Kyambogo lecturers still on strike
Mar 02, 2008
The strike by Kyambogo University lecturers has entered its fifth day.<br>The lecturers accused the university management of unfairly reducing their salaries and refusing to address their grievances.
By Conan Businge
The strike by Kyambogo University lecturers has entered its fifth day.
The lecturers accused the university management of unfairly reducing their salaries and refusing to address their grievances.
On Friday, the university council chairman, Brewer Abaliwano, asked the chairman of the academic association, Victor Lucoro, to meet the state minister for higher education, Gabriel Opio, over the matter.
The council will today hold an emergency meeting with the lecturers to resolve their complaints.
The 331 lecturers want their salaries restored to the original figures and the amount that was cut off from the February salary reimbursed.
Lucoro said the strike would continue until the problems are solved.
Lecturers who spoke to The New Vision said the council had promised to restore their previous salary structure, but later changed its position.
Daniel Ndawula, a history lecturer, said they heard that their February salaries would be paid according to the new scale.
According to the university public relations officer, James Bulenzibuto, the staff grievances stem from the management decision to implement the Auditor General’s order that the university revise the lecturers’ salaries based on last year’s scales.
A committee comprising representatives from the academic association, university management and the council was set up last month to resolve the problems.
However, the academic association general-secretary, Ben Enjiku, said the strike “was poorly conceived and internalised.â€
In a circular to the staff and students, Enjiku called for the continuation of lectures “until an official communication was made.â€
The strike by Kyambogo University lecturers has entered its fifth day.
The lecturers accused the university management of unfairly reducing their salaries and refusing to address their grievances.
On Friday, the university council chairman, Brewer Abaliwano, asked the chairman of the academic association, Victor Lucoro, to meet the state minister for higher education, Gabriel Opio, over the matter.
The council will today hold an emergency meeting with the lecturers to resolve their complaints.
The 331 lecturers want their salaries restored to the original figures and the amount that was cut off from the February salary reimbursed.
Lucoro said the strike would continue until the problems are solved.
Lecturers who spoke to The New Vision said the council had promised to restore their previous salary structure, but later changed its position.
Daniel Ndawula, a history lecturer, said they heard that their February salaries would be paid according to the new scale.
According to the university public relations officer, James Bulenzibuto, the staff grievances stem from the management decision to implement the Auditor General’s order that the university revise the lecturers’ salaries based on last year’s scales.
A committee comprising representatives from the academic association, university management and the council was set up last month to resolve the problems.
However, the academic association general-secretary, Ben Enjiku, said the strike “was poorly conceived and internalised.â€
In a circular to the staff and students, Enjiku called for the continuation of lectures “until an official communication was made.â€