Uganda, March 29 -- A host of districts are still stuck with 5,358 civil servants whom the Auditor General recommended to be scrapped off the government payroll, Daily Monitor has established.

The affected civil servants from more than 80 districts, municipalities, cities, and different government departments are said to have absconded from duty even though they continue to draw monthly salaries.

In June 2022, the office of the Auditor General carried out a verification exercise in all districts to eliminate ghost workers and the team insisted on meeting all civil servants physically at their workstations.

After thorough scrutiny, it was discovered that several civil servants had abandoned work for two to five years without giving genu...