Premier Recruitment Ltd, Uganda’s fast growing labour hiring and exporting agency has positioned itself to help Ugandans cash in on the 80,000 jobs available in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This follows revelation by Janat B. Mukwaya , Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development that the Government of Uganda
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Ministry of Energy staff are increasingly quitting opting for lucrative jobs in better paying companies. According to Robert Kasande (in featured photo), the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Energy, this trend (of staff quitting) has left the Ministry’s staffing levels at only 30%. He made the remarks while appearing before
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Middle East Consultants Ltd (MECL), one of Uganda’s leading labour recruitment and exporting agencies today flagged off about 100 youth to Abu Dhabi for Oil & Gas related jobs. After the final preparation session that was attended by the relatives and friends of the candidates at MECL offices in Muyenga, the
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By Hon. Janat B. Mukwaya (HAJAT), Minister Of Gender, Labour and Social Development You may recall that Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, started the programme of labour externalization in 2005 with the purpose of reducing the unemployment burden. This has been implemented under
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Ugandan Supervisor based in Saudi Arabia has spoken out on the situation of Ugandan domestic workers (housemaids) in the Middle East Country. Ahmed Sharif Nsamba, who is attached to Ingaz Recruitment Company based in Saudi Arabia, says he is supervising Ugandan workers for four recruitment companies in Uganda; he is
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External labour recruitment companies under their umbrella organization, the Uganda Association of Recruitment Agencies (UAERA) have said human traffickers are spoiling image of genuine and regulated agencies. UAERA says Ugandans who are trafficked to different countries in the Middle East don’t go through legitimate agencies that are licensed by Ministry
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Talk of succession at Kenya’s most profitable company Safaricom, following the death of Chief Executive Officer Bob Collymore on Monday, resurfaced Tuesday with the government expressing a wish for the seat to go to a Kenyan. However, Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications Joe Mucheru said the
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There are over 50,000 Ugandans believed to have been trafficked to Oman, a country that doesn’t have any labour or bi-lateral agreement with the Government of Uganda. In fact, many cases of torture, exploitation and gruesome murders of Ugandan domestic workers have occurred in this country. According to Yasin Abdallaziz
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The Government of Uganda Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with United Arab Emirates to improve the working conditions in the Middle East Country. Gender and Labour Minister Hajat Janat B Mukwaya led a delegation from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and officials from Uganda Association
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Uganda’s labour externalization industry is increasingly becoming organized in a move aimed at weeding out unscrupulous dealers that promote acts of human trafficking and fraud. Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA), an umbrella body that brings together over 150 labour recruitment and exporting agencies has been at the forefront
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