Minimum wage rebuff: Labour Day May 1 in Uganda will forever be grim reminder of pay injustices, worker exploitation
Unfortunately, Labor Day is often used as a day to defend workers’ rights. However, in Uganda, for the past 38 or so years, it has been a day that the ruling party, National Resistance Movement (NRM) uses to make political speeches to highlight what it has achieved and what it will achieve, if it continues in power. NRM also uses the day to give medals to some people who have helped the regime to hold onto power since 1986.
Eulogising Ugandan patriot, Prof Rubaihayo, who raised alarm over Rwandan Tutsi infiltration of state and was jailed for it
My association with Professor Patrick Rubaihayo grew from weak to strong to excellent. I would always check on him at his office in the Faculty of Agriculture and forestry and he would check on me at the Faculty of Science. He taught me a lot about Uganda politics, since I had been out of the country for about two decades. He also convinced me to accept that the best politicians are scientists. At that time, he did not know like I did that science is one with three dimensions – natural, social and arts (or humanities).
Review: African migration mindset at present gives a fillip to human trafficking, slave trade and rights abuse
The Migration Policy Framework for Africa and Plan of Action (2018 – 2030) is so comprehensive and inclusive that it captures a range of issues, including: brain drain, remittances, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, forced displacement, return and readmission, refugees and asylum seekers, reintegration, internal displacement and internal migration (migration within countries, for example, from rural to urban areas, from one region to another).
Kenyan long distance runner Rodgers Kwemoi banned six years for blood doping
Kwemoi, whose signature event is the 10,000 metres, took bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and finished fourth at the 2019 world championships.
South Sudan secures $13 billion oil-backed loan from UAE company but UN experts worried it’ll be stolen
The experts, who monitor an arms embargo against South Sudan, said in the oil section of the report obtained this week that “servicing this loan would likely tie up most of South Sudan’s revenue (for) many years, depending on oil prices.”
Lawyers seek contempt ruling over Kenya’s plan to deploy 200 police officers to Haiti next week
Lawyers Ekuru Aukot, Miruru Waweru and their Thirdway Alliance Kenya party first challenged the deployment in High Court in October.
Ethiopia protests US ambassador’s speech that called for release of political prisoners
Mr Ervin Massinga had said in his speech that detaining critics would not resolve Ethiopia’s outstanding issues and that “the political dialogue the Ethiopians need could be helped by releasing key political figures.”
President Kiir administration and rebel groups commit to peace to end conflict in South Sudan
South Sudan is due to hold elections in December but remains politically fragile, in part because the 2018 Comprehensive Peace Agreement is yet to be fully implemented and because conflict and violence continues in different parts of the country over ethnic and political differences.
Mourners in eastern Congo blame Rwanda-backed rebels for attack, accuse Kigali of complicity
Rwanda has denied having any part in the attack, said it is being used as a scapegoat and suggested that militias loyal to Congo were involved. Rwanda’s government spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. Congo and the United States have said the attacks were launched from territory held by Rwandan troops and M23.
Kenya Red Cross responds to landslide, 50km from area where floods killed 61 people last week
Heavy rains and floods in the East African nation since late March have killed about 300 people and displaced 285,600, latest government statistics show.
