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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>After Daily Monitor broke the story, a group of businessmen approached Mr Rogers Gimei with the offers.<\/p>\n

A former head teacher, who became a security guard after enduring months without pay during the Covid-19 induced lockdown, has received offers across 17 schools.<\/p>\n

His current employer has also promised to promote him to a better paying contract after his probation.<\/p>\n

Mr Rogers Gimei got a lifeline when G4S, a private security company, on August 1, 2020, took him on as a security guard with a monthly salary of Shs270, 000, down from Shs450, 000 he was earning as a head teacher at Fairway Childcare Nursery and Primary School, Nama Sub-county in Mukono District.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Gimei was contacted by management to show its appreciation and was also recognised for his love for his job, and will be promoted to a better paying contract after his probation period,\u201d Ms Allen Ayebare, the G4S business development and sales manager, told Daily Monitor yesterday.<\/p>\n

While G4S currently pays Shs700 per hour as a standard rate, it doubles the pay overtime and public holidays, making it a security company with one of the best rates on the market.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf, say, I work overtime and on public holidays, I end up getting more than Shs270, 000, which is better than what most security companies pay. At least I am able to comfortably look after my family in Sironko District,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

After Daily Monitor broke the story on Tuesday, a group of businessmen, who don\u2019t want to be disclosed, approached Mr Gimei through a journalist with a take-it-or-leave-it offer across 17 schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are 17 schools across the country and that is why they (owners) want to meet him and discuss where he is comfortable to work. They can give him a school to manage and will discuss with him all the details, including payment,\u201d the journalist said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cBut I am sure they will give him more than what he is getting as a security guard or what he was getting on the other side. They could give him that or even more. Let him come and he gauges; if the offer doesn\u2019t work for him, it is okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Gimei is, however, not sure whether he will take up the offer or any others at the moment.<\/p>\n

The future of the holder of a Grade III certificate in Education was plunged into uncertainty after reportedly going seven months without pay due to Covid-19 disruptions at his former workplace.<\/p>\n

When the government announced the closure of schools, Mr Gimei conducted his last assembly on March 18 in which he dismissed the pupils.<\/p>\n

Two days later, he chaired a staff meeting at which he officially bid farewell to the teachers.<\/p>\n

He would later plant maize, sweet potatoes and cassava on a hired plot of land in Mukono for the next four months while his salary arrears piled up and a bleak future became evident.<\/p>\n

His first duty station was guarding a warehouse in Namanve, and then to Kololo, an upscale Kampala suburb, between February and March this year.<\/p>\n

He now guards World Vision offices on Kaguta Road in Mayuge District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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