Pay non-teaching varsity staff - Unatu
Unatu national chairperson Margaret Rwabushaija (Left) and the association secretary general, Mr James Tweheyo, address journalists at Teachers House in Kampala on Wednesday. PHOTO BY RACHEL MABALA
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The demand for salary enhancement and arrears has been an issue for some time among the teaching and non-teaching staff of public universities
Kampala.
The general secretary Uganda National Teachers’ Union (Unatu), Mr James Tweheyo, has called upon government to pay the non-teaching staff in public universities as their strike affects the quality of education.
While briefing the press at Unatu offices on Wednesday, Mr Tweheyo said a number of public universities will not operate following government’s failure to clear their arrears.
“A number of public universities will not operate after the non-teaching staff resumed their strike following government’s failure to honour its commitment to clear all the arrears and effect a pay rise,” he said.
He added, “A case in point is the Makerere University non-teaching staff who have laid down their tools as of August 1, after government failing to effect a pay rise of Shs 39b and clear their arrears”.
The non-teaching staff at Makerere University are demanding arrears amounting to Shs28 billion, which they claim arises from the non-payment of their enhanced salaries due to them this financial year.
He reminded the government that quality of education can only be achieved if all actors in the education system are well facilitated and motivated to carry out their duties.
The demand for salary enhancement and arrears has been an issue for some time among the teaching and non-teaching staff of public universities.
