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Uganda:
Makerere Lecturers Call Off Strike
New Vision, 29 August 2013
Makerere University academic, administrative and support staff who have been on strike for about a month have suspended the industrial action and agreed to resume work. Read more »
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Uganda:
Makerere University Students Count Losses
New Vision, 25 August 2013
Makerere University students are growing restless over the failure of the University Council and staff to reach an agreement over the two-week-long strike. Read more »
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Uganda:
Makerere Lecturers Reject 20 Percent Pay Raise
New Vision, 25 August 2013
Addressing the press at the senior staff canteen, Louis Kakinda, the spokesperson of the staff, said they would not settle for anything less than 100%. Read more »
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Uganda:
Makerere Staff to Get 20 Percent Salary Increment
New Vision, 23 August 2013
After days of shuffling through the Makerere University budget, the university management has found money enough to give the staff a 20% pay rise. Read more »
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Uganda:
Museveni Tells Lecturers - Sorry, Roads Come First
Observer, 22 August 2013
One week into the Makerere University lecturers' strike, President Museveni insists the dons' salaries will be enhanced gradually and not by 100 per cent as they are demanding. Read more »
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Uganda:
Professors Can Rear Goats but Makerere Will Limp
Observer, 22 August 2013
The major news item from last week was the closure of Uganda's premier university, Makerere University, over staff demands for better pay. Read more »
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Uganda:
Autonomy, Accountability Key to Sustaining Public Universities
New Vision, 22 August 2013
"No public university receives 60% of the money it needs to educate a student" Read more »
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Uganda:
Makerere University to Talk With Striking Teachers
VOA, 21 August 2013
Uganda's Makerere University management council plans talks with striking teachers Thursday to discuss the walkout that has forced closure of the school, according to Mohammed… Read more »
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Uganda:
Uganda Is in a Surgeon Crisis - Makerere Professor
New Vision, 17 August 2013
Uganda is overwhelmingly short of surgeons to the extent that most surgeries are performed by clinical officers, a Makerere University professor says. Read more »
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Uganda:
Makerere Staff Blame Ex-VC Barya for Crisis
New Vision, 17 August 2013
KAMPALA - Makerere University staff have warned education minister Jessica Alupo and their former vice-chancellor, Prof Venansius Baryamureeba, against jeopardizing their efforts… Read more »
