The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUCAfrica) this month condemned acts of dehumanization meted out by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) against over 700 African migrants legally working in the UAE. ITUCAfrica General Secretary Mr Kwasi Adu-Amankwah said UAE used excessive force, including stun guns, beatings, and also sexually exploited and…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. Fresh from winning the African award as the best performing bank in the continent, Kenya’s Cooperative Bank has clinched a deal with Metrotrans, one of the leading Savings and Credit Co-operatives in Kenya’s Transport sector. This comes under a backdrop of sustained transformation of the banks services that have consolidated…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. Kenya’s fastest growing digitized bank by assets, Cooperative bank, has issued a profit warning following a tough year that saw the bank’s expenses rise faster than its income. In a public statement, the bank said that its “full-year earnings for the 2020 financial year are projected to be materially lower…
By Our Reporter. The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the pan-African organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in collaboration with the Norwegian Union of Journalists (NJ) held a Webinar on “The COVID 19 Crisis: The Role of Journalists’ Trade Unions in Protecting Journalists and Journalism” on March 1st 2021. The Webinar brought together…
By Draga Osman and Proscovia Acan in Arua. Uganda Journalists Union (UJU) held a two – day Step down Gender and Safety training workshop for 20 female journalists in West Nile region from February 11 – 12, 2021. Participants were drawn from Print (newspapers, magazines), Electronic media (radio and television) plus online media. The Mayor…
By Sam Ssali Kiggundu – Senior Trade Union Instructor. Child labour include all work which by its nature or the conditions under which it is carried out, harms, abuses or exploits the child or deprives the child of care, education, proper physical and social well being and the right to good health. Determinants of child…
By Hon. Agnes Kunihira. Women from different trade unions have been equipped with skills in production of different economic products so as to improve performance ,increase on specialized income generating activities among women and improve the livelihoods in the labour movement My major focus has been to engage women in the labour movement in activities…
By Stephen Ouma Bwire. Former Sports State Minister and Workers Member of Parliament Hon Charles Bakkabulindi has said Uganda’s achievements at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games is a result of his long term sports development programs . He said when he was Sports Minister he worked with the National Council of Sports (NCS) and National…
By Clement Wangira. A total of 1,039 ghost names have been unearthed on the nurses’ payroll under the Ministry of Health administered by the Public Service Ministry . The names were discovered August this year after government released payment of lunch allowances for nurses. Information available at Public Service Ministry indicates that a total of…
By Agatha Namirembe. Trade unions remain a force to be reckoned with in Uganda and that they deliver benefits to their members, particularly those who work in the public sector. This calls for plans ofthe most dramatic shift in conditions for employees including improving working conditions and the general welfare of workers if they are…