Tag Archives: Ministry of Gender

Mawokota North Mp Hon Hilary Kiyaga popularly known as Dr Hilderman came out to put the Labour Ministry which handles the music industry on the spot on musician’s issues. While in a meeting with the ministry officials, Hilderman questioned the role of the Uganda National Cultural Center (UNCC) which is the ministry’s arm of handling musicians issues. The Mazongoto singer ...

A new directive from the Ministry of Health has asked all migrant workers to test for Covid-19 again before they depart the country despite presenting negative results. This is because some of these workers have resorted to presenting falsified certificates. They risk travelling with the disease and intensifying its spread. ‘’With effect from Sunday, July 11, 2021, at midnight, the ...

The Ministry of Gender has finally given a green light to external recruitment companies to start operation in Uganda on the 8th-Dec-2020. That the process complies with COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The ministry convened a meeting with the permanent secretary Ministry of gender and externalization of labour stakeholders on Monday 23rd November 2020. The stakeholders agreed that externalization of ...

In recent years the external labour recruitment especially in the Middle East has gained prominence in Uganda and so has been the exposure of the challenges involved, especially for domestic workers. Subsequently, many have called for banning of labour migration to the Middle East, especially domestic workers to cub down the challenges employed in those areas and kinds of jobs. ...

External recruitment companies in Uganda have been ordered by Uganda Association of external Recruitment Agencies( UAERA ) to suspend operations with immediate effect. This order comes after UAERA’s attention was drawn to the Press Release issued by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Gender, Labour & Social Development in the New Vision on the Resumption of Externalization of Labour. In the ...