World Bank report says climate shocks could cut GDP growth by up to 3.1% unless urgent adaptation measures are taken COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda has set its economic development ambitions quite high. The country’s Vision 2040 blueprint lays out a bold goal: becoming an upper middle-income country …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary and Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi, has said that the journey to build a USD 500 billion economy by 2040 will come with several challenges and that things that must be done in the right way. The strategy …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | A total of 146 Ugandan migrant workers, who had been detained in various centers and prisons across Saudi Arabia, have been successfully repatriated following negotiations between the Ugandan and Saudi governments. These efforts are part of a broader program that also includes …
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LONDON | Xinhua | As the United Kingdom’s Labour government marks 100 days in office on Saturday, political commentators are markedly less enthusiastic than in the aftermath of the party’s landslide win in the July 4 general election. Instead, they are asking whether Labour will be able to get back …
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Ingah Kutesa moves to secure labour export deal with Oman Muscat, Oman | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to sign an official deal with Oman to streamline its labour export business. Year-long negotiations have resulted in a visit early this week to Muscat by Minister of State of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has tasked the Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development, to work with the line ministry to investigate companies involved in the export of labour to the Middle East. This follows the rampant and unclear deaths of many casual labourers, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development, has urged government to expeditiously put systems in place to monitor Ugandans who labour in foreign countries as domestic workers. This follows rampant cases of torture and death of Ugandan domestic workers abroad. MPs said government needed to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee on Human Rights are concerned about the way inmates are paid after they have offered manual labour outside the prisons. The legislators raised the concerns while meeting officials from the Uganda Prison Service. The meeting on Tuesday, 26 July 2022, …
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Mbale, Uganda | DIANA TAREMWA KARAKIRE | When Uganda imposed a lockdown last year to contain the ravaging coronavirus pandemic, the government ordered the closure of all education institutions, businesses, including land and sea borders. Since then the consequences on economic activities have been dire. With schools closed and many jobs lost …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Frank Tumwebaze has met the Regional Director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mohammed Abdiker in Kampala. The two leaders discussed the harmonization of labour migration policies in the East and Horn of Africa region, …
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