Daily Monitor
Tuesday April 20 2021
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Suppliers online. All companies that will supply goods and services in the oil industry must register on the National Supplier Database through the Petroleum Authority of Uganda website.
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Oil and gas matters are back on the agenda after three crucial agreements were signed by Ugandan and Tanzanian authorities, as well as French oil giant Total, the majority shareholder in Uganda’s oil fields and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).
The agreements signed on Sunday April 11, 2021 at State House Entebbe by President Museveni, Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan and the chief executive of Total, Mr Patrick Pouyanne, pave way for the eventual Final Investment Decision (FID), a point at which major financial commitments should be undertaken by the oil companies, in this case Total and CNOOC.
A year since lockdown, women’s work not any lighter
April 5, 2021 Shamim Akullo
“Rest! What is rest for a mum working in the corporate world?” Grenia Nalumansi laughs before she provides a glimpse into her life.
She considers herself the pivot of her family and crucial axis of her workplace as a public relations officer at a busy technology company in Kampala city.
Nalumansi’s dilemma is reflected in a book, Forget Having It All. Amy Westervelt, the author, says in her 2018 work: “We expect women to work like they do not have children and raise children as if they do not work.”
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted two features of the Nepal-India economic relationship: Nepal’s ballooning trade deficit, and unrestricted cross-border movement of people of both countries. Attributing the trade deficit entirely to supply-side constraints is neither accurate nor conducive to the overall health of the relationship. This brief suggests ways towards more sustainable trade relations between India and Nepal, among them, India relaxing the non-tariff measures it imposes on Nepali goods, Nepal improving its quality testing infrastructure, and a revision to the bilateral trade treaty. The brief points to the economic and security hazards of a porous border and argues that regulating it will be in both countries’ long-term interest. It highlights the need for a resolution to the territorial disputes between the two, and strict non-interference by both in each other’s internal affairs.
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Organisational skills top list of employable traits - Report
Tuesday December 29 2020
Dr Joweria Mayanja Teera , presenting findings of a study titled: Skills Matching, Wages and Productivity Gains: Creating a Competitive Advantage for Ugandan Youth in the Labour Market, at the College of Business and Management Science, Makerere University (COBAM). PHOTO/ISMAIL MUSA LADU.
Summary
The research principal investigator of the study, Dr Joweria Mayanja Teera- noted that organisational skill is one of the most valued employable traits in the labour market.
61% employers demand for workers in possession of organisational skills and socio-emotional competencies.
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Workers with good organisational skills and strong emotional intelligence are highly sought after than those who possess other competences, including technical know-how knowledge.