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Officials call for conclusion in negotiations between Uganda and Dubai governments over labour export

Isaac Senabulya — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:49:25 +0000

Milton Turyasima, Assistant commissioner employment service, from ministry of gender labour and social development, and the Presidential adviser on Ugandans working in the diaspora Florence Kilemerwa are calling for a smooth conclusion to the consultations into the started negotiations between the Uganda and Dubai governments but maintain that no labour company will be allowed to export any service to UAE until a final conclusion is reached on this matter.

In a meeting held between the companies and the government, the officials stated that it will also do thorough scrutiny among the companies that export labour to Dubai since some companies are engaged in human trafficking which has turned Ugandan citizens in Dubai into slaves

Uganda currently has over 600 citizens working in the united Arab emirates remitting over USD.32M to Uganda annually from UAE only.

Uganda and Dubai have good business relations

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Shell Uganda on sale

Gerald Businge — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:45:31 +0000

Shell Uganda is now on sale. We have been told that Shell is engaging into negotiations with companies that have interests in buying its shares in Uganda. According to sources, some of the companies which have expressed interests in buying shell Uganda’s interests include Total Uganda and Caltex petrol company.

However Shell Uganda is planning to sell off its capital to another company without the knowledge of its employees. And this promoted the workers at Shell Uganda to petition the commercial court in Kampala. The plaintiffs asked the court to halt the intended sell until the management of Shell assures its employees that their interests would be catered for during the sale.

The court assistant registrar Eudes Keiterima after receiving the petition of the workers has halted the sale until further notice.

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Government negotiating with thermal power companies to reduce load shedding

Gerald Businge — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:03:10 +0000

The state minister for energy, Peter Lokeris said that the government is holding negotiations with thermo power generating company Agreko to have the generators switched on to decrease on the rate of load shedding in the country.

Lokeris who also apologized to the nation for the current increased load shedding which has caused losses to people’s business and property says Uganda is to pay180 billion to Agreko if they accept to have the generators back on.

The country has a deficit of 150MW at peak time with current supply capacity of310mw during day to allow commercial and industrial operations but reduces to270mw during evening hence causing a deficit.

Meanwhile, he states that the country will continue experiencing power shortages even when the Bujagali dam is commission later this year or early next year.

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