By Hon. Agnes Kunihira, Female Workers’ MP Training programmes that are directly tied to employment opportunities have proven to be particularly effective in targeting women and men entering the labour market. (New entrants). In Eastern Asia countries like India, Indonesia, Bangaladesh, Pakstan and others, it is mandatory for employers to provide training to all new…
By Our Reporter Workers Member of Parliament Hon Charles Bakkabulindi has lambasted masqueraders in the Labour fraternity who are duping the public that they fight for worker’s rights when they are mere pretenders. He said there is a “trade union” leader who represented workers in Parliament for 20 years but after losing out in the…
Former National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) Secretary General Hon Peter Werikhe Christopher has lashed at suspended federation Chairman General Mr Usher Wilson Owere for wasting time in courts. Hon. Werikhe, a Member of Parliament for Bubuulo West on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket, said Mr Owere should leave NOTU leadership to young people…
By our reporters Uganda cabinet has approved ratification of International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 190 which seeks to protect workers and other persons in the World of work against sexual harassment and violence, officials said. Gender, Labour and Social Development Ministry Labour Officer Ms Hilda Nakagga said Uganda is ready to complete the process and…
By James Wafula in Nairobi Kenya President William Ruto faces a fresh onslaught from workers unions that are opposed to the new house tax of 3 percent on their payslip that has been imposed by the 2023 Finance bill in addition to what they say is failure to honour long standing collective bargaining agreement (CBOs)….
By Our Correspondent THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA IN THE HIGH COURT OF UGANDA AT KAMPALA CIVIL DIVISION MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO. 006 OF 2023 USHER WILSON OWERE:::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::APPLICANT VERSUS 1. N A T I O N A L ORGANIZATION OF TRADE UNIONS (NOTU) 2. CHRISTOPHER PETER WERIKHE 3. STEPHEN MUGOLE 4. BIGIRWA RICHARD:::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::RESPONDENTS 5. MAUKU…
By Our Correspondent T he ruling by the Uganda High court in Kampala of July 7, 2023 that embattled National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) Chairman General Mr Usher Wilson Owere was illegally removed from office by the federation’s General Council of November 22, 2022, has complicated matters. NOTU leaders that included former Secretary General…
EDITOR STEPHEN OUMA BWIRE The coming into existence of the non – unionized workers in 2016 following Constitutional petition N0 37 of 2010 in the constitutional court by Robinson Kasozi, Moses Mauku and Catherine in 2010, has become a menace for Labour unions. Petitioners contended that the 2011 general elections in respect of the workers,…
protests 1. Reporters should carry Identification such as their National Identity Card and a copy of their press card in an accessible place to clearly identify themselves as journalists but conceal it if it attracts unwarranted attention. 2. Media houses need to equip their journalists with anti-riot gear while sending them to cover volatile events….
By Our Correspondent. An international conference “Fostering Peace and Security in Sudan” was organized by the EPP group, EU human rights organizations, and hosted by MEP Martusciello on July 18th, 2023.This follows the Geneva conference, Egyptian Summit, and the ceasefire agreement reached by the US and KSA for humanitarian reasons. The conference aimed at shedding…