Civil servants warned of July salary delays
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Civil servants will have their July salary delayed over what the government termed as a result of a technical hitch
Civil servants will have their July salary delayed over what the government termed as a result of a technical hitch.
Internal memos issued in various departments have cited a technical hitch that affected the processing of state payrolls.
According to the Ministry of Public Service, faults were identified during ongoing modifications to the new system for paying government salaries.
The overhaul aims to improve the administration of government payrolls, which have been tainted by ghost employees and salary increases.
The government is implementing a digital platform called the Unified Human Resource system, which can prevent employee double payment and bribery.
A memo issued at the State Department of Correctional Service dated July 25 asked for patience.
“This is to inform all the officers that the salary for the month of July 2023 will delay due to the migration of the old manual Integrated Personnel and Payroll Database (IPPD) system to the new online unified human resource (UHR) system.”
“We request for your patience as we await further directives from the IPPD core team in the state department for public service,” read part of the memo.
Another memo at the gender department indicated the same.
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“This is to inform all officers in the State Department for Gender and Affirmative Action that there has been a delay in the processing of salaries for the month of July 2023 due to the logistic challenges occasioned by the migration of the old manual Integrated Personnel and Payroll Database (IPPD system to the New online Unified Human Resource (UHR) system.”
“We request for your patience as we await further directives from the IPPD Core Team in the State Department for Public Service,” read the memo dated July 24.
Officials say migration to the UHR system is part of commitments that the National Treasury made to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a bid to tame graft in the payment of workers at the national and county levels.
Under the system, every public servant will be assigned a permanent unique identification number.
It is the second time that civil servants are experiencing salary delays this year, the first time was April.
Then, the government blamed the issue for an acute cash crunch and promised not to have a similar experience.
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