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By Isaac Ssemakadde On 18 May 2020, Mr Alex Kakooza, the ministry of education and sports permanent secretary, issued a directive for all directors and heads of education institutions to pay teachers and other staff their full salaries during the Covid-19 lockdown that started on 18 March 2020 with the closure of all education institutions. The ministry cited its guidelines for staff employment in private schools and institutions which provide, among others, that school management shall pay fulltime staff during both school term and school holiday. It argued that despite the forced closure of education institutions to combat Covid-19, private…
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By Pheona Wall, Vice President Uganda Law Society and Chairperson of the Legal Aid Project of the ULS The National Social Security Fund is a National Saving scheme mandated by Government through the National Social Security Fund Act Cap 222 (Laws of Uganda) to provide security services to employees. Recently, members of the public have petitioned that NSSF allows its fund members early access to part of their savings as a form of COVID-19 relief payment (midterm access). NSSF responded to these demands through a media statement dated 24th March 2020 where they stressed that the organization has no legal…
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By Onyango Owor It is no news that COVID-19 has rapidly spread across the world with the World Health Organization reporting more than 2 245 872 confirmed cases and 152 707 deaths globally, 19 April 2020, 03:00 GMT+3. In these unprecedented times, how you protect yourself and your business from the legal implication of a virus with no vaccine should be a priority. The total cost of the Pandemic on the global economy is currently estimated by the UN trade and development agency (UNCTAD) to be USD1 trillion and this figure is likely to rise. The devastating effect of the…
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By Phillip Karugaba, Rehema Nakirya Ssemyalo and Tracy Kakongi Ten years ago, Uganda’s National Disaster Preparedness and Management Policy predicted that “an influenza pandemic may occur when a new influenza virus appears against which the human population has no immunity. With the increase in global transport, as well as urbanization and overcrowded conditions in some areas, epidemics due to a new influenza virus are likely to take hold around the world, and become a pandemic faster than before”. COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus, is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that was declared…
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Uganda has not been spared by the adverse effects of the Covid 19 virus. The restrictions on travel and work took effect in March through April 2020. However, some construction companies from China with projects in Uganda have been affected by the Covid19 pandemic since December 2019. China is now Uganda’s largest source of foreign direct investment. According to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, Uganda ranks third as a destination for FDI from China. China has advanced loans to Uganda for its infrastructure projects such as the USD 350,000,000 loan from the Exim Bank of China to partly finance the…
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As the country grapples with Covid-19, various directives are being issued by different authorities. It is incumbent on the authorities that the measures are issued within the law. Enterprises that endeavour to observe these measures or wish to take their own measures also need to ensure that their actions are within the law. There are many legal issues to bear in mind. We set out key issues below. The Public Health Act (Cap. 281) (download) Under this Act, the Minister of Health is empowered to take measures to combat the spread of an infectious disease. So far, four statutory instruments…
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