“The Q3 release aligns with our efforts to reallocate resources from old priorities to key growth drivers. Our focus remains on promoting technical efficiency and ensuring service delivery at the lowest cost,” said Ggoobi.
In an interview with URN, UMA President Dr. Herbert Luswata revealed the frustration the association faces in trying to establish a labor externalization company for health workers, even as many of them remain idle.
The initiative, funded by the World Bank with a budget of 802 billion Shillings, aims to financially empower women by providing affordable capital. It is implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Labor, and Social Development, and the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU).
According to a report presented by ENABEL Uganda, the board must engage the minister on policy formulation to address the informal sector, aiming for greater inclusivity in the country’s labor market.
Leonard Okello, the Chief Executive Officer at the Institute says this was one of the reasons that they decided on a fully paid trip for the most innovative cooperative society, to one of the top tourism centres in the country.
Samuel Alicemari from Bright Star Nursery and Primary School states that they will not participate due to the lack of a playground for athletics training and the limited number of learners.
Alex Sembatya, the Executive Director Make A child Smile, an NGO that rescues victims of trafficking, says the trend has changed as traffickers now establish connections within labor export companies who help them access desperate job seekers.
The Bill proposes 29 amendments with the aim of expanding social security coverage through mandatory contributions of all workers regardless of the size of the enterprise or number of workers. It is also seeks to establish a stakeholder board, provide for midterm access to voluntary contributions and enhance fines.
A statement by the Ministry on the impact of YLP shows that beneficiaries under the program have moved from unskilled, unpaid and temporal labour to skilled, paid and permanent occupations.
Bruno Muwuluzi, a student from Uplands High School, said that some of their colleagues on streets come from poverty stricken families and distant areas where they are offered to buyers by their parents under the pretext of finding jobs for them.
