By Our Reporters. The Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development (GLSD) Hon. Betty Amongi has defended the Ushs 6 billion she directed the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) management and board to include in its 2023/2024 budget for sensitization. “I directed Ushs 6b to be included in the NSSF budget for activities that will…
By Sarah Kibisi Acen. The Constitutional Court in Kampala has ruled that Section 25 of the Computer Misuse Act, 2011 which speaks about offensive communication contravenes the constitution and is therefore outlawed. In 2016, two people including lawyer Andrew Karamagi and Robert Shaka went to court to challenge that section of the law that they…
By Hon. Charles Bakkabulindi Workers MP. This article is on the assumption that the individual reader is already familiar with workers’ rights and the different characteristics of employers in Uganda. My selection of the commonly violated rights is based on my long experience in the field of Industrial Reactions. I have also attempted to suggest…
By Jamesa Wafula in Nairobi. In what might now sound like sweet music in the ears of Kenya’s new President William Ruto, cracks have started emerging in the Azmio La Umoja grand coalition whose flag bearer Raila Odinga narrowly lost in the August 9, 2022 elections. Odinga who has just celebrated his 78th birthday in…
By Our Reporter. National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) affiliates on January 9, 2023 convened General Council which endorsed new leaders and also suspended the federations Chairman General Mr Usher Wilson Owere. Acting Chairman General Mr Musa Okello said they are not in the culture of pursuing one another over mistakes made in administration. “Go…
By Our Reporter. President Yoweri Museveni has re-affirmed the cardinal mission of NRM government since 1986 as the commitment to ensuring national minimum economic recovery and expansion. “Today, Uganda exports 60 million kilograms of tea, 70 million bags of coffee, the production of cotton has increased and tourism has been the main national foreign exchange…
By Stephen Ouma Bwire. As the National Resistance Movement (NRM) celebrates 37 years in power since President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni came to power on January 26, 1986, corruption and impunity have grown and are almost becoming institutionalized. Individuals are taking the law in their hands and directing repression at citizens on flimsy or fabricated cases….
By Our Reporter Uganda Journalists Union (UJU) and Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) have strengthened cooperation that will ensure joint Press Freedom monitoring, training , advocacy and trade union development . UJOSS Secretary General Mr Majak Kuany Alier (right) and UJU General Secretary Mr Stephen Ouma Bwire held discussions at UJU offices, Equatoria…