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Relief As Nurses, Midwives Call Off Sit down Strike After Govt Agrees To Commit Shs 44.9Bn For Lunch Allowance

Nurses and midwives under their umbrella body of the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) have called off their strike, 5 days after they declared to lay down their tools over uncleared lunch allowances. The decision to end the strike was reached after successful negotiations with government to cater for their lunch allowances at Shs.…

Devastated Nurses, Midwives Layoff Tools Over Unfulfilled Gov’t Promises Ahead Of Museveni Inauguration

Nurses and midwives leaders across the country under their umbrella body, the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union have threatened to lay down their tools over government’s failure to fulfill various promises. Among other issues, they say government has failed to fulfil its promise of increasing their lunch allowances from Shs 2200 to Shs15000 per day.…