Tag Archives: migrant workers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been asked to address the growing level of vulnerabilities amongst Ugandans seeking greener pastures overseas. The call was made by religious leaders during a national prayer service held at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala on Friday to show solidarity with victims and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four supporters of the National Unity Platform have been charged with common nuisance. The four were arrested while going to deliver a petition at Parliament on the plight of Ugandan domestic workers in the Middle East. The four who include Nansana West ward LCV …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is proposing a new law on labour migration and the protection of migrant workers. Charles Engola, Minister of State for Labour, Employment, and Industrial Relations says that there is an urgent need for a law with a regulatory and monitoring mechanism to ensure …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested two members of Torture Survivors Movement Uganda after dropping a coffin at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Kampala, while protesting the continued torture and killings of Ugandan migrant workers in the Middle East. The protest on Tuesday, followed the reported cases …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Migrant workers are paying more than 100,000 Shillings to acquire COVID-19 vaccination certificates through agents at labour export companies and data entrants at certain vaccination sites across the country. Some of the migrant workers told our reporter that they paid to get vaccination certificates to …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Migrant workers are paying more than sh100,000 to acquire COVID-19 vaccination certificates through agents at labour export companies and data entrants at certain vaccination sites across the country. Some of the migrant workers told our reporter that they paid to get vaccination certificates to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Internal Affairs has downplayed the demands for medical insurance for migrant workers before they go out to seek employment in other countries. Simon Mundeyi said that the ministry does not think that medical insurance is a solution to the several incidents in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) has said all migrant workers will have to undergo body organ examination before flying out of the country. Through Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson Simon Peter Mundeyi, DCIC explains that the move is intended to reduce incidents of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC has called upon the government to enact a law on minimum wage to ensure better wages so that Ugandans who would otherwise go abroad as migrant workers get employment at home. The call is contained in the 24th annual report …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has collected 7 Billion Shillings since October from labour export companies. According to Hillary Talemwa, the head of labour externalization at the ministry, the money was collected from October 19, 2021 up to May 1st, 2022. Talemwa …