Coronavirus – Rwanda: Rwanda Top Officials skip April Salaries for COVID-19 fight
The country has confirmed 104 Coronavirus infections to date, the
second-highest number in the region after Kenya which has 158 cases
TEL AVIV, Israel, April 8, 2020/ -- Top
Rwandan Officials will not get their April salaries in one of the
drastic measures the Government has enforced to raise funds for social
protection programmes aimed for the most vulnerable in the community.
Rwanda has implemented a strict lockdown in a bid to curb the spread of
Coronavirus, which has forced many low-income earners and unemployed
people to struggle to get food and other basic necessities.
The country has confirmed 104 Coronavirus infections to date, the
second-highest number in the region after Kenya which has 158 cases.
Four patients were released from hospital on Sunday.
“In the context of the fight against COVID-19, and in solidarity with
the most affected Rwandans, the Government of Rwanda has decided, over
and above ongoing social protection initiatives, that all Cabinet
Members, Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Public Institutions and other
Senior Officials shall forfeit one month's salary (April),” Prime
Minister Edouard Ngirente said in a statement released on Sunday.
Those who will not get their April pay are 34 Cabinet Members, 26
Senators, 106 Members of Parliament, and hundreds of Heads of Public
Institutions – who earn an average of Rwf2 million (about $2,140) per
month.
This is likely to generate close to $1 million to be used to combat effects of Coronavirus on the vulnerable.
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