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Hon. James Kakooza, Uganda’s representative to the East African Legislative Assembly has blamed teachers for what is going on. According to him UNATU should have never bargained for only the science teachers. He said this while addressing the ongoing teacher’s strike on NBS Eagle show. “The teachers should own their mistakes. Every time you compromise a principle, it comes back ...

Uganda National Teacher’s Union Secretary-General, Filbert Baguma, has warned government to stop threatening teachers. He says they are not like chicken that they can be chased just like that. Filbert has advised government to streamline teachers’ salaries. “Let’s have a committee to make sure salaries are streamlined and let the government look for a supplementary. This idea of saying you’ll ...

University Lecturers from public universities have decided to announce a strike. This follows an ongoing strike of the arts teachers who have been saying they also need a salary increment like their science counterparts. Public university lecturers argue that they need a salary increment because they have been patient long enough. This strike has come after the government gave teachers ...

As the East african legislator’s are trying to fix up a single education system in the East african community, Uganda which is one of the East african countries, teachers are having a strike and this is due to the failure by the government  of Uganda to rise their salary to 10% as their request. Check also: Students perform haka dance ...