Makerere university teaching staff members have agreed to suspend their strike following agreements between them and the university council with now the evening students are free start attending classes from today. In a heated up meeting chaired by MUASA chairperson, Dr. Muhammed Kigundu, some lecturers were of the view that they give the university council […]
Over 25 workers attached to parliamentary canteen have laid down their tools protesting nonpayment of their salaries ranging from 7-8 months. The workers accuse their manager of Ninats investment Limited ,Veronica Katusiime, who wooed them from other restaurants and hotel around Kampala with a promise that they would be given a better pay but to-date none […]
The parliamentary committee on public service and local government has directed government to kick start the negotiation with the universities’ non-teaching staff on pending strike over their demand for salary increase. The directive was issued by the chairperson of the committee Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny after the Minister of state for planning, David Bahati, told the committee […]
Patients going to receive medical services at Mulago main referral hospital are still stranded as medical interns strike enters day three. Patients say they have waited for medical workers at Mulago in vain. However, authorities at Mulago hospital say the strike by intern doctors had less impact on service delivery at the hospital. The […]
Police on Monday fired teargas and shot bullets into Makerere University striking students. This was the second time Makerere University students went on strike, protesting against a policy which requires them to pay over 60% of their tuition fees in the first week of the semester. According to the administration of Makerere University, the […]
MakerereUniversity administration has threatened to expel over 500 students following Monday’s violent strike in which dozens of students were injured and the Anti-riot Police fired tear gas and life animations to disperse. The striking students engaged in running battles with the Police and other security detectives protesting MakerereUniversity’s new directive to have 50% of their […]
The government has promised to compensate students of Kyambogo University who lost their properties recently during a strike at this institution. According to the education and sports minister Maj. Jessica Alupo the students’ compensation will be taken care of by government because this strike was occasioned on them by their university managers and lecturers. In […]
Drivers and conductors of privately owned Pioneer Easy Buses have gone on strike due to non-payments of two months salary. These pioneer buses are about 200 and have been transporting people from the different parts of the Kampala. The drivers and the conductors have camped at Namboole national stadium where the buses are parked […]
In the third quarter of last financial year, (March this year), the students of Makerere University staged a strike over their unpaid internship cash. The Police was heavily deployed to quell the strike. The police under the instructions of its inspector general, Kale Kayihura commanded beat students and one of the victims was a first […]
There was joy among students and parents of Kyambogo University on Tuesday as the striking lecturers resumed work suspending three week long strike that last month led to the closure of this university. In a meeting today between the university staff and National Union of Educational Institutions agreed to call off the strike after […]