Am not liable to the wrongs -Speaker Among
By Sarah Achen Kibisi The Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Anita Among has said she will not accept to be held liable for the wrongs committed when she was not in parliament. “The decision was not by me; I should not be held liable for wrongs that happened when I was not there. This matter can…
Parliament rejects proposal to increase Supreme Court Judges
By Sarah Achen Kibisi Parliament has passed the Judicature (Amendment) Bill, 2023 rejecting government’s proposal to increase the number of Supreme Court justices from 11 to 21. The chairperson of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Hon. Robina Rwakoojo, presented the Committee Report on the Judicature (Amendment) Bill, 2023 to Parliament. The House also rejected the…
Uganda is not an abuser of human rights
By Sarah Achen Kibisi The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, General David Muhoozi described the remarks by Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga that Uganda is among the worst human rights abusers as false and generalistic in nature. He made the remarks while making a statement on alleged enforced disappearances of persons. Government has accused…
WHAT IS THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS BILL?
BY HON. MARGARET RWABUSHAIJA NAMUBIRUWorkers Member of Parliament (2021 – 2026) Policy and Principles: The object of the bill is to regulate the human resource management professionals to establish the Human Resource Management Institute. It also provides for the functions of the institute and setting up a Council as the Governing body of the institute.The…
CHALLENGES FACING THE UGANDA INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM
BY HON. CHARLES BAKKABULINDIWorkers Member of Parliament The industrial relations system in Uganda has some connotation with that of the British system who were our former colonial masters. The set up ad operation are exactly like that of the British and any other common wealth countries e.g Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and others.According to the…
BASIC SKILLS IN SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES (SSE) VITAL
By Agatha NamirembeCHAIRPERSON UPEU Today most female workers engage themselves into small scale enterprises (SSE) which they carry out after work. This enables them to supplement their major incomes. These enterprises include such things like mobile money, kiosiks,chips and chicken flying, tomatoes and onion stall charcoal stalls, maize and gonja roasting just to mention but…
Informal Sector Workers Should Join Trade Unions
By Hon. Agnes Kunihira Abwoli, Female Workers Member of Parliament In January 1993, the 15th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (15th ICLS) adopted an international statistical definition of informal sector that was subsequently included in the revised international system of national accounts (SNA 1993)But inclusion in the SNA of informal sector identification was considered essential…
Mangat wins final ARC round, Patel takes the treasure.
ARC FINAL STANDINGS AFTER TANZANIA: OVERALL TNRC: BY FRANK KAHEESI- HEAD FMU MEDIA UGANDA’S Jas Mangat wins the final African Rally Championship round,the ASAS rally of Tanzania, as Kenya’s Karan Patel takes the treasure,winning continent’s top accolade. Mangat who midway season unvealed a new machine,Hyundai I20 R5 with new co-driver French National Jules Escartefigue,narrowly misses…
The 55th AFRAA Annual General Assembly Takes Strides to Transform Aviation for Development
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and Uganda Airlines concluded the 55th Annual General Assembly (AGA) in Kampala, Uganda. The event was held under the High Patronage of the Government of Uganda and officiated by H.E Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, Vice President of the Republic of Uganda. The Assembly, which brought together 569 delegates from 49 countries…
PARIS CONFERENCE SAYS IRAN SPONSORS TERRORISM IN MIDDLE EAST
By Our Correspondent in Paris, France An international conference dubbed “ Iranian nuclear power: realities and prospects for sanctions “ was organised in Paris on November 21, 2023 at the Paris School of Business with the presence of high level experts ,journalists, researchers and students . The debate was introduced by Professor Frédéric Encel, who said stakeholders approach…