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Hon. Anita Among, the Speaker of Parliament has directed government to cautiously survey the grievances of Arts subject teachers. This also means to come up with sustainable and realistic solutions. Primary teachers and teachers of arts in government-aided schools across the country went on a sit-down strike from 15 June 2022. They were protesting something they called ‘discriminatory’ wage increment ...

Joseph Kabuleta, leader of the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED), has said government should let Ugandans take charge of natural resources. He says it will reduce taxes on the informal sector if the country is to attain the middle income status. Until the government empowers the citizens economically, he says there is a lot to do to come up from ...

Former Vice President, Edward Ssekandi, has commended Speaker Anita Among for uniting MPs. The former Vice President said Among has managed business in the house ever since they elected her Speaker. He said this while he was meeting her in her office on Monday afternoon. “I am pleased with how you have managed to unite MPs to deliver on their ...

Hon. Naboth Namanya, Rubabo MP has said teachers have lost more than the government in this strike. He says much as the strike may have done something, the government didn’t lose much. “This is a lesson to the government to critically think before they make decisions. The government should know what they have promised. In this industrial action by the ...

The staff of the judiciary have been called upon by Justice Cornelia Sabiiti to have high levels of integrity and loyalty as they exercise their work. She made these remarks during a farewell luncheon that saw of her Secretary Gladys Nambooze Mulundirawala. She clocked the mandatory retirement age. Nambooze joined the judiciary in 2009 and retired from service on June ...