By Anthony TuryahebwaNOTU Director Research and Training. In labor relations, there are two sides; employer and worker and each party has interests that it cherishes. The employer’s interest is to maximize production and thus generate high profit margins, and the worker’s interest is to obtain higher wages and better conditions. Sometimes the relationship between these…
By Our Reporter. The number of people living in slavery has been growing year by year and has now grown beyond imagination in modern history. The latest global estimates shows that 10 million more people joined the ranks over the past five years. According to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery 50 million people…
By Our Reporter. Intergovernmental Authority on Develop workers unions have called on Gulf counties to stop violation of labour rights and to emulate the spirit exemplified by Qatar policy on protecting workers. This development follows several reports of domestic workers being abused, tortured and detained in the Gulf nations. The call was made during the…
By Stephen Ouma Bwire in Djibouti stephen.ouma5@gmail.com The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) with funding from the European Union (EU) conducted a three-day workshop for journalists and employment communicators in the IGAD region. Participants came from Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia and South Sudan, The workshop held at…
By James Wafula in Nairobi. jackson.kairu@yahoo.com When they were campaigning for the hotly contested August 9 general elections, many heavyweights of the Azmio la umoja coalition under former prime minister Raila Odinga were confident of victory against Deputy President William Ruto of Kenya Kwanza. They were so certain that they even shared out positions akin…
By Sarah Kibisi. patlis2000@yahoo.com Uganda government has come out to help migrant workers reported to be stranded in the Middle East. Gender Labour and social Development Minister Hon Betty Amongi said government of United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pardoned many Ugandans stranded in the detention centers in Dubai and efforts were underway to repatriate them…
By Our Reporter. The Egyptian government has given the Daily Monitor newspaper journalist Ms Promise Twinamukye scholarship to pursue a one month training course for young African Journalists from September 8 to 30, 2022 in Cairo. Ms Twinamukye who is a Uganda Journalists Union (UJU) member joins other journalists from 20 African countries, who will…
EDITOR STEPHEN OUMA BWIRE. Email: oumastephen@hotmail.com, stephen.ouma5@gmail.com Uganda Parliament this month passed the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022. If the bill is assented to by the President, the new law will among others enhance the protection of children and prohibit the sending or sharing of information that promotes hatred. But the purpose of legislation is…
By Daniel Bakalangudde. mulungidaniels@gmail.com Uganda opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) President Hon Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu “alias” Bobi Wine has welcomed the European Union (EU) Parliament’s resolution seeking to halt development of East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. Hon Kyagulanyi said he is in agreement with the EU MPs concerns of gross human rights violations…
By Our Reporter in Brussels. The European Parliament,– having regard to its previous resolutions on Uganda and on Tanzania, – having regard to the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders and the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline, – having regard to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to…