NEWS– The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Hon Betty Amongi hss signed bilateral Labour agreement with the State of Qatar, to facilitate formal empowerment.
Minister Amongi Akena signed the Agreement yesterday in Doha where she represented the government of Uganda and in her speech she appreciated her colleague Ali Bin Samikh Al Marri, the Minister of Labour of the State of Qatar for the hospitality and friendly gesture exhibited to the delegation of Uganda.
The Minister noted that over 30,000 Ugandans are working in Qatar, hence the need to sign an agreement to enable an organised formal mechanism of Labour migration.
The Minister welcomed the proposal from ĥer counterpart in Qatar for them to immediately establish a Joint technical committee to fast track implementation of the agreement and a follow up meeting will be held on 27th May 2024, to assess the initial progress for the take off phase of implementing the agreement.
The agreement enables externalising skilled, semi-skilled and domestic workers and the two Ministers agreed on the need to monitor recruitment agencies in Qatar so as to ensure that they respect Ugandan worker’s rights, welfare, contractual obligation and ensuring that recruitment companies abide by what is contained in the agreement.
