1.0 ACTS AND OMISSIONS BY RECRUITMENT COMPANIES THAT LEADS TO TIP

Recruitment based on un researched information about the actual terms and conditions of service of clients  Inadequate or exaggerated briefing to clients  Use of forged documents, i.e. Interpol letters, medical forms, recommendation letters; job contract documents; visas  Failure to effectively monitor the working conditions of the clients working abroad  Failure to […]

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SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP FOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF EXTERNAL LABOUR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES BY THE NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON PREVENTION OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS / 25th JUNE 2014

1.0 General Overview of the TIP Situation in the Country On average, 15 new reports of transnational trafficking in persons are registered per month since January 2014. The majority of the victims are female adults and the most common forms of exploitation are Labour and sexual exploitation. The most common destination countries are Kuwait(29), Uganda(12), […]

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CONSULTATION MEETING BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE UGANDA ASSOCIATION OF EXTERNAL RECRUITMENT AGENCIES AND THE NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON PREVENTION OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS / KATI-KATI HOTEL / 25TH JUNE 2014

Trafficking in persons (TIP) is one of the modern crimes that have attracted a lot of concern in Uganda. A Ugandan domestic law that guides the national strategies to fight TIP was enacted by the Uganda Parliament in October 2009. This law is called the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons (PTIP) Act 2009. Basing on […]

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Security Intensified in kyegegwa

Following an attack on a congregation at the Mungumwema Pentecostal church in Mugoma parish, ApunyoSub County, kyegegwadistrict, the Uganda police force has deployed strictly to secure the area and prevent further loss of life and properties. Last night at 02:00am as worshippers in the Pentecostal church were praying, they were attacked by an unknown people […]

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POLICE PROHIBITS PASSENGERS ON LONG DISTANCE GOODS TRUCKS/VEHICLES AND DESTINED FOR THE BOND

  1. The Police and its sister security agencies have received intelligence information that several long distance goods vehicles, trailers, Haulers, oil tankers, vehicle carriers and vehicles destined for the bond and or in transit to the neighboring countries do carry unauthorized passengers whose destination is unknown. 2. All long distance goods vehicles/trailers/ haulers/ oil […]

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Police condemns attack on pentecostal church in kyegwegwa

The Uganda Police has strongly condemned an attack on worshippers attending night prayers at Mungumwema Pentecostal Church in Mugoma Parish, Apunyo sub-county in Kyegegwa District today 27/06/2014 at 2 a.m by a group of unidentified Muslims from Mugoma Mosque. The attackers who were armed with pangas, sticks, and guns hacked dead a female worshipper only […]

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