{"id":9476,"date":"2019-05-26T22:57:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T19:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=9476"},"modified":"2019-05-26T22:57:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T19:57:51","slug":"teachers-meet-museveni-call-off-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/26\/teachers-meet-museveni-call-off-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers Meet Museveni, Call Off Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teachers, under their Uganda National Teachers\u2019 Association (UNATO),\nhave this afternoon met and held talks with President Museveni and agreed to postpone\ntheir intended industrial action and report to classes as schools reopen\ntomorrow Monday 27<sup>th<\/sup> May 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting, in which the teachers agreed to end their strike over\nsalary increment, was held at the Offices of Prime Minister (OPM) in Kampala\nand was also attended by Prime Minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, Education and Sports\nMinister, Janet Museveni as well as all the education State Ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Museveni asked the teachers to suspend their industrial\naction for the whole term and promised to meet them again in late July to brief\nthem on the next course of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President appealed to the teachers not to cause problems to the\ncountry but rather seek for equitable salary structures for all civil servants\nthrough the establishment of a harmonized salaries board to balance salaries of\nall civil servants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the salary increment for scientists in the country, President\nMuseveni defended it saying that some skills are more needed in society than\nothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou see doctors when one falls sick it\u2019s the doctor to treat but\nnot a person like me who is Head of State or a Commander-in-Chief of the armed\nforces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President also stated that as teachers demand for salary\nenhancement, they should also discuss the source of the national income where\nrevenue that generates salaries comes from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy 1987, the tax collection was Shs.5 billion. This is because there was nothing to tax as the economy had collapsed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018 we collected seventeen thousand billion shillings because we now have factories that are producing goods for sale,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNATO Secretary General, Filbert Baguma, advised that while government has put priority in sectors like roads, electricity and industry; there is also need to consider education, as it is the backbone of development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also thanked the First Lady, Janet Museveni who is also Minister of Education and Sports for organizing the meeting and pledged to give her their support.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teachers, under their Uganda National Teachers\u2019 Association (UNATO), have this afternoon met and held talks with President Museveni and agreed to postpone their intended industrial action and report to classes as schools reopen tomorrow Monday 27th May 2019. 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