By James Wafula in Nairobi. The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has moved swiftly to rescue clients currently servicing loans but whose businesses and incomes have been hit adversely by the Covid-19 pandemic. The bank is to consolidate a cash outflow of at least Kshs 49b in support of borrowers hit by covid 19. At the…
By Clement Wangira. Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has dismissed wide spread talk that he is grooming First Son Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba to take over from him as successor when he retires.. Speculation has been rife in the country following the President’s rapid promotion of his son from lower positions to the rank of …
By Daniel Mulungi. Ugandan opposition leader and National Unity Platform (NUP)President Hon Robert Kyagulanyi has accused President Museveni of grooming his son to take over power. In an interview with FRANCE 24 from South Africa, Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said he was “definitely the elected President of Uganda”. Wine, who unsuccessfully ran for the…
By Clement Wangira. It is evident that employees’ commitment to increased efficiency and effectiveness in public service delivery has not yet been utilized to the full potential due to poor working conditions experienced by service providers. Public Service International (PSI)unions are now urging Uganda government to make concerted national effort to address service inefficiencies in…
The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUCAfrica) this month condemned acts of dehumanization meted out by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) against over 700 African migrants legally working in the UAE. ITUCAfrica General Secretary Mr Kwasi Adu-Amankwah said UAE used excessive force, including stun guns, beatings, and also sexually exploited and…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. Fresh from winning the African award as the best performing bank in the continent, Kenya’s Cooperative Bank has clinched a deal with Metrotrans, one of the leading Savings and Credit Co-operatives in Kenya’s Transport sector. This comes under a backdrop of sustained transformation of the banks services that have consolidated…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. Kenya’s fastest growing digitized bank by assets, Cooperative bank, has issued a profit warning following a tough year that saw the bank’s expenses rise faster than its income. In a public statement, the bank said that its “full-year earnings for the 2020 financial year are projected to be materially lower…
By Our Reporter. The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the pan-African organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in collaboration with the Norwegian Union of Journalists (NJ) held a Webinar on “The COVID 19 Crisis: The Role of Journalists’ Trade Unions in Protecting Journalists and Journalism” on March 1st 2021. The Webinar brought together…
By Draga Osman and Proscovia Acan in Arua. Uganda Journalists Union (UJU) held a two – day Step down Gender and Safety training workshop for 20 female journalists in West Nile region from February 11 – 12, 2021. Participants were drawn from Print (newspapers, magazines), Electronic media (radio and television) plus online media. The Mayor…
By Sam Ssali Kiggundu – Senior Trade Union Instructor. Child labour include all work which by its nature or the conditions under which it is carried out, harms, abuses or exploits the child or deprives the child of care, education, proper physical and social well being and the right to good health. Determinants of child…