Tag Archives: UAERA

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internal Affairs Minister, Maj. Gen Kahinda Otafiire has rescinded his directive to labor export firms to take their clients to Victoria hospital in Bukoto for a comprehensive internal organ examination. About two months ago, Otafiire directed labor export firms to ensure that all prospective recruits for …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | External labour recruit firms under their umbrella of Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies-UAERA, have called for the establishment of a special police unit to handle crime related to their sector. In their joint engagement with the Gender, Labor and Social Development Ministry officials in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies-UAERA wants government to prioritize reopening of their training centers saying that the closure of these orientation centers is fueling outbound human trafficking in the country. The revised law over the recruitment of Ugandan migrant workers, regulations, 2021, requires …

Ministry of Internal Affairs has reduced passport issuance from 1,500 daily to 500 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The immigration department has reduced the issuance of passports. Jacob Siminyu, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Internal Affairs says that passport issuance has been reduced from 1,500 daily to only 500. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Labour export companies have said that there are no Ugandans working in Afghanistan. Many Ugandans have been working in the central Asian country over the years, having gone through different arrangements, according to the Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA). The association’s head of …

The new Bill seeks to impose a penalty of life imprisonment for child trafficking and slavery Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA) has rejected the proposed Anti-Slavery Bill, saying that it would create a harsh working environment if passed into law. The leaders …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA) have resolved to close. The self termination of the industry has been caused by government’s continued delay to re-open their industry, making their self liquidation inevitable. The fate of the over one hundred thousand girls whom they …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies-UAERA have clarified the air on the status of Yassin Abdul Aziz Musoke, saying he is their consultant in the Middle East. Musoke is the Labor Liaison officer  in Uganda’s Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia having been appointed in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new faction of foreign labour recruitment agencies in Uganda has asked government to address challenges in labour export industry with harmonized training of domestic recruitment agencies. The group, the Uganda Federation of Foreign Recruitment Agencies (UFFRA) says the measure will eliminate trafficking in persons, …