By Hon Charles Bakkabulindi Workers MP. After signing the 1900 agreement between the Royal Church Missionary Society (RCMS) and the Kabaka of Buganda, there arose a need to build up administrative, security and economic structures, which needed labour, Due to high demand and inadequate supply of labour, the first governor of Uganda Sir Hesketh Bell…

By Hon Agnes Kunihira. Introduction According to ILO arrangement convection N0.144 which was passed in 1976 was aimed at facilitating consultations on a number of issues affecting workers. In the case of Uganda which reified the convention in 1994, The three parties in the game are Government employers and workers. However, before this convention was…

By Sam Ssali Kiggundu – Senior Trade Union Instructor. International Trade Unions Organization have a lot of functions that they carry out among their affiliates. These include;- Promotion of International Trade Union solidarity. Coordination of affiliates’ activities. Dissemination of vital information to the affiliates. Supporting education training programs to the affiliates. Giving material and technical…

By Our Reporter. National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) launched its annual State of the Media Report, which once again documents the continuing spiral of violence and violations of media freedom directed at journalists and news media organisations.  The report focuses on the suffering, insecurity and difficulties journalists face on a day-to-day basis while on…

By Araphat Yawe. The National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) leadership has tasked the Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA), an umbrella body for recruitment agencies, to protect Ugandan migrant workers abroad. The labour federation officials said they receive reports  almost everyday of Ugandans  mistreated, exploited and detained by employers especially in the Middle…

By Our Reporters. In 1966 Ugandan President Apollo Milton Obote and Army Commander Col Idi Amin Dada were implicated in gold and ivory plundering in  Democatic Republic of Congo  that was under President Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku wa Zabanga. Ugandan Parliament was put on test  when legislators called for Colonel Idi Amin Dada’s suspension  after…

By Our Reporters. There were mixed reactions  that followed the United Nations top court’s ruling on February 9, 2022  that ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)  $325 million over  war two decades ago. The ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ)  is a setback to DR Congo after it sought…

By Our Reporter. Uganda Medical Association (UMA) members have condemned continued cases of torture by security agencies in custody or those found walking on streets. Medics say security agencies have directed  repression on civilians  and inflicted bodily injuries on suspects in their custody some of whom have been detained incommunicado. In a strong worded statement…

BY STEPHEN OUMA BWIRE. As the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government celebrated 36 years on January 26 concerns  have continued  being raised on escalating cases of arbitrary arrests, detention and torture especially of opposition members, and impunity. Repression directed at members of the public especially the youths by security agencies and rising cases of “abductions”…

By James Wafula in Nairobi. The mega-headed corruption monster in Kenya has again struck with devastating precision in the public sector. This seems to lend credence to remarks made by President Uhuru Kenyatta last year that the country loses Kshs 2 billion daily to corruption. Yet with only five months in office no “big fish”…