Makerere to pay a month's allowance to lectures

Makerere University Council has accepted to immediately pay lecturers' incentive allowances for one month.

The council chairperson, Charles Wana-Etyem, said after a crisis meeting. This after students joined a lecturers' strike on Tuesday.

Dressed in their red undergraduate gowns, students moved across all colleges mobilising their fellows to join them.

The students demanded to meet with President Yoweri Museveni instead of the university council.

Makerere University lecturers under their umbrella body Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) on Monday resolved to continue their strike until their nine months allowance arrears are paid.