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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Outgoing Botswana Nurses Union (BONU) president, Obonolo Rahube says he leaves his position completely content as he has brought stability to the union and grew its membership.
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\nAfter serving the nurses for five years, Rahube will finally bow out and hand over the baton to his successor on Friday during the BONU elective congress where a new committee will be appointed.<\/p>\n

When he took over its presidency in 2016, he found the union at a crossroads as by then the leadership was refusing to hand over to the new committee but was later removed by court order.<\/p>\n

Rahube told The Monitor that when he got elected into office, they had the vision to see their union recognised by other unions and become part of Botswana Federation of Public-Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSU).<\/p>\n

\u201cBy then our membership was 5,800, but nurses were more than 10,000. I am happy that the number has grown under my leadership, as currently, our membership stands at 9,000. This shows that nurses have started to have confidence in their union which was not there before,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Rahube added they ensured the nurses\u2019 welfare was prioritised by the union, which resulted in the nurses receiving uniform allowance which was new to them.<\/p>\n

They also advocated for issues of delayed promotions which culminated into visible progression amongst nursing cadres. According to the outgoing president, they had advocated for nurses to be included in policy-making decisions as they are frontline workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ministry of Health has also agreed to pay nurses for hours when they are on \u2018Call to Duty\u2019. During the pandemic we had also advocated for the safety of our fellow nurses and called for them to be given personal protective equipment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rahube said during COVID-19 they played a major role in ensuring that they save the lives of people while at the same time they were working in an environment that is not conducive.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs BONU when the pandemic started, we called for a meeting with the Director of Health Services trying to advise them on how the country should be prepared. The ministry did not take our advice seriously and now we are headed for a disaster. When we visited some clinics in the Okavango area, we found that they did not have gowns. Also, it is not clear how they are supposed to assist COVID-19 patients,\u201d Rahube had said.<\/p>\n

In addition, the BONU president said a nurse at the Ramokgwebana border works two days non-stop without a break.<\/p>\n

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