Makerere staff summoned back
Sep 21, 2011
MAKERERE University’s top governing body has summoned all staff back to work, saying most of their demands were being addressed.
By Conan Businge
MAKERERE University’s top governing body has summoned all staff back to work, saying most of their demands were being addressed.
The university council chairman, Dr. Charles Wana-Etyem, yesterday asked “all university staff to resume their duties and call off the strike, as the set intervention measures are being completed.â€
The State Minister for Higher Education, Dr. John Muyingo, yesterday told New Vision that the council, after getting consensus from staff, “will sit on Thursday (tomorrow) and announce the date and time when Makerere can be reopened.â€
“It is true that most lecturers want the university re-opened. But we have asked the council to ensure that at least all of them are on board and committed to return to work,†Muyingo added.
The minister, however, added that should the lecturers agree to go back to work, there would be no need for the council to reconvene.
The spokesperson of the lecturers association, Louis Kakinda, told New Vision that all lecturers would meet tomorrow morning to discuss the President’s letter and proposals of the university council.
The association of administrative staff and the union of the support staff meet today.
Education minister Jessica Alupo is scheduled to meet Makerere students’ leaders today in regard to the re-opening of the university. She also appealed to Makerere’s staff to heed to the council’s request and resume work, so that, “the opening of the university is smooth and concrete.â€
Dr. Wana-Etyem, in his letter released yesterday, explained that: “As directed by the President, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Planning, will pay the sh16.7b provided the university sues the National Insurance Corporation (NIC).
He said the process to sue NIC and slap a caveat on its properties had commenced.
Wana-Etyem added that: “Caveats have already been lodged on three NIC properties and the process to lodge caveats on 15 other properties was started on September 15, by the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.â€
The letter was addressed to chairpersons of the executives of the academic, support and academic staff and all other staff in the university.
It was, among others, also copied to the President, Prime Minister, ministers and permanent secretaries of education and those of finance, and the university chancellor.
MAKERERE University’s top governing body has summoned all staff back to work, saying most of their demands were being addressed.
The university council chairman, Dr. Charles Wana-Etyem, yesterday asked “all university staff to resume their duties and call off the strike, as the set intervention measures are being completed.â€
The State Minister for Higher Education, Dr. John Muyingo, yesterday told New Vision that the council, after getting consensus from staff, “will sit on Thursday (tomorrow) and announce the date and time when Makerere can be reopened.â€
“It is true that most lecturers want the university re-opened. But we have asked the council to ensure that at least all of them are on board and committed to return to work,†Muyingo added.
The minister, however, added that should the lecturers agree to go back to work, there would be no need for the council to reconvene.
The spokesperson of the lecturers association, Louis Kakinda, told New Vision that all lecturers would meet tomorrow morning to discuss the President’s letter and proposals of the university council.
The association of administrative staff and the union of the support staff meet today.
Education minister Jessica Alupo is scheduled to meet Makerere students’ leaders today in regard to the re-opening of the university. She also appealed to Makerere’s staff to heed to the council’s request and resume work, so that, “the opening of the university is smooth and concrete.â€
Dr. Wana-Etyem, in his letter released yesterday, explained that: “As directed by the President, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Planning, will pay the sh16.7b provided the university sues the National Insurance Corporation (NIC).
He said the process to sue NIC and slap a caveat on its properties had commenced.
Wana-Etyem added that: “Caveats have already been lodged on three NIC properties and the process to lodge caveats on 15 other properties was started on September 15, by the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.â€
The letter was addressed to chairpersons of the executives of the academic, support and academic staff and all other staff in the university.
It was, among others, also copied to the President, Prime Minister, ministers and permanent secretaries of education and those of finance, and the university chancellor.