By Hon Agnes Kunihira Abwoli, Female Workers MP. According to ILO, Unemployment is defined as “A situation where in a particular period a person is available for work, is actively seeking for work (paid or self-employment) but is unable to find an opportunity.” In Uganda today, the national unemployment rate stands at 9% of the…
By Our Reporter. Ugandan trade union leaders have been called upon to diversify mid -term and long term development programs in bid to counter unforeseen challenges encountered in their work. The development follows the massive adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic that ravaged the world but with the critical effects having been inflicted on the…
By Our Reporter. In November last year, Foreign Affairs Minister Gen. Jeje Odongo invited investors from Saudi to explore sectors of agriculture, mining, tourism, health, information and communication technology and “expand its import of products from Uganda to include fruits, vegetables, spices, milk and cereals, in addition to the invitation to take advantage of the…
BY JAMES WAFULAWORKERS EYENAIROBI. Even before the presidential petition he has lodged at the supreme court of Kenya is heard and determined in the next 14 days, Azmio’s Raila Odinga is demanding that he be sworn in as next president within the next 48 hours since he won the August 9 2022 closely contested race!Addressing…
By Our Reporter. Saudi Arabia and Uganda enjoy cordial relations and we are working and we work to protect all foreign nationals working in our country,” he said Last week, a group of young people demonstrated in front of the Saudi embassy building in Kololo, claiming that their families were being killed and tortured in…
By Badreldeen Khalafallah Alawad – badrkhalaf@gmail.com Researchers from Uganda and the US have raised concern over the huge number of new HIV infections and Aids-related deaths among children and youth in the country.According to the researchers upto 19,000 new HIV infections and 7,000 Aids-related deaths are reported annually among children and youth. They blamed this…
BY JAMES WAFULA IN NAIROBI. It was a battle to the touchline, arguably one of the fiercest election campaigns witnessed in Kenya in recent times since the troubled 2007 polls that almost plunged the country into total anarchy. Kenya’s tough talking Deputy President Dr. William Ruto, 57, proved his unremitting vitality by addressing up to…
BY JAMES WAFULA IN NAIROBI. Outgoing Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has said he is confident former Prime Minister Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga will win Tuesday’s (August 9) Presidential elections. Kenyatta, 62 whose two term tenure is drawing to a close said Odinga was best suited to take the country to the next level , warning…
BY JAMES WAFULA, POLITICAL ANALYST THE WORKERS EYE IN NAIROBI. Eccentric heavily bearded US trained professor has denied pulling out of the Presidential race in support of Raila Amolo Odinga just three days before 21 million Kenyans go to polls to elect fifth president in a peaceful change of guard. Prof. George Wajackoya of the…
BY JAMES WAFULAIN NAIROBI. The NGO council of Kenya has taken issue with the latest travel advisory from the US embassy in Nairobi urging its citizens not to travel out of the city and avoid Kisumu county over “credible fears” of election related violence ahead of polls next Tuesday.Addressing a media briefing on state of…