News Event Kasese and Buliisa district: community information needs in the oil and gas sector in Uganda. In addition to identifying their information needs, the communities also emphasized that information should be; accurate, easy to find, easy to understand and easy to share. They acknowledged the government as their most credible source...
News Event Rethinking the processes of land valuation and compensation in Uganda The dialogue provided a platform for selected policymakers and implementers, law makers, academics, valuers, development partners, politicians and the general public from Uganda and Kenya to debate how best valuation and compensation ...
News Event Workers’ consultative meeting on the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2019 Hon. Agnes Kunihira said that the current Employment Act of 2006 is wanting in terms of clauses that protect breast-feeding mothers, casual labourers and migrant employees.
News Event Budgeting for economic transformation and social inclusion in Uganda Ramathan Ggoobi, an economist explained that a transformative budget needs to invest in sectors that encourage structural change towards higher productivity sectors and jobs
News Event FES, GRA conduct community training in Mubende district on compulsory land acquisition processes The RDC of Mubende, Ms. Mary Nkyakwera encouraged the women in these sub counties to be involved in all land acquisition processes from the start to finish to ensure that they benefit from the developments in their areas.
News Event Advancing Social Protection for Women Workers in Uganda for Gender Equality and Equity Despite the existence of social protection legal and institutional frameworks and policies, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has not prioritised financing social protection interventions with belief that there...
News Event Street Vending - Curse or blessing for Uganda's economy? On Thursday, 4th of October, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in partnership with the Platform for Vendors in Uganda (PLAVU) discussed the role of street vending on Uganda’s economy at Imperial Royal Hotel, Kampala. At the event, street...
News Networks for Change – Joel Ankunda The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung through the Young Leaders Forum brought me close to like-minded young people who are similarly zealous for community transformation. Through this I teamed up with Michael Ntambi Blair an alumnus of the YLF...
