The EEU must be focused
Aug 09, 2005
SIR — Your editorial of <br>Monday seemed to praise the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development on their initiative to streamline’ kyeyo (odd jobs) employment for Ugandans abroad.
SIR — Your editorial of
Monday seemed to praise the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development on their initiative to streamline’ kyeyo (odd jobs) employment for Ugandans abroad. While this may be fine, it seems part of the usual Ugandan style of spontaneous ‘policies’ and ‘initiatives’ not based on empirical research and facts. This External Employment Unit (EEU) will be worth its name if it seeks partnership with the target employers to know what it is that they require and set about to respond to that. Perhaps they could take a leaf from Kenya. Universities and other institutions are seeking to train nurses in Kenya, in line with the British curriculum for the export. Opportunities abound, but we need to be focused — even in the ‘Third World’. Madagascar is going bi-lingual, so needs English teachers and other professionals. The EEU needs to do more home work than merely handling ‘visa applications’ for kyeyo seekers.
Amon Mbekiza
Kampala
Monday seemed to praise the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development on their initiative to streamline’ kyeyo (odd jobs) employment for Ugandans abroad. While this may be fine, it seems part of the usual Ugandan style of spontaneous ‘policies’ and ‘initiatives’ not based on empirical research and facts. This External Employment Unit (EEU) will be worth its name if it seeks partnership with the target employers to know what it is that they require and set about to respond to that. Perhaps they could take a leaf from Kenya. Universities and other institutions are seeking to train nurses in Kenya, in line with the British curriculum for the export. Opportunities abound, but we need to be focused — even in the ‘Third World’. Madagascar is going bi-lingual, so needs English teachers and other professionals. The EEU needs to do more home work than merely handling ‘visa applications’ for kyeyo seekers.
Amon Mbekiza
Kampala