Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Isaac Mukwaya to Luzira prison on charges of careless driving. Mukwaya, a psychologist and resident of Mutungo in Nakawa Division was on Thursday arraigned before the Court presided over by the Chief Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi and …
Read More »Uganda calls for improved child protection at International summit
Kampala, Uganda | MGLSD | The Uganda Government has called on international partners to aggressively implement strategies that safeguard children against violence so as to enable the young generation achieve their full potential. The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Janat Balunzi Mukwaya observed that ending violence against children is …
Read More »Age-limit Bill scandal
#AGELIMIT: The 4 fights frustrating Museveni Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Finally, there was a proper fist fight in parliament on Sept.26 over lifting the 75-year constitutional age limit to allow President Yoweri Museveni to contest again in 2021. He will officially be 77 years old by then and …
Read More »Mukwaya, Butime warn districts, sub-counties on delaying govt programmes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Top managers at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and that of Local Government have resolved to take firm sanctions against District and Sub county officials cited in the defective implementation of Government Programmes. The decision was reached at during a bilateral meeting …
Read More »Mukwaya visits West Uganda, says women’s fund UWEP starting to bear fruits
Kisoro, Uganda| THE INDEPENDENT | Gender Minister Hajat Janat Mukwaya has said the fruits of the Uganda Women’s Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) are begining to show countrywide, with more groups making big strides in fighting poverty in Uganda. Minister Mukwaya alongside the Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirimana and the Programme line managers are …
Read More »PLA spearheading protection of Uganda’s labour rights
Grace Mukwaya Lule is the executive director of Platform for Labour Action (PLA). She spoke to The Independent’s Agnes E Nantaba about their efforts towards protecting labour rights. What are the key elements in your management philosophy as a manager? Given the fact that PLA is a labour rights organization …
Read More »World Bank approves US$40 million for Uganda to fight gender violence
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$40 million equivalent IDA credit to Uganda for strengthening social risk management and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response project, it said in a press release dated June 22. The bank said that this credit …
Read More »Mukwaya meets Oman officials over jobs, safety for Uganda’s migrant workers
Geneva, Switzerland| MIN OF GENDER L S| The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Janat B. Mukwaya has met with Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah al-Bakri, the Minister of Manpower of the Sultanate of Oman during which they discussed the creation of new opportunities for migrant workers and ensuring …
Read More »Uganda lifts ban on labour exports to Middle East
Government has lifted a ban on the externalization of labour to allow Ugandans seek jobs abroad especially in The Middle East. A year ago, government imposed a ban on the externalization of workers following reports of hostility meted out on Ugandans working abroad. The growing concern was that domestic workers …
Read More »Equal Opportunities Commission releases gender report
The Equal Opportunities Commission has released its third report naming sectors complying with gender issues in their yearly budgetary allocations for the FY2017/2018. While releasing the report at the Commission’s head offices in Kampala at the end of December 2016, Sylvia Ntambi, the Commission’s chairperson said overall sectors performed at …
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