Uganda is about to formally enter into an agreement with Oman to expedite its labor export business. After a year of negotiations, Esther Anyakun, the Minister of State for Labor, Employment, and Industrial Relations, paid a visit to Muscat early this week. Anyakun and Mahad Said Ali Baawain, Oman’s labor minister, met bilaterally to discuss…
At the statehouse in Entebbe yesterday, President Museveni met with a delegation from the Boeing Company led by Mr. Kuljit Ghata-Aura, President of Boeing-Middle East, Turkey, Africa, and Central Asia. Boeing is a prominent multinational aerospace corporation that designs, produces, and maintains commercial aircraft, defense equipment, and space systems for clients across more than 150 nations….
The Parliamentary Forum on Labor, Decent Employment, and Productivity’s legislators have once again urged the government to establish a minimum wage. While at a training on policy making in Entebbe yesterday, the legislators expressed concerns that the fate of Ugandan workers has been left at the mercy of employees which has exposed many to exploitation…
Last year, 29,437 asylum seekers made the crossing with one in five of them from Afghanistan, according to the Refugee Council. As per the recent policy, individuals who are suspected of “entering the UK illegally” after January 1, 2022, may be sent to Rwanda for a five-year agreement to process their claims. If successful, they…
Price reductions have been made by Tesla in several significant markets, such as the US, China, and Germany, as the multibillionaire Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company experiences a decline in sales. Get informed
Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) has introduced an Internal Performance Contract for the Namanve Thermal Power Plant. In the same move, it requested assistance from the Ministry of Energy in obtaining Shs41b to run the 50 megawatt Namanve Thermal Power Plant. Get informed
The approaching dry months of July–August and December–February has created an opportunity for increased milk powder imports from Uganda, according to Kenya Dairy Authority. Kenya typically experiences a shortage of liquid milk production during these months, which drives up prices. Get informed
Headteachers of schools implementing universal primary and secondary school programs have once again received warnings from President Yoweri Museveni against charging students illegal fees. This comes as different heads of UPE and USE schools protest that the Shs20,000 allocated per child per year is not enough. The President, while presiding over the launch of the…
While addressing a press conference at Entebbe International Airport on Friday, Mr.Fred Bamwesigye the director general of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority noted that the overall project works at Entebbe airport are at 90 percent level of completion and the other pending work is expansion of Apron 1, which is at 95 percent level of…
Due to heavy rains on Sunday, a section of the road between Kyengera and Budo junction caved in, causing traffic on the Kampala-Masaka highway to be rerouted. The road is sinking in for the second time in four months as it last occured in december last year. The development, according to police, has resulted in a “severe traffic…
