The Minister of Gender, Labour & Social Development Hon. Betty Amongi signs Bilateral Labour agreement with the State of Qatar, to facilitate formal empowerment. The Ugandan Community in Qatar through their facebook page made this known.
Following was how they break the news on their page:
The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon Betty Amongi Akena has today signed a Bilateral Labour Agreement between the government of the State of Qatar and the government of Uganda to facilitate safe & formal labour externalisation to Qatar.
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In her speech, Hon. Betty Amongi appreciated her colleague H.E 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. She welcomed the proposal from ĥer counterpart for them to immediately establish a Joint technical committee to fast track implementation of the agreement. They both agreed for a follow up me
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