{"id":3238,"date":"2018-10-19T11:53:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T11:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreezoneblog.com\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2018-10-19T11:53:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T11:53:33","slug":"uganda-bans-export-of-menial-workers-to-oman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/uganda-bans-export-of-menial-workers-to-oman\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda bans export of menial workers to Oman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\":t2\" class=\"a3s aXjCH msg-5175123308371375890\" role=\"gridcell\">\n<div class=\"adM\">Following reports of abuse in Gulf states, Ugandan has temporarily banned the export of menial workers to Oman.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\nThe Gender, Labour and Social Development minister, Janet Mukwaya, said her compatriots are also barred from seeking jobs in the Middle Eastern country.<br \/>\nShe said the decision was informed by repeated claims of gross human rights violations against Ugandans working in that country.<br \/>\nThe Ugandan mission in Abu Dhabi recently claimed 48 Ugandan workers died in Arab countries including some in Oman after being subjected to inhuman treatment while their remains are yet to be returned.<u><\/u><u><\/u><br \/>\n<u><\/u>The other countries named were Kuwait and Bahrain.<br \/>\nThousands of Ugandans work in Middle Eastern countries as house helps but there have been regular claims of abuse by their employees .<br \/>\nA panel has been instituted to investigate the litany of alleged abuses in Oman, Mukwaya said but stopped short of specifying its timeline.<br \/>\nAccording to the government only Saudi Arabia and Jordan are authorized in the Arab world to import labour from Uganda.<br \/>\n<b><u><\/u>Source: APA<u><\/u><\/b><br \/>\n<b><a href=\"http:\/\/apanews.net\/en\/news\/uganda-bans-labour-export-to-oman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/apanews.net\/en\/news\/uganda-bans-labour-export-to-oman\/<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo ajU\">\n<div id=\":sn\" class=\"ajR\" role=\"button\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ajT\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.gstatic.com\/ui\/v1\/icons\/mail\/images\/cleardot.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following reports of abuse in Gulf states, Ugandan has temporarily banned the export of menial workers to Oman. 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