Drama unfolded at Pastor Senyonga's owned Radio and TV station as employees accused him of not paying them for a long time leading to closure of premises, drama and police getting involved.
The lead pastor of Christian life Church owns a media house that consists of a TV station and several radio stations.
Apparently, the pastor started by chopping all employees’ salaries to half during the early days of of the COVID-19 lockdown. Shortly after that, there was the rebranding of the TV station, TOP TV which made his workers think they are going to revert to their former salaries.
Sources say that employees have not received their salaries for so many months now. Worse still is that there is no communication about this at all from the Pastor, which has brought about uncertainty among the employees.
Some workers have decided to look for other placements elsewhere. Apparently, even the working conditions at the stations are not the best according to some employees.
Last year, Uganda Communications Commission and other government authorities picked interest in the media house issues and employees were paid two months salary each irrespective of one's arrears.
However, before, Pastor Ssenyonga deducted tithe offering off the arrears a thing that rubbed many in a wrong way.
In the line of law, Rick Ashaba, a former presenter at Top TV dragged Top Media Group head Jackson Ssenyonga and general manager, Ronald Mubiru to the Labor and Social Development ministry over unpaid salary arrears.
Just like many out there, Ashaba was allegedly sacked by above mentioned after demanding his salary arrears worth over Shs 5 million for ten months.
“I am not a very poor journalist but I want to fight for my rights and save other journalists from being exploited. Many of my colleagues have worked and left Top Media Group cursing and some hate the journalism profession. This impunity must stop,” Ashaba noted last year.
Letter reference number MGLSD/LC/307/2021 signed by Hilda Nakagga on behalf of commissioner labour, industrial relations and productivity summoned Mubiru to respond to the complaints.
Pastor Ssenyonga is also battling a case of breach of contract against a city businessman called Bisaaso at the commercial court where the latter sued him for 5bn.
