WORKERS’ EYE

By Our Reporters The National Mechanism onSafety of Uganda Journalists inconjunction with the UgandaNational Commission for UNESCOorganized stakeholders’ workshopon journalists’ safety on August 3,2023 at Kampala’s National Theatre.The following day (August 4, 2023)a General meeting of stakeholderswas convened under the auspices ofthe National Mechanism on Safety ofJournalists Coordinating Committeechaired by Uganda Journalists Unionand Co –…

By Our Reporters There is growing alarm withinthe Raila Odinga-led Azimioteam engaged in peace talkswith the Kenya Kwanza governmentof President William Ruto that Wiperboss ex-VP Stephen Kalonzo Musyokacould jump ship. This is after he skipped a scheduledkey meeting at Bomas of Kenyawithout any explanation.Azimio had nominated the formerpresidential candidate in 2007 andlater vice president to…

By Samuel Obedgiu If I remember well, it was in earlyApril this year when Uganda’ssecretary to the treasury, Mr.Ramadan Ggoobi tweeted about histrip to attend the IMF/World BankSpring Meetings in Washington DC.That very same tweet just confirmedto many Africans what we alreadyknew. Mr. Ramadan Ggoobi’s tweetstated that International funding isdeclining & non-concessional sourcesare getting more…

By Our Reporter A declaration by the USambassador M/S MegWhitman that the August 9,2022 elections were the “freest andfairest” Kenya has ever held haskicked up a storm as the oppositionAzimio un-leashed pure venom onthe diplomat. Speaking on occasion of the 10thanniversary of devolution countygovernments in Eldoret August 182023, the American envoy praisedKenya for the peaceful…

By Sarah Achen Kibisi and Lucy Ekadu The Workers MP, Hon. MargaretNamubiru Rwabushaija hassaid appealed to governmentto popularise the Markets Act 2023without delay. She said speeding up awareness willhelp the public know and appreciatethe need to have the bill in place.“I completed my work in theMarkets bill, what is now left isgovernment through the LocalGovernment…

By Our Correspondent in Bujumbura In response to news reportsthat Burundian journalistFloriane Irangabiye is sufferingrespiratory distress and her healthhas deteriorated behind bars, theCommittee to Protect Journalistsissued the following statement: “Imprisoned Burundian journalistFloriane Irangabiye’s worseninghealth is alarming, and authoritieshave demonstrated negligence intheir failure to ensure that she receivesadequate medical care,” said CPJ’ssub-Saharan Africa representative,Muthoki Mumo. “Authorities…

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…