Retirement Policy and its Implementation: A Case of Church of Uganda Buganda Dioceses

Abstract

This paper analyzed Church of Uganda retirement policy implementation a case of CoU Buganda dioceses with the objectives of analyzing CoU retirement policy objectives and examining the effect of CoU retirement policy objectives on implementation. In 2010 CoU sanctioned her retirement policy with the objective of improving the welfare of the retired clergy, albeit this implementation, there is poor and irregular delivery of the retirement benefits and disparities in the way how dioceses administer these retirement benefits. This paper employed a mixed methodological approach of both quantitative and qualitative nature for data collection and analysis. Findings revealed that (a) there is a significant relationship between CoU retirement policy and its implementation this was confirmed by results of Beta = 0.464, p<0.0 and that the retirement policy only contributed 22% [r² = 0.216] implying that the retirement policy is missing 78% as far as implementation is concerned. The findings, therefore, concluded that there is a significant relationship between the retirement policy and its implementation. The study recommended that CoU Provincial Assembly needs to revise the current retirement policy in order to come up with a comprehensive policy that shall enhance implementation.