A sweeping reform effort is taking shape within Ministry of Local Government, as senior human resource officials from across the country gather in National Leadership Institute Kyankwanzi for a high-stakes orientation aimed at reshaping how government jobs are filled.
Presiding over the opening, Ben Kumumanya, the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, delivered a pointed message: the era of opaque recruitment practices must end.
In a decisive move to curb corruption, the government has ordered that all public job advertisements prominently carry warnings discouraging bribery, reinforcing that no fees are required to secure a government position.
The gathering, which brought together 237 Heads of Human Resource from local governments nationwide, reflected on a broader push to professionalize public service administration.
Organized jointly by the Ministry of Local Government, the Civil Service College Uganda, and the National Leadership Institute Kyankwanzi, the two-week program is designed to instill a renewed sense of integrity and strategic leadership among HR officers.
At its core, the training seeks to transform human resource departments into engines of accountability. Participants are being equipped with tools to strengthen recruitment systems, safeguard payroll processes, and ensure transparency in pension management, areas long viewed as vulnerable to abuse.
Kumumanya underscored that reforming recruitment is central to restoring public trust.
His directive was unequivocal: every government job must be openly advertised, and any form of payment in exchange for employment is illegal.
This signals government’s ntent on confronting entrenched malpractice head-on, while demanding a cultural shift within the public service itself.
