By Daniel Bakalangude. mulungidaniels@gmail.com. This year’s May 1st International Labour Day celebrations were held at Kololo Independence grounds under the theme: “Mitigating the impact of COVID-19: Enhancing Productive Employment for Improved Livelihoods through the Parish Development Model.” President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni told workers and employers that the theme highlights the key role of the Parish…
By Daniel Bakalangudde. mulungidaniels@gmail.com Since migrants work in precarious conditions, it’s the mandate of both International Labour Organization (ILO) and trade unions to safeguard themselves of any kind of abuse. The Assistant Director-General and Regional Director, ILO ROAF, Ms Cynthia Samuel Olonjuwon made the remarks during a two-day Inter-Regional Forum on promoting Union to Union…
By Daniel Bakalangudde mulungidaniels@gmail.com Government has insisted that they have not stopped anybody from discussing about the Poison or the matter of poisoning people. The State minister for information and National Guidance Godfrey Kabyanga informed the media recently that speaking about poison is not an issue but it will not in good faith if one…
By Sarah Nansikombi. Uganda government has announced plans to recruit about 13,315 teachers that will replace those who did not return to class when schools reopened in January this year after two year covid – 19 lockdown, officials said. Commissioner for Teacher Education and Training, Mr Jonathan Kamwana, said about five percent of the 347,219…
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…
AGENCIES. The Summit of East African Community (EAC) Heads of State at their 19th Ordinary Summit held on 29th March, 2022 admitted Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following recommendation by the Council of Ministers. The Chairperson of the Summit, H.E Uhuru Kenyatta, who is also Kenya’s President, informed the meeting that DRC had met all…
By Ouma Stephern Bwire. The government of the Republic of Uganda represented by Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) and Uganda Vinci Coffee company Limited signed the controversy Coffee agreement giving the company monopoly to manage coffee processing and exports. According to the February 2022 agreement, the design, financing, construction and operation…
By Hon Agnes Kunihira Abwoli. Motivation means being guided into action in a manner that makes you feel vigorous and excited or enthusiastic. When an employer motivates a worker, of course she or he will be activated into action which enables him / her to produce good results that are beneficial to the enterprise /…
By Agatha Namirembe. ArembeUPEU Chairperson Challenges and Solutions Social security is a broad term for the range of financial benefits available to virtually all workers. It is a formal arrangement concerned with protection against socially recognized conditions including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment, survivorship, death among others. Currently, some form of social security exists for…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. He died as quietly as he had lived most of his 91 years. He hailed from a poor. humble ¬background of a peasant family in Othaya, Nyeri county. Emilio Mwai Kibaki, the man who loved his pilsner beer cold and played golf, was Kenya’s third President. Given to humour and…