By Hon. Agnes Kunihira Abwooli The labour market in Uganda is characterized by a fast –growing working – age population. The 2009 Uganda National Household Survey estimated Uganda’s working age population at 11.0 million, up from 9.3 million in 2005. The labour force participation rate of those aged between 14 and 64 years was high,…
By James Wafula in Malindi. Kenya President William Ruto has set up a commission of inquiry to probe the more than 100 people killed in the coastal Shakola mass graves but opposition leader Raila Odinga has criticized the government for blocking the media from the scene. Odinga’s motorcade was on May 5, 2023 also blocked…
By James Wafula In Nairobi The NGO council of Kenya has welcomed the decision by the Azmio opposition suspending street protests for one month to give bipartisan talks a chance to iron out the political differences with the government. In a press statement issued Thursday May 4 2023 at his Nyayo house headquarters in Nairobi,…
By Sarah Achen Kibisi. In a bid to improve the welfare of workers, a section of companies that recruit for labour export have formed a new association. External Labour Agencies of Uganda (ELAU) parted ways with Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA). Over 70 companies have joined ELAU on realizing that UAERA has fell…
By Hon. Charles Bakkabulindi. The report further reveals that people in informal employment are estimated at 93%. The unemployment rate is 9.4% implying that as at 2014, 1.6 million of the working age population was unemployed. The percentages of people in employment are given as follows; • 64% of working population is engaged in subsistence…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. The NGO council of Kenya has welcomed the directive by Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja that the county will employ 3500 youth to help clean up the city, open drainage and blocked sewers saying the move was a step in the right direction for the nearly 5 million long suffering residents….
By James Wafula in Nairobi. The NGO council of Kenya has called for a broad consensus in the proposed 2023-2024 Finance Bill that seeks to impose a mandatory 3 percent tax on all income earners in the public sector to go towards housing for low income groups and 16 percent VAT on fuel saying there…
By Our Reporter. The Sudanese government has declared the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rebels that are fighting Khartoum authorities, a terrorist organization. RSF rebels have been holding onto parts near the airport in Darfur, and other locations hundreds of miles away from the capital, Khartoum but are targeting civilians. But the Sudanese Armed Forces under…
By Jackson Okata – IJNet. A human rights project in Kenya has launched a new curriculum to train journalists in the country on how best to report on human rights related issues. An initiative of the Canadian media development organization, Journalists for Human Rights, the Voice for Women and Girls’ Rights curriculum seeks to improve…
By Stephen Ouma Bwire in Ramallah, Palestine. The Palestinian Prime Minister H.E Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh has opened Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate Congress in Ramallah. The conference preceded a video documenting Palestinian Journalists killed by Israeli forces. Prime Minister Shtayyeh called on Israeli authorities to stop repression and killing of Palestinians. The Premier who represented President Mahmoud…