The Ugandan military is in talks with the African Union (AU) over delays on allowances to its soldiers serving with the AU Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia.
Army spokesman, Paddy Ankunda, told Xinhua by phone on Wednesday that the more than 6,000 Ugandan soldiers had not been paid by AU for the last four months.
“We are engaging the AU about the matter. We hope the delay and bureaucracy will be sorted out so that our soldiers’ allowances will be paid,” he said.
Ankunda attributed that to the delays in funds from the European Union, a donor to AU.
Each soldier is entitled a monthly allowance of 1,028 U.S. dollars while their government deducts 200 dollars for administration costs.