The Minister of Gender Labour and Social Development has led a delegation to Jordan to discuss the operationalisation of the Bilateral Labour Agreement between Uganda and Jordan.
This morning, the Minister met the delegation from Labour Ministry with a call to for both sides to establish the Joint technical committee to follow up on the complaints from migrant workers.
The visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan followed numerous reports that some Ugandans who have been externalised to Jordan were in detention/jail in Jordan since the Covid19 lockdown serving long sentences. The intention was to seek their amnesty and release from prisons.
Further, the Minister also discussed how to implement provisions in The Bilateral Labour Agreement (BLA) was renewed automatically in 2022.
The Minister has also raised with her couter part complaint related to:
- Inadequate Commission paid to Uganda