Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teopista Birungi Mayanja, an advocate for education and founder of the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU), has urged the current union leadership to persist in their fight for teacher’s salary increase. UNATU affiliated teachers announced an indefinite strike a fortnight ago in protest of the …
Read More »Education minister to meet UNATU officials over strike
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Education Janet Museveni has invited Uganda National Teacher’s Union-UNATU officials for dialogue. UNATU declared a nationwide strike at all levels starting Wednesday in their quest for equality and harmonization of salary enhancement among teachers of different subjects, support staff, and school administrators. …
Read More »Civil servants in Luwero miss salaries over absenteeism
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 28 civil servants in Luwero district have not received their salary over absenteeism from duty. The most affected staff are teachers, head teachers, and health workers among others. Bernard Okello, the Luwero District Human Resource Officer explains that the district suspended the salaries effective March …
Read More »Nurses, midwives strike illegal: Gov’t
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ongoing nurses and midwives strike is illegal. This is according to the Ministry of Public Service. The ministry’s declaration comes after nurses and midwives under their union, the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council on Tuesday laid down their tools due to government’s failure to …
Read More »GGOOBI: Uganda not ready for minimum wage
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has not yet reached the level of setting the minimum wage, Ramathan Ggoobi, the Secretary to the Treasury and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has stated. According to Ggoobi, it is bad economics to institute a …
Read More »Kasese district chairperson faults CAO for failure to implement council resolutions
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a disagreement between Kasese district LCV chairperson, Elipazi Muhindi and Chief Administrative Officer, Asuman Amis Masereka over the implementation of the resolution by the District Executive Committee-DEC and council. Muhindi accuses the CAO of failing to implement the resolution passed by the DEC …
Read More »Teachers in Kumi spend months without pay
Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teachers who were recruited by the Kumi district local government are demanding payment of salary. In November, the district recruited 283 teachers who were deployed to different schools across the district. However, the teachers have not accessed the payroll since then, forcing some to forego …
Read More »Makerere starts staff headcount to reorganize salary records
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University staff have embraced the ongoing headcount exercise following a decision by the institution’s Appointments Board. The decision according to Dr. Davis Malowa Ndanyi, the Director Human Resource in a circular follows a new salary payment method that should have taken effect last year. …
Read More »Doctors suspend strike over new set of promises
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors under the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) have urged their colleagues all over the country who had laid down their tools to report back to work on Thursday. Dr. Samuel Oledo, the association’s President told journalists this morning that government has finally committed to handle …
Read More »Doctors vow to continue strike until their demands are met
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Attempts by lawmakers to convince medical workers in government hospitals and health centres to review their industrial action were futile, with the medics vowing to continue the strike until their demands are met. Medical workers countrywide took to industrial action weeks ago, demanding a raise …
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