Patients going to receive medical services at Mulago main referral hospital are still stranded as medical interns strike enters day three. Patients say they have waited for medical workers at Mulago in vain. However, authorities at Mulago hospital say the strike by intern doctors had less impact on service delivery at the hospital.

The interns went on strike since Monday 11^th May demanding payment of their salary arrears since December 2014. The hospital spokesperson Enock  Kusasira told journalists that  the hospital has about 800 nurses whom he says are ably administering medical  services to the public. He also noted that they are in touch with the line ministry and soon the funds will be available for the medical workers to resume work.

The last strike at the nation’s main hospital was in January 2015 by the interns demanding pay. This was called off after three days under allegations of threat of dismissal and cancellation of training by the hospital administration.

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The Committee while meeting officials from the Ministry of Education led by the Permanent Secretary Francis Lubaga discovered that several staff left the Ministry but were still appearing on the payroll and have been drawing salary up to date.

Committee lead Council and Bufubira County East MP Eddie Kwizera the asked the officials to recover the money in accordance with regulations.

Kwizera exchanges with the human resource officer of the ministry of education Twinembabazi Eriabu.

According to the Auditor General’s Report of 2009/10.a case in point one Denis Ojuk who got an appointment with Abim District Local Government as procurement officer since 2006 is still getting double salary from Government.

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Finance to pressurize commercial banks to treat the salary loans differently.

Members of parliament say that salaries more especially for civil servants don’t change

and therefore the interest rates and the period of payment for salary loans should not be changed.

Samia Bugwe north Julius Maganda says salary earners took the loans long time but banks increased interest rates without considering the income of such people.

He says that government should come up with a policy that protects low income earners who survive on loans.

He says government should not allow banks to change the salary loan agreements because they are sensitive.

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The children are currently in poor condition and the doctors at Kawolo Hospital are doing whatever is possible on earth to save their lives.

Several theories have been advanced to explain why the said matrons might have poisoned these kids. Some people say that the children were poisoned because the school administrators had not paid salary to these matrons for the last four months. Others alleged that the matrons wanted these children to die as a sacrifice to their gods.

The habit of women to poison children is on increase in Uganda according to police reports.

The children were poisoned through porridge. The Buikwe district Police Commander, Caroline Akoth confirmed the arrest of the school matrons. She says that the matrons were arrested to help police with investigations. On hearing the news, the residents staged a demonstration and blocked the Kampala-Jinja Highway demanding the matrons be lynched.

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 The Lord Mayor of Kampala, Erias Lukwago earns 16.7 million shillings while his deputy earns 11 million shillings.

The chairpersons of Kampala divisions/Division Mayors receive 10.7 million shillings each and their deputies get 8.2 million shillings. Kampala district councilors receive 4.45 million shillings and the division councilors get 3.5 million shillings.

The least paid staff member in Kampala district earns 1.8 million shillings according to the new salary structure and that person is a messenger.

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The nurses and some senior medics at Butabika hospital went on strike yesterday demanding for their salary arrears and the reinstatement of their risk allowances which were cut off by the ministry of public service.

Talking to journalists today the chairman of the Uganda Medical Workers Union Butabika Hospital branch, Juma Ojwang said that some health workers have resumed duty after convincing them that their issues will be handled very soon.

Ojwang says that the medics who sleep outside the hospital have not yet returned for duty.

Ojwang however was noncommittal on when the arrears will be paid and if the risk allowances would be reinstated.

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This time there was no discrimination. All councilors irrespective of their political briefs have been given loans. The biggest number of councilors at KCCA is from NRM and the second majority is from the Democratic Party.

Sources have told this journalists that councilors at KCCA have been allowed to acquire a loan of 180 million shillings maximum and those at division level can receive a loan of 120 million shillings maximum.

Each councilor at KCCA gets a monthly salary of 3.3 million shillings minus transport and general allowance while those at division level earn 2.5m monthly.

AMany councilors we talked to sounded excited and praised Jenifer Musisi for the offer she had given them. Now all councilors from both NRM and opposition sing Jenifer Musisi’s praises

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