By Dorothy Nekesa. The 2022 East Africa Netball Championship saw NIC triumph, defending their crown with a 44-35 score against arch rivals Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). National Insurance Corporation (NIC) and Kampala University (KU) won the female and male 2022 East Africa Netball Clubs championship respectively on home turf. NIC successfully defended their crown…
By Dorothy Nekesa. Nile Special has committed Ush9.8b Shillings towards rugby in Uganda in a deal running for a period of 3-4 years. The development was confirmed this month by the Nile Breweries Managing Director David Valencia at the Rugby Cranes 7s teams’ appreciation dinner at Kabira Country Club in Bukoto, Kampala. At the colorful…
By Our Reporters. A Research study was commissioned by the National Organization of Trade Unions (NOTU) and undertaken by Consultants Mr Kakaire Abdu and Mr Baligasima Yazid. The study set out to assess the effect of presidential directives on COVID-19 pandemic on industrial relations amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. It specifically assessed the effect of presidential…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. Veteran Kenyan politician Azmio flag bearer Raila Amolo Odinga appeared to inch closer to power after his newly unveiled running-mate wrong footed his main challenger Kenya Kwanza of deputy president William Ruto. The choice of a former justice minister and civil rights firebrand Martha Karau appears to have at last…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. Co-operative Bank of Kenya’s profit has jumped by more than half to Sh16.5 billion, helped by increased income and reduced expenses. The net profit for the year to December 2021- March 2022 was a 53 per cent increase from the Sh10.8 billion reported in 2020. The earnings raced past the…
ByJames Wafula in Nairobi. Kenya’s August 9 election campaign could easily snowball into an emphatic first round victory for four time presidential contender Azmio flag bearer Raila Amolo Odinga after he named MS Martha Wangare Karau as his running-mate. Odinga’s main challenger Kenya Kwanza alliance flag bearer Deputy President William Ruto choice of running-mate, the…
By Sarah Zawedde in Nakaseke. Prime Minister Hon. Robinah Nabbanja has promised the people of Greater Ngoma in Nakaseke District to construct for them good roads that will enable easy accessibility in the area. She also said her office will ensure people get water because government has already embarked on the project of having water…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. President Uhuru Kenyatta announced to the nation a 12% increase on Kenya’s Sh17,000 minimum wage. He made the announcement during his Labour Day speech at the Nyayo National Stadium on May1st, 2022, noting that the change takes effect immediately.. This is after Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General…
By Our Correspondent in Dar es salaam. Tanzania’s President on April 30, 2022st, 2022 appPoved a nearly 25% increase in the minimum wage, marking a departure from the policies of her autocratic predecessor amid protests about the high cost of living. President Samia Suluhu Hassan decided on an increase of 23.3%, while also increasing the…
By Hon Margaret Rwabushaija. Trade unions play a critical role in the global economy on the fight against poverty International Labour Organization ( ILO) estimates, 1.39 billion workers worldwide almost half of the world’s total workforce, and nearly 60 per cent of the workers in the developing countries do not earn enough to lift themselves…