The government has been asked to address the growing level of vulnerabilities amongst Ugandans to stop the migration of workers seeking greener pastures overseas.
The call was made by religious leaders during a national prayer service held at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala last evening to show solidarity with the victims and families that have lost their loved ones who emigrate to find jobs, especially in the Middle East.
More than 24,000 Ugandans seek household jobs in the Middle East annually.
Aisha Namawejje, a victim of human trafficking says she was connected by an in-law to a recruitment firm in Dubai for a waitress job that was supposed to pay her 1.2 million Shillings a month.
However, she only received 700,000 Shillings and recounts that the suffering she experienced resulted in a chronic ailment that torments her to date.
Ms.Aisah on External labor….
Dr John Baptist Odama, the Archbishop of Gulu Archdiocese asked the government to break the chain of the thriving idolatry of wealth linked to inhuman trade compounded by unemployment and poverty.
Archbishop Bishop Odama speaking….
Bishop Joshua Lwere, the overseer of the National Fellowship of Born-Again Churches in Uganda said that it should bother the government when young people flee their own country in search of jobs .
Gender Minister Betty Amongi says that the government has proposed several measures to safeguard the rights of migrant workers already abroad or those intending to seek employment opportunities. END.