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Members of Parliament across the political divide have told President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government have emphatically told government to either bring a supplementary budget before the House or equally divide the available Shs95bn meant for enhancement of science teachers’ salaries among both arts and science teachers.
Speaker Anita Among has constituted a committee of five MPs to draft a motion, which will include resolutions calling on government to address the grievances of teachers of arts subjects.
MPs in Uganda’s Parliament have told President Museveni’s government to increase arts teachers’ salaries to the level of their science counterparts.
Wilson Muruli Mukasa, the Minister of Public Service, has on July 06 tabled government’s official position on the enhancement of pay for public officers and as well as the industrial action by Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) in which secondary school arts teachers and all primary school teachers are protesting salary disparities.
There was drama in Uganda’s Parliament after a member of Parliament accused his colleague of using a complicated accent that he claimed left many legislators, including the speaker, guessing what he is saying.
With just a day left to the start of a new financial year (FY2022-2023), President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government, secondary school arts teachers have continued to stand their ground regarding their demand for salary increment in the same manner that pay for their science counterparts was raised.
National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has reacted on court rulings favouring Mityana District Woman MP Jocyce Bagala, and his brother Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu.
A trusted ally of opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye has alleged that President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni hates arts and its teachers, and is not willing to increase their salaries.
The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Mityana District Woman MP Joyce Bagala in an appeal challenging the High Court’s decision to throw her out of Parliament.