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Every time a country discovers oil, it comes under scrutiny and so its not surprising that the spotlight is now on Ugandan activities in the oil-rich Albertine region. Last year, the European Union Parliament called for the delay of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), expressing concern over human rights abuse and environmental degradation. It’s against this background that the Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development (has embarked on a campaign to engage the contractors involved in oil and gas activities as far as upholding human rights in concerned. Benard Mujuni, Commissioner for…
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By Benard Mujuni Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is defined as a total sum and measure of all goods and services produced and sold in a given time. The growth rate of GDP is often used as an indicator of the general health of the economy. One of the limitations of GDP is that it only measures income. Yet poverty is more than just lack of income. And in a country like Uganda, where the informal sector commands more than 67% of productivity, and is responsible for more than 80% of all employment, there is a clear likelihood that most of…
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By Benard Mujuni The COVID-19 pandemic that has had a devastating impact globally has not spared Uganda’s economy. The Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development has seen an increase in demand of its services amidst a stringent budget due to vulnerable populations losing their livelihoods and assets due to the pandemic including Low staffing levels to address social discrimination issues. The prevalence of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Uganda remains high: Over the pandemic review period, physical violence remained high although it has reduced to 51.5% in 2016 as compared to 59.9% in 2006 (UDHS, 2018). In addition, 22% of…
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Uganda has been elected as the new Bureau for the African Union (AU’s) Specialized Committee on Social Development, Labour and Employment, a position that accords the country a higher profile in running the sectoral affairs at the African Body. The leadership tenure spans two years. The Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Amongi Betty Ongom, on behalf of Uganda, assumed the seat on Thursday during the 4th Ordinary Session of the committee held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The committee, which reports directly to the AU’s Executive Council, is charged with promoting and developing cooperation amongst…
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By Benard Mujuni Uganda’s development agenda is anchored on Social development, which underpins context of poverty, equity, social inclusion and social protection floor that require effective targeting of the vulnerable persons in the delivery of social services. The emergence of the second wave of COVID-19 has provided yet another challenge. As a country, we seem to have learnt and quickly forgotten much. The absence of a clear system for targeting the vulnerable groups for the delivery of livelihood interventions has resulted into the need to develop an equitable Social registry sooner than later. The possibility of mistargeting and excluding the…
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By Benard Mujuni Uganda has so far a registered total of over 120 private licensed companies to place Ugandan migrant workers abroad. As of Nov 2019, over 100,000 Ugandan migrant workers had accessed jobs in Iraq, United Arab Emirates, South Sudan, Somalia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait racking on well over 1.5 Billion dollars per annum. To protect the workers, and these inflows, Government signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia and has initiated bilateral Labour Agreements and Negotiations with other labour receiving countries such as Qatar and United Arab Emirates. Most of these went as domestic workers yet the…
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By Benard Mujuni Uganda, according to UBOS Uganda Demographic Household Survey 2018, has over 12.6 million workers in the informal sector. 60% of these are the working poor, who never save a penny but for their livelihoods thus have no fall back in case of trouble. These are the dependent workers we are talking about. Without giving them shelter, dinner, lunch, breakfast and some medical support, the domestic workers will fail to work for you or demand what a banker teller earns, making labour a major cog in economic and social development. Labour if not well handled, could disfranchise young…
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