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Sheikh Ramadhan Mubajje, the Mufti of Uganda has weighed in on the situation under which Arts teachers are teaching. He advised the government to incorporate all teachers in the new salary scheme. Mubajje said that if the government cannot pay the teachers equally, then it should just phase out all arts subjects. He faulted the current scheme for having a ...

The National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has come out to reveal why government and President Museveni are bent on ‘demoralizing’ Arts teachers. While addressing the recent arts teachers’ strike over salary increment, the ‘Kyarenga‘ Hit maker said that Museveni is afraid of Arts. This is because they might produce another Bobi Wine to terrorize ...

Schools are still battling with low turn-up of students. This is after teachers met the president on Monday and decided to call off their strike and go back to school. The teachers had laid down their tools for close to four weeks. This prompted many government-aided schools to close down because nothing was going on in school. The fact that ...

Nakawa west MP Hon Joel Ssenyonyi has said that Uganda has a lot of money but the only problem is those in power who mishandle it. His comments were in regards to the recent meeting of teachers and President Museveni. The Arts teachers under UNATU had for almost a month held a sit-down strike. They vowed not to go back ...

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 ...