By Our Reporter The National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) What went wrong Masaka Committee report is a culmination of endless administrative wrangles that at one time threatened to tear apart the Labour federation. Report of Inquiry on Governance and Leadership of NOTU by the What Went Wrong Committee (WWWC) successfully completed its work as…
By Our Reporter Happy World Earth Day 2023: THEME: “Invest in Our Planet,” writes Hon. Dr Abdulhu Byakatonda International Mother Earth Day provides an opportunity to raise global public awareness of the challenges to the well-being of the planet and all the life it supports. The Day also recognizes a collective responsibility, as called for…
By Anthony Wanyanma INTRODUCTIONThis presentation is comprisedof six parts. The first part is thisintroduction, the second part bringsout the meaning of Common Lawand some of its Principles as alludedto in the second part of the Bill, theimpact of these Principles on theadministration of Labour Justice inUganda and how the EmploymentAct 6 of 2006 has mitigated…
By James Wafula in Nairobi Azimio opposition leader Hon Raila Odinga leads demonstrators in Nairobi By James Wafula in Nairobi Veteran Kenyan opposition leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga has now moved to the ICC court alleging a plot to kill him. Odinga claims he was almost killed as he led street demonstration protesting…
By James Wafula in Nairobi Former Central Province Govenor under military leader Idi Amin Dada, Capt Abdalla Nasur on a wheelchair By James Walula in Nairobi Fallen former Kampala governor Abdallah Nasur who has outlived his boss Idi Amin by several years will long be remembered for having imposed some of the harshest restrictions ever…
By James Wafula in Nairobi It may have taken Kenya President William Ruto a whole seven months since his election to appreciate the enormity of rising costs of living facing millions of Kenyans unable to put food on the table. The high cost of living has become a mobilization tool for President Ruto’s bitter rival…
By James Wafula in Juba Kenya’s fastest growing lender Cooperative Bank of Kenya may have every reason to expect a bumper harvest as its subsidiary Kingdom Bank soars up like an Eagle! The Kingdom bank, formerly Jamii Bora, has churned a profit in its first full year under the Co-operative Bank of Kenya Group. The…
By Our Reporter In response to Turkishauthorities’ sentencing oftwo journalists on chargesof spreading terrorist propagandaTuesday, the Committee to ProtectJournalists issued the followingstatement of condemnation:“By issuing prison sentences toMehmet Güleş and İsmail Çoban,Turkish authorities have yet againabused the country’s anti-terrorlegislation,” said Özgür Öğret, CPJ’sTurkey representative. “Authoritiesshould not contest the journalists’appeals and should cease theirpractice of retaliatory…
By Our Reporter Kinshasa, April 14, 2023– Congolese authorities should immediately release journalists Gustave Bakuka and Diègo Kayiba, ensure the safety of journalist Sylvain Kabongo, and drop all legal proceedings and investigations against them connected to their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.. Around 9 a.m. on Friday, April 14, three Congolese National Intelligence…
With the promise from the manager of NCBA bank, the game of golf is definitely destined to thrive in the East African region beyond expectation. This is after the managing director for NCBA bank, Mark Muyobo announcing that they have lined up 17 golfing series in the region this year and the junior tournament that…