📌 NRM members to Appointments Committee ➡️ Joyce Moriku Kaducu ➡️ Okullu Abuka ➡️ Betty Engola ➡️ Rose Akello ➡️ Dr Florence Assimwe ➡️ Sarah Mateke ➡️ Arinaitwe Rwakajara ➡️ Fred Kambale ➡️ Frank Tumwebaze ➡️ Diana Mutansingwa ➡️ Sarah Najjuma ➡️ David Kabanda ➡️ Robinah Rwakojo ➡️ Cissy Namuju …
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Inzu Ya Masaba to Conduct Fresh Elections for Umukuuka Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A consultative meeting convened by the Gender, Labor and Social Development Minister, Frank Tumwebaze to end the stalemate over the cultural leader of Inzu Ya Masaba has resolved to conduct fresh elections. The closed-door meeting …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Frank Tumwebaze has met the Regional Director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mohammed Abdiker in Kampala. The two leaders discussed the harmonization of labour migration policies in the East and Horn of Africa region, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has launched government’s National Single Registry for Social Protection. This ushers in a new dawn of planning, implementation and monitoring of social protection programmes in the country. The Registry is a digital platform that consolidates information …
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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Uganda on Tuesday lifted the ban on the exportation of migrant workers after an eight-month suspension in efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frank Tumwebaze, minister of gender, labor and social development, said in a statement that all licensed companies involved in …
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CSOs suggests that the government need to now invest in productive sectors such as manufacturing, trade, health, education and social protection in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Even before the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic, Uganda’s economy was already struggling amidst huge investment in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has commenced consultations to review the National Policy on Disability with a view of incorporating new strategies to reduce vulnerability among Persons with Disabilities. The process being conducted with key stakeholders at regional level also seeks …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Frank Tumwebaze has directed external labour recruitment companies to rid their sector of unethical conduct and ensure that licensing conditions are strictly adhered to. In a meeting with the executive members of the Uganda Association …
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Why government faces dilemma in fighting human trafficking Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | When Bernadette Akampurira went to Jordan, an Arab country in the Middle East region, in search of the proverbial green pastures in March last year, she was hopeful. She was one of the thousands of Ugandans …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UN Women Country representative in Kampala has decried the high cost implications of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and warned that it denies Ugandan communities resources they would have put in much-needed development projects. “Uganda is incurring over Shs77 billion in cost or …
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