By James Wafula in Nairobi. Kenya’s Co-operative Bank has intensified efforts to bail out small and medium scale enterprises hit hard by the Covid- 19 global pandemic 2020-2021 and are yet to recover. The bank has extended up to Ksh6.3 billion ($56.06 million) advanced from the European Investment Bank to help shore up SMEs in…
By Kenneth Arereng. Ugandan athletes are ready to reap medals at the forthcoming 18th dition of the Commonwealth Games that takes place July 28 to August 8, 2022 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni officially flagged off the national teams on July 11, 2022 at Kololo Independence Ceremonial grounds and stressed the value…
By Araphat Yawe. Uganda cabinet has halted registration of new labour export companies in until GLSD Ministry provides a report on the measures being taken to enforce safety and protection of migrant workers. Gender, Labour and Social Development, Minister Hon. Betty Amongi told Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA) conference this month at Africana…
By Sarah Achen Kibisi. The Speaker of Uganda Parliament, Hon. Anita Among has directed the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister also Leader of Government Business Hon. Robinah Nabbanja to consider taking a final position on the plight of teachers, detailing long term plans by Government in addressing the matter holistically and sustainably. She said there is…
By Sarah Achen Kibisi. Speaker Anita Among has emphasized the need for lawmakers to conduct research while carrying out their core roles of legislation, oversight and appropriation saying that it will enrich their input in the legislative process. “Your input should be evidence based and reports should have quantitative and qualitative research,” Among said. She…
By Hon Agnes Kunihira, MP. As government transits from addressing the immediate crisis to focusing on economic recovery, integrity violations may continue to rise and undermine recovery efforts. It is therefore imperative that fundamental safeguards of public integrity are not weakened or disregarded in both the immediate response as well as the longer-term recovery from…
By Sarah Achen Kibisi. Government tasked the Ministry for Finance to urgently provide Shs135 billion for the procurement of food to alleviate the hunger crisis in Karamoja Sub-region, amid complaints of inadequate interventions by area Members of Parliament. Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja this month told Parliament that the funds will be used to procure food…
By Dorothy Nekesa. The National Sports Forum of Federations/ Associations convened for the quarter four meeting of the financial year 2021-2022 on June 27, 2022 at the Lugogo based Copper Chimney Restaurant. The Honorable Minister of state for Education and Sports Denis Hamson Obua chaired the 4 hour meeting speaking harmonization and streamlining in accordance…
By Erick Matovu. The Unions of the Construction Sector of Greece express our solidarity with the Roofers Local 36 of Los Angeles, USA, the workers and the unionist Cliff Smith, the Business Manager of the union. We condemn the practices of the AFL-CIO, a member of the ITUC, against our colleague and his union, which…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. Long serving Kenya’s Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Mr Francis Atwoli has once again repeated his Labour day appeal to Kenyan workers to vote for former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in the August 9, 2022 General elections. Atwoli was commenting on the high cost of living in…