By Hon Charles Bakkabulinde, Workers’ MP. The International Labour Organization (ILO) defines a domestic as “a wage earner working in a private household, under whatever method and period of remuneration, who may be employed by one or several employers who receive no pecuniary gain from this work”. The domestic worker (household helper or domestic aid)…
By Our Reporters. Uganda gained independence on October 9th, 1962. Since 1894 the country was a British protectorate that was put together from some very organized kingdoms and chieftaincies that inhabited the lake regions of central Africa. At independence, Dr. Milton Apollo Obote, also leader of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) became the first Prime…
By Daniel Bakalangudde. The Opposition in Parliament has threatened to disrupt proceedings in the House if the government does not produce their missing members. Oppostion Shadow Minister for Defense and Security Hon Derrick Nyeko said they are tired of government’s empty promises. He said Government promised them that they would stop the abductions of…
By Jamesa Wafula in Nairobi. It was Uganda’s founding Prime Minister and later President for a total of 15 years, the late Dr. Apolo Milton Obote who once described Kampala as a city of seven rumours a day. That was in 1968 two years after Obote government troops led by army commander Colonel Idi Amin…
By Our Reporters. The Uganda Journalists Union (UJU) in collaboration with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) under the Union to Union (UTU) Project 2022 held a two- day seminar on Digital Organising, Trade Union Reform and Youth Recruitment from 13 – 14 October, at Holiday Express hotel, in Kampala, Uganda. The Guest Speaker at…
By Sarah Achen Kibisi. The President of Uganda People’s Congress (UPC), Mr Jimmy Akena has called on government to vigorously improve on the welfare of teachers which include streamlining of the salary structure of both science and art teachers as well as timely payment of their wages. “Today 5th October, is World Teachers’ Day! We…
Message from Uganda Professional Science Teachers’ Union (UPSTU) 5th October, 2022 Greetings to you all the teachers across the country and to you dear friends. Today the 5th October, 2022, we join the rest of the world to celebrate the world Teachers’ Day. A day, internationally earmarked annually to honor the gifted souls who work…
By Our Correspondent. A conference dubbed “Grassroot Democracy in Kashmir ,A road towards Democratic Empowerment” was organised by EPP political group at the European Parliament October 24th 2022 during the Gender equality week held by the European institutions to empower women and girls mainly in conflict zones.In this respect, Mrs Safina Baig was invited as…
By A Correspondent in Brussels. A coalition of European ,international and Sudanese human rights organisations gathered on October 22nd 2022 in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva to Commemorate the victims of October 25th 2021 coup killed savagely by the military regime of Al Burhan while protesting peacefully for more equal rights and Freedoms….
Over 100 people demonstrated on October 15th, 2022 in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC) calling for the prosecution of Sudanese Military leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan for crimes against humanity.The European and African community showedsolidarity with the people of Sudan and called on the international criminal court help prosecute military leaders under the…