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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Clays Ltd, Uganda’s oldest clay building materials manufacture, has returned to making profit despite a slight decline in revenues in year ended December 2020, according to the financial statements.  The company reports that profit after tax for the period increased by 5639% to Ushs 4.9 …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Workers of Fruit Factory have laid down their tools over low payment. On Thursday,  37 workers out of the 65 staged a sit down strike after failed discussions with management. This attracted the attention of the Police and other security agencies. According to the workers,  …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the world celebrated Women’s Day March 8, Hariss International (RIHAM) continued promoting programmes that show they are an organization that upholds diversity and does not define staff and customers by their differences. Riham last week celebrated, with all their female employees, their vital role in …

Kyenjojo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Workers of Munobwa Tea Factory under Rwenzori Commodities Limited in Kyenjojo district have called off their strike after setting conditions.  On Monday, the over 1,000 workers laid down their tools over salary increment and poor work conditions. These included those who pluck the tea and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Government has instituted a mobile security committee to monitor companies, factories and organisations to ensure that workers vote on Election Day.  The Deputy Kampala Resident City Commissioner-DRCC in Charge of Nakawa Division, Herbert Anderson Burora disclosed this at a press conference at the government-owned Uganda …

Busia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Busia district are demanding for the closure of Wagagai gold mining company after nearly a third of the workers checked tested positive for covid-19. The said gold mining company has over 400 workers and occupies more than  2,000 acre of land in the …

Kalangala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |Kalangala Oil Palm Growers Trust-KOPGT has suspended its operations after six staff tested positive for COVID-19. The General Manager, David Balironda, says their offices are out of bounds to farmers and staff to allow the six workers to undergo COVID-19 treatment.   He says the positive …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has asked the non-unionized worker to participate in the elections of the Workers representative. Although previously only workers in the 44 Trade Unions in the country participated in voting for the five worker’s representative in Parliament, this …

Singapore, Republic of Singapore | XINHUA |    Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) and Department of Statistics (DOS) on Friday released survey reports about business expectations, showing companies in the country are less pessimistic about business for the six months starting this October. The survey report, Business Expectations of the Manufacturing …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Eighty workers of Mbale School of the Deaf have been suspended indefinitely for demanding their salary arrears for the past 13 months and appointment letters. The affected include teachers, guards, cleaners, and cooks who are not on the government payroll.   James Mwayafu, one of the …