UPDF Salary |Uganda Peoples Defense Force Salary Structure
This Article has been Updated
UPDF soldiers of all ranks are set to receive a massive salary raise in the 2017/18 financial year, which starts on July 1.
According to figures obtained from the ministry of Defence headquarters in Mbuya, the biggest beneficiaries will be officers holding the two most senior ranks in the army.
A General is set to receive an 86 per cent salary increment, raising the pay from about Shs 2 million to Shs 3.77m, while a Lieutenant General will receive an 83 per cent pay rise, from Shs 1.87m to Shs 3.4m.
The salary of a Major General will rise by 40 per cent from Shs 1.7 million to Shs 2.4m while a Brigadier will receive Shs 2m, up from Shs 1.6m (a 33 per cent rise). Soldiers’ salaries are not taxed.
All the other ranks, right from a Private at the bottom of the military chain to Colonel, will also receive a considerable improvement in their earnings, which is set to further bloat the army’s already large salary and wage budget.
Previous Salary Structure
UPDF Salary structure
General
2,074,496
Lieutenant General
1,908,496
Major General
1,892,520
Brigadier
1,740,000
Colonel
1.694,500
Lt. Colonel
1,570,058
Major
1,216,069
Captain
1,041,777
Lieutenant
920,741
2nd Lieutenant
810,520
Warrant officer I
735,2000
Warrant Officer II
543,609
Staff Sgt
490,000
Sgt
450,000
Corporal
430,000
Lance Corporal
410,000
Pte
380,000
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