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World war ex-servicemen meet Kadaga over unpaid gratuity

Mubiru Ivan by Mubiru Ivan
2 years ago
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World War ex-servicemen under their umbrella body Uganda World War I and II Ex- servicemen of Kyaggwe have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga over unpaid gratuity dating back to pre-independence days.

In a meeting with the speaker at Parliament on Monday , the ex-servicemen led by Andrew Kasumba said government should pay them since that responsibility was handed over to them [government] by the British in 1957.

The petitioners also appealed to government to give them the land that was allocated to them by the Queen of England at the end of World War II.

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They included fighters in either or both of the great wars, spouses of fighters, who died during or after the wars, and heirs of the fighters with letters of administration over their estates.

They told the Kadaga that on 15 January 1945, during a meeting held in Nairobi by British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and representatives from Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika, the Queen of England allocated land, in appreciation, to people that participated in the war.

“After the World War a meeting was held in Nairobi where the Queen of England gave land as appreciation to people that participated in the war,” Kasumba said.

He said that the 290 ex-servicemen from Kyaggwe were allocated 13.6 square miles of land in Bwebereeza, Gangu. Each of them was meant to get 30 acres.

He added that this position was reaffirmed by Johash Mayanja Nkangi, who was the Chairman Uganda Land Commission in July 2010.

According to parliament.go.ug, the High Court, following a 2010 suit by Eliab Kavuma, directed government to pay the ex- servicemen their gratuity with an interest of 6 percent every year since their retirement.

The Speaker promised to convene a meeting with the Attorney General and the Minister of Finance to resolve the concerns of the ex-servicemen.



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