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Uganda National Teachers’ Union (Unatu) leaders, including secretary general Filbert Bates Baguma and chairperson Zadok Tumuhimbise, are currently under fire after the members they recently led in a strike for salary increment accused them of pocketing billions of Shillings in bribes to betray them and call off the industrial action without any deal.
Secondary school arts and primary school teachers have suspended their strike after a meeting with President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni.
Secondary school teachers across the country have been left disillusioned after President Yoweri Museveni told their leaders under the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (Unatu) that their salaries will not be increased in the current financial year.
President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has announced his final decision on the arts teachers’ push for salary increment.
The chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Mariam Wangadya has directed Maj Gen James Birungi, the commandant of the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), to release Obed Katureebe, an official at the Uganda Media Centre.
Uganda Local Government Workers Union (ULGWU), another group of public servants, has declared a strike demanding salary increment, piling more pressure on government which has in recent months had to deal with industrial action notices from groups like science teachers, arts teachers and health workers.
President Museveni’s government has issued a notice communicating its final decision on the demands for increment of salaries by secondary school arts and primary school teachers.
President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government has, through the Ministry of Public Service, announced its decision on the push for salary increment by secondary school arts and primary school teachers following talks between Uganda National Teachers’ Union (Unatu) and Vice President Jessica Alupo.
MTN Group has announced the appointment of new CEOs for operations in Cameroon, Rwanda and Uganda effective September 01, 2022, with Sylivia Mulinge expected to replace Wim Vanhelleputte as MTN Uganda CEO.