Government through the Public Service Commission (PSC) is set to spend Shs4.4 billion to conduct the recruitment exercise of all those staff who will be affected by the Rationalization of Government Agencies (RAPEX).According to PSC Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Commission, Dr. John Geoffrey Mbabazi, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, has given the Commission a supplementary of Shs4.4 billion to complete the exercise.  “Initially we didn’t have a budget for this but I am glad to say the Ministry of Finance gave us a supplementary of Shs4.4 billion and that money should be enough to comprehensively deal with the RAPEX exercise up to the end of this Financial Year,” he said

He said some of this money will be used to buy vehicles to be used in the exercise and to revamp the Commission’s E- Recruitment system.

“The Shs4.4 billion was supposed to help us in various aspects, one of them is RAPEX but also there was a development component to buy vehicles to help us if we have agencies to check like UNRA which have branches up country. But also we have got our E- Recruitment system, developed in 2017 and deployed in 2018. So, since then we have seen the gaps which we need to be upgraded to make sure it doesn’t crash along the exercise,” he added

Statistics from the PSC indicate that to date, a total of 178 (68.99%) former employees of the merged agencies as of September 2024 have been absorbed into the Ministry of Public Service Structure. At least 35 (13.57%) missed out on being absorbed and 49 did not apply to continue working for the government. According to Dr Mbabazi, most of those who were not absorbed didn’t apply and will be given their severance package to go and look for employment elsewhere, a few of others did not meet the qualifications and working experience and that others who applied were not part of the affected staff

On January 10, 2025, the PSC started a recruitment exercise for former employees of the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and Uganda Road Fund (URF).The two agencies were part of the Bills which the President assented to in December last year with UNRA and URF having 1,555 and 25 vacancies to be filled respectively. Dr Mbabazi said, “What we advertised first was UNRA and the URF under the Ministry of Works because we realized these alone have approximately 16000 with UNRA having the highest number with 1555,” he said. Other agencies whose vacancies will be advertised within the next three months include the Diary Development Authority (DDA) with 103 vacancies, Cotton Development Authority (31 vacancies) and Uganda Coffee Development Authority (159 vacancies) among others. In April 2024, Parliament approved the rationalization of several government agencies, aiming at enhancing efficiency and optimizing resources

By December 2024, over 30 bills were assented to by the President and their agencies were either main streamed, merged, or functions transferred to their mother Ministries.During the process, over 2,000 staff were relieved of their duties and those who wanted to be absorbed into a new government setting under the Ministry of Public Service Structure were advised to re- apply

1. PSC FORM No. 0094 [Revised 2018]
2. PSF Summary Form
3. Staff Appraisal Form - PSF FORM 5
4. Application Form - PSF 3 [Revised 2008]
5. PSF 3 Extract - Recommendation Form [2018]
6. Study Leave Recommendation Form - PSF 11 [Revised 2008]