By Hon.Charles Bakkabulindi Codes of conduct are the maintools to regulate workers’rights for added valuechain; workers’ rights encompassa large array of human rightsfrom the right to decent work andfreedom of association to equalopportunity and protection againstdiscrimination. Specific rights related to theworker place include health andsafety in the work place and theright to privacy at work.Everyone…
By James Wafula in Nairobi At least two people in Kenya’scorridors of power may belosing sleep over a possiblepolitical truce between PresidentWilliam Ruto and Azimio oppositionleader Raila Odinga. They are toughtalking Deputy President RigathiGachagua (aka RG) and the UrbanCabinet Prime S.ecretary MusaliaMudavadi. Already the fate of Mudavadiappears to be on the line after hisappointment was…
By Our Correspondent The ruling by the UgandaHigh court in Kampala ofJuly 7, 2023 that embattledNational Organisation of TradeUnions (NOTU) Chairman GeneralMr Usher Wilson Owere wasillegally removed from office bythe federation’s General Council ofNovember 22, 2022, could becomeinconsequential. NOTU leaders appealed but theterm of the NOTU Executive Boardexpires in December 2023 which couldput Owere;s position…
By Our Reporter. Ugandan Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Francis (Frank) Mwebesa has affirmed his full support for the African Export Fair organized by Al Yaqubi Exhibitions Development and Organization Company in the capital Kampala from September 14 to September 17, 2024 at the “Abel Africa, Pearl of Africa” Hotel. A number of regional…
By our reporter The most special editors who are fully registered with Uganda media Council are the ones of the Uganda ‘s leading aviation Magazine, The Aviator Africa. The include; Mupenzi Vincent Mwesigye, Asiimwe Gorreth and Bakalangudde Daniel. They are highly qualified editors and hiring them will require you alot of money according to Ugandan…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has warned there is no room for complacency despite recording the lowest number of killings of journalists since 2007. By Sumayya NanfukaThe IFJ welcomed the fall from last year’s tally of 93 to 81 in 2017 but cautioned that unprecedented numbers of journalists were jailed, forced to flee, that…
By Sumayya Nanfuka Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union members who had agreed to call off their strike as they discussed with government got divided as some kept away from work. The union leaders and the government agreed to continue with discussions and come up with final position on the issues raised by the Nurses and…
By Sumayya Nanfuka The Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr Herman von Hebel, and Danish Ambassador in Uganda H.E Mr Mogens Pedersen, launched an “Access to Justice” project on July 17, 2017 in Kampala. Objectives of the project include among others facilitating the ICC’s continuous efforts to respond to the information demands of…
By Sumayya NanfukaThe Internet Society will hold the first ever Africa Regional Internet and Development Dialogue from 8-9 May 2017 in Kigali, Rwanda, in partnership with UNESCO and Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Youth and Information Communication Technology (ICT).The two-day meeting will bring together experts including government and inter-governmental organization officials, business and educational leaders…
By Sumayya NanfukaUganda Ministry of health has suspended the release of over Shs 2bn grant of Primary Health Care (PHC) to 196 health centers which are not registered with the medical Bureaus for the funds, officials said.Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said it has been established that some health facilities do not meet the criteria as…