Pension Census: Government to register all Veterans

The Minister of Public Service Wilson Muruli Mukasa says government is set to carry out a Pension Census and Validation Exercise to establish the number of valid pensioners' records, for each category and vote.

Pension Census: Government to register all Veterans
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The Minister of Public Service Wilson Muruli Mukasa says government is set to carry out a Pension Census and Validation Exercise to establish the number of valid pensioners' records, for each category and vote.

The minister told the press at Uganda media center this morning that the number of pensioners on payroll as at December, 2016 was worth 70,085 worth 249,196,049,172 per annum.

Hon. Mukasa says the exercise is also done to identify and remove invalid pensioners' records from the payroll. Adding that it helps to link pensioners' records to the National Identification Register, for the exercise's future.

According to minister Mukasa, the activity will enable the Ministry to establish a National register for all pensioners. He advised Pensioners to present their National Identity card at the validation centre.

The minister also clarified that this exercise is free of charge, and at the end, Pensioners will be issued with forms on the validated date.

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