2021
Gulu Town on March 16, 2020. Departments in demand of staff include works, planning, trade commerce, industry and local economic development. PHOTO | RACHEL MABALA
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The term of Gulu District service commission expired in January.
In the absence of the commission, the district has been unable to recruit personnel to fill up key positions in the district administration.
Before dissolving last week, the council tasked Mr Okaka to allocate resources to hire the service commission from another district to conduct the exercise.
Mr Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, the outgoing Gulu District chairperson, said unless such action is taken, the district risks losing billions, adding that certain activities planned in the district budget cannot be implemented without personnel.
Gulu district sells off 30 plots of land to compensate dismissed staff
May 17, 2021 Gulu district administrative building
Gulu district has been forced to sell off at least 30 plots of its land to settle part of the compensation for parish chiefs whose contracts were terminated about 20 years ago.
The district council passed a resolution in 2001 for the termination of contracts of parish chiefs who were working in the various sub-counties across the district.
The resolution led to the termination of contracts of 89 parish chiefs who later dragged the district to court and sought compensation for unlawful termination.
The High court in Gulu subsequently ruled in their favour and awarded them a compensation package of Shs 2.6 billion in 2010, with an interest rate of 18 per cent. As the money accumulated to Shs 6 billion over the years, court attached the district assets including 23 vehicles, Pece War Memorial Stadium, the district