Uganda nurses and midwives will effective Wednesday May 5, 2021 go on an emergency strike over government non payment of shs70.5b lunch allowance. Government promised to pay medical officers this financial year but has failed fulfill it’s promise. The money is supposed to benefit over 18,000 nurses and nursing Assistants. Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) President Mr Justus Cherop ...
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Saul Mugasa, alias Orukurato Rwe Nsanju, the Tooro Kingdom Speaker has resigned. According to the letter addressed to Tooro King, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, he feels it’s the right time to resign. “I leave with my conscience clear that I served the people of Tooro faithfully and with integrity,” He has served for over 22 years in that ...
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Joel Senyonyi, the NUP spokesperson is demanding justice for over 35 journalists. He said this while speaking at an event during world press freedom day. These journalists were beaten while covering political activities. “Many journalists who cover our activities have been targeted and we demand that they are given due justice. This spans from the Arua saga in 2018 to ...
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Five family members died in an attack in Luwero district where suspected arsonists lit the house on fire that instantly killed the family. The suspects on Friday attacked the home of the LC2 chairperson of Kabanyi village in Bumananika Sub County, Edward Ssekandi. Three family members died immediately in the fire. The other two, Ssekandi inclusive, escaped with injuries but ...
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May 3rd is World press freedom day and journalists will be celebrating it. Down here in Uganda, it has come at a time when military brutality against journalists is becoming very normal. Just recently, the military beat up journalists as they were doing their job. The question, therefore is, has this become the new normal for the relationship between the ...
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