Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju has called for the establishment of an evacuation fund that will be used to rescue Ugandans who report cases of mistreatment. He made the remarks on Wednesday during the consideration of a report from the Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development. Ssemujju said that […]
Patrick Kamara hosts Abdallah Kayonde, the Executive Director of Migrant Workers Voice for a conversation on issues affecting migrant workers. Speaking to KFM recently, Kayonde noted with concern that a number of their colleagues especially in Saudi Arabia remain imprisoned, and marginalized while others are unfairly deported. Listen to the […]
As Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark Labor Day, Ugandan migrant workers have decried the continued exploitative working conditions and mistreatment in the Middle East. Speaking to KFM, the president of the Migrant Workers Voice, Abdallah Kayonde has noted with concern that a number of their colleagues […]
Migrant workers have threatened to reject the new labour agreement government intends to sign with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stakeholders if they are not involved. Government has been carrying out negotiations with Saudi Arabia to have the suspended Bilateral Labour Agreement (BLA) which it signed in 2017 activated before the […]
Government has developed an online monitoring system to address the challenges faced by migrant workers. This followed a long-lasting outcry by domestic workers mostly in Arab countries about their mistreatment which at times results into death. Speaking to the press at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, the Minister of Gender, […]
