{"id":48049,"date":"2026-09-19T13:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T11:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=48049"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:08:47","slug":"magwi-road-workers-await-two-months-of-unpaid-incentive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/19\/magwi-road-workers-await-two-months-of-unpaid-incentive\/","title":{"rendered":"Magwi road workers await two months of unpaid incentive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Ijoo Bosco<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Magwi County community members working on a road development project in Magwi County have raised concerns over delays in receiving their incentives under a project implemented by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media, Boma Development representative Odong Anthony said workers have completed four months of work but have so far been paid for only two months, leaving two months of incentives outstanding.<\/p>\n<p>Odong said workers were initially informed that they would receive US$10 for every 15 days of work, which they understood would amount to approximately US$150 per month under the agreed arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>However, he said the payment rate was later reduced to US$7.50 for every 15 days, translating to approximately US$75 per month, following discussions during a donor visit to the project site.<\/p>\n<p>Odong added that workers signed documents on Wednesday confirming the work they had completed over the four months as they await payment of the outstanding incentives.<\/p>\n<p>He said the road project remains important to communities in Magwi County, particularly by improving access to gardens and farms and facilitating the movement of people and goods within the county.<\/p>\n<p>Workers are now awaiting clarification on when the outstanding payments will be released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ijoo Bosco Magwi County community members working on a road development project in Magwi County have raised concerns over delays in receiving their incentives under a project implemented by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). Speaking to the media, Boma Development representative Odong Anthony said workers have<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/19\/magwi-road-workers-await-two-months-of-unpaid-incentive\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":48050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eastern-equatoria-state","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Magwi-road-workers-await-two-months-of-unpaid-incentive.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48051,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48049\/revisions\/48051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}