Tag Archives: UNMU

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Nurses and midwives under their umbrella organization the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council  have called off their impending strike after coming to an agreement with government. The strike was called off after government committed to allocating 44.9 billion Shillings  that will go towards providing a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Ministry of Health and representatives from the Uganda Nurses and Midwife Union (UNMU) are against the government’s proposed allowance for health workers involved in the COVID-19 vaccination process. According to a circular released last week by the ministry of public service, nurses who are …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) has received 18 cases of nurses being harassed by politicians since March when the government instituted a lockdown to halt further spread of COVID-19.  The President of the Union Cherop Justus Kiplangat told URN in an interview that …