ministry of gender labour and social development - Uganda Multimedia News & Information https://www.weinformers.com Politics, Health, Sceince, Business, Agriculture, Culture, Tourism, Women, Men, Oil, Sports Wed, 27 May 2015 08:30:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Ministry of Gender put to task on child laws https://www.weinformers.com/2015/05/27/ministry-of-gender-put-to-task-on-child-laws/ https://www.weinformers.com/2015/05/27/ministry-of-gender-put-to-task-on-child-laws/#respond Wed, 27 May 2015 08:30:39 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=41044 Officials of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development appeared before the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts over the failure to put in place guidelines regulating the legal guardianship which is used to illegally export children. Members of Parliament on the committee chaired by Serere district woman MP Alice Alaso put to task the […]

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]]> Officials of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development appeared before the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts over the failure to put in place guidelines regulating the legal guardianship which is used to illegally export children.

Members of Parliament on the committee chaired by Serere district woman MP Alice Alaso put to task the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Gender Pius Bigirimana, the Commissioner in charge of Youth and Children Development, James Kaboggoza Ssembatya, and the Principle Probation and Welfare Officer, Jane Stella Ogwang, for looking on while the child traffickers are using some law firms to submit applications to court to allow legal guardianship for child inter country adoption.

MPs who included Alice Alaso, Jesca Ababiku, Nakato Kyabangi, Paul Mwiru and Eddy Kwizera forced the team from the Ministry of Gender to reveal that the law firm of the former Attorney General Peter Nyombi is involved in aiding child traffickers in the country.

They noted that Nyombi and company Advocates make application in family courts using the advantage of weak laws and help child traffickers to export children who sometimes have their body parts removed and/ or have bad habits instilled in them like homosexuality and then returned in the country hence bringing bad morals.

The Members of Parliament directed the officials of the Ministry of Gender to avail to the committee a list of all legal firms which aid child adoption outside the country. They ordered the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Gender to produce to the committee guidelines relating to child adoption in one month so that the issues surrounding child adoption and trafficking are resolved. The committee blamed the authority in the Ministry of Gender for failing to have guidelines for 20 years which clearly stipulate how children are taken for the purpose of inter continent adoption.

The committee also ordered the close of all unlicensed child homes and to have children transferred to licensed orphanage homes. MPs noted that in Uganda there are 50 licensed child homes and more than 50 unlicensed child homes according to the Ministry officials. The permanent secretary in the ministry of Gender agreed with MPs’ decisions and promised to comply by the set time.

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]]> https://www.weinformers.com/2015/05/27/ministry-of-gender-put-to-task-on-child-laws/feed/ 0 Government set to close buildings that defy health and safety standards https://www.weinformers.com/2015/04/13/government-set-to-close-buildings-that-defy-health-and-safety-standards/ https://www.weinformers.com/2015/04/13/government-set-to-close-buildings-that-defy-health-and-safety-standards/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:16:25 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=40580 Government will close all buildings and factories which do not meet the occupation safety and healthy standards required of buildings and factories, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Pius Bigirimana has told the Parliamentary Committee on Gender, Labour and social Development Birigirimana who was appearing before the committee chaired by the […]

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]]> Arcades KampalaGovernment will close all buildings and factories which do not meet the occupation safety and healthy standards required of buildings and factories, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Pius Bigirimana has told the Parliamentary Committee on Gender, Labour and social Development
Birigirimana who was appearing before the committee chaired by the Nakasongola District Woman Member of Parliament Margaret Komuhangi said the ministry will also arrest and prosecute the owners of such buildings for breaking the laws pertaining to people’s occupational health and safety which they should ideally be protecting.
He said that this operation will begin in two weeks’ time and that the ministry already has police officers and prosecutors who can enforce occupation safety standards as required.
The ministry notes that despite all the efforts by Government to create awareness on the need to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Act, some stubborn enterprises,companies,organisations have adamantly refused to comply

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]]> https://www.weinformers.com/2015/04/13/government-set-to-close-buildings-that-defy-health-and-safety-standards/feed/ 0 Private sector asked to help government fight unemployment https://www.weinformers.com/2011/05/25/private-sector-asked-to-help-government-fight-unemployment/ https://www.weinformers.com/2011/05/25/private-sector-asked-to-help-government-fight-unemployment/#respond Wed, 25 May 2011 13:29:12 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=11635 The permanent secretary for the ministry of gender labour and social development Christine Guwatudde Kintu has called upon both private and government sectors to work together in order to expand job market. Speaking at a workshop on the implementation of labour laws Guwatudde said that the biggest challenge of Uganda is lack of employment. She […]

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]]> The permanent secretary for the ministry of gender labour and social development Christine Guwatudde Kintu has called upon both private and government sectors to work together in order to expand job market.

Speaking at a workshop on the implementation of labour laws Guwatudde said that the biggest challenge of Uganda is lack of employment.

She however said that unemployment in Uganda cannot be fought by only government but also private sector.

Guwatudde also called upon employers to work towards workers motivation in order to improve productivity.

She said that Uganda is ranked last in productivity among all the east African countries due to laxity among the employers.

Guwatudde said that employers should spend much of their time improving working conditions and paying workers appropriately.

By Isaac Senabulya

 

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