Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union-UNMU has threatened to mobilize nurses involved in the COVID-19 vaccination exercise to lay down their tools unless they are paid their allowances. While the nurses are entitled to a daily allowance of Shillings 5000, some of the nurses interviewed by …
Read More »Former Yumbe DPC sentenced to 5 years for embezzling junior’s allowances
Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Yumbe District Police Commander, Geoffrey Leo Ogwok has himself a five-year jail term for embezzling Shillings 6million meant for allowances of security guards. The Principal Grade One Magistrate of the Anti Corruption Court, Moses Nabende handed Ogwok the five-year sentence after finding him …
Read More »Hoima councilors protest over unpaid allowances
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Councilors in Hoima district are protesting the delayed payment of their allowances. Hoima district has 32 councilors who earn 350,000 Shillings as allowance per sitting. Now, the group say that they are demanding allowances for the last three months, and are threatening to shun all …
Read More »Disbanded SPCs threaten to stage illegal patrols over unpaid salaries
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of the disbanded Special Police Constables-SPCs in Kabale district are threatening to stage illegal operations to extort money from the public citing nonpayment of their allowances. Police recruited the SPCs in December last year to complement its work of law enforcement during this …
Read More »Local council chairpersons in Manafwa return stamps over non payment
Manafwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local council one and two chairpersons in Kaato sub county, Manafwa district have returned stamps to the sub county over non-payment of their annual allowances. While handing over the stamps back to the sub county chiefs on Thursday, the 33 chairpersons said they have gone two …
Read More »Minister Amongi approves new allowances for KCCA executives
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs, Betty Amongi has approved additional allowances for the newly created authority and division executive members under the 2020 Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Amendment Act. The allowances communicated in a December 10th letter by the minister to the executive …
Read More »Busia health workers, VHTs protest over delayed payment of allowances
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers and Village Health Teams-VHTs are protesting the delayed payment of their allowances for the just concluded oral cholera vaccination exercise in Busia municipality. The health workers and VHTs were entitled to Shillings 280,000 and Shillings 240,000 respectively for the five-day exercise that …
Read More »Nine health staff dismissed from Gulu hospital COVID-19 treatment unit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine health workers attached to the Coronavirus Treatment Unit- CTU at Gulu Regional Referral hospital have been dismissed without receiving their risk allowances. “As per the the decision of top management, the following service providers are supposed to exit from the CTU and report to …
Read More »VHTs protest delayed payment for mosquito nets distribution exercise
Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several members of the Village Health Teams from several sub-counties in Bududa are up in arms against the district authorities over the delayed payment of their allowances for the mosquito net distribution exercise. A number of VHTs stormed Bududa district headquarters on Monday demanding the …
Read More »Over 700 teachers storm out of curriculum training over allowances
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 700 teachers from over 150 secondary schools have stormed out of the ongoing training on the revised curriculum at Sacred Heart Secondary School in Gulu Municipality over allowances. The teachers were drawn from Gulu Kitgum, Agago, Lamwo, Pader, Nwoya, Omoro and Amuru …
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