By Sarah Kibisi. Parliament has passed the Employment Amendment Bill 2022 that will see casual labourers who have served for six continuous months deemed to have a valid contract. Legislators however, rejected the proposal that would have seen maternity leave increased from 60 to 90 days. The bill was passed this month at a sitting…
By Our Correspondent. Sudanese journalist Nader Shulkawi was recently detained at a checkpoint in city of Omdurman. The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group must immediately release journalist Nader Shulkawi, and all parties to the conflict in the country must stop harassing members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. On Tuesday,…
By Sarah Achen Kibisi. Government has been asked to prioritize investment in the implementation of nutrition outcomes in order to attain a well-nourished, healthy and productive population. The call was made by the Head of Health and Nutrition Save the Children, Ms. violet Birungi in an interview at Parliament during the Parliament Nutrition week. “Good…
By Stephen Ouma Bwire in Amman. Ramallah and Bethlehem. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Executive Committee was part of special guests invited to aattend the Palestine Journalists Syndicate May 20 to June 4, 2023. Guest were taken on special tours which included visiting the occupied territories, Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem. But…
By Our Correspondent If Mary and Joseph were to turn up at the ‘little town of Bethlehem’ these days, they would barely recognise the place. And they certainly wouldn’t struggle to find somewhere to stay in this thriving city, now arguably the jewel in the Palestinian crown. Bethlehem receives its fair share of tourists, understandably…
By Our Reporters. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) “supports Palestinian journalists and the Palestinian journalists syndicate” demands of protection, fair wages and better work conditions,” the IFJ’s President, Dominique Pradalié, told a conference in May, 2023 in Ramallah, Palestine. commemorated in Jenin the first anniversary of the assassination by Israeli forces of Palestinian journalist…
By Hon. Agnes Kunihira, Female Workers’ MP. Gender Equality is defined as the equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities of men and women and implies that the interests, priorities and needs of both are taken into consideration equally. Equality does not mean being the same nor equal numbers of men and women in all activities, nor…
By James Wafula in Kiambu. Her grave has gone cold and green grass has grown on it almost two years since she was brutally shot to death outside her home. The murder of British born Kiambu forest conservationist M/S Joannah Stutchbury, 67, drew public outrage with then President Uhuru Kenyatta vowing to find the killers…
By Our Reporter. To look at the bucolic hills and isolated landscape of Bethlehem Township and think that this very place has had a significant impact on the course of American history would seem, to most, unthinkable. Yet this very place, settled almost 300 years ago, was not only at the crossroads of the American…
By Sarah Kibisi. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament has finally spoken on why he left the opposition and joined the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) more than a decade ago. Speaking at the funeral of former Lubaga South Member of Parliament Hon. Kato Lubwama, Hon. Tayebwa said that people in opposition glorify poverty, and that…