Public Service Commissioner credits Gen Moses Ali with securing Shs500 billion that averted teachers' strike

What the report says

Nile Post reports that Victor Leku Bua, the Commissioner for Compensation in Uganda’s Ministry of Public Service, has credited the late Gen. (Rtd.) Moses Ali with helping secure more than Shs500 billion for teachers’ salary enhancement in 2017. Bua said Ali chaired a Cabinet sub-committee tasked with finding additional funds at a time when tensions over teachers’ pay risked triggering nationwide industrial action.

In a tribute issued after Ali’s death, Bua said the committee’s work enabled the government to proceed with the salary enhancement programme and reduce the likelihood of a teachers’ strike. He praised Ali’s handling of national assignments and described him as a disciplined, patriotic public servant. Bua also recalled personal interactions with Ali, saying he and Prof. Robert Esuruku benefited from the former general’s mentorship and experience.

Bua, who also chairs the Ma’di Cultural and Development Foundation, said Ali’s death was a major loss to the Ma’di community, West Nile and Uganda. He noted that Ali served in senior roles under three Ugandan presidents, which he said reflected the confidence successive governments had in him. He also thanked the people of Adjumani West for supporting Ali throughout his political career and urged the Ma’di community to uphold unity and public service.

According to Nile Post, Ali is being accorded a state funeral in recognition of his decades in military and political leadership. Burial preparations were underway at his ancestral home in Abiricaku Village, Adjumani Town Council, where mourners had gathered to pay their respects.