Uaera - Uganda

News

IMPORTANT NOTICE; New UAERA Help Line +256200908792. contact us for any inquires relating to Labour Externalization

Migrant workers are now NOT required to undertake PCR Tests as long as they are FULLY vaccinated.....Ministry of Health

The Press Statement following the visit to Saudi Arabia by Hon. Betty Among the Minister of Gender, Labour & Social Development is OUT! Read it from the "Media" section of this website

The UAERA Progress Report 2020-2021 is out!! Read it in our "Media" section on this website

About Us

The Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA) started in 2013. Currently it has a membership of 219 members as per 27th June 2022. We an umbrella of agencies professionally working together to spur growth of external recruitment in Uganda. UAERA regulates and monitors the activities of member agencies together with Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, which is our regulating body that ensures every company is licensed to externalize labour.

Our member agencies source job opportunities from all over the world. The major destination countries are in the Middle East, where the economies are sustainable and therefore creating jobs.

OUR VISION

To be the champion of safe labour migration in Uganda and beyond.

OUR MISSION

To unite, promote and mobilise key players to stimulate sustainable development in the labour Externalisation sector.

OUR VALUES

Professionalism, inovation, teamwork and empathy.

Jobs Abroad

We meet the unanswered questions of the employers,job seekers and agencies in the industry.

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Achievements

Labour Externalisation sector contribute to Uganda's foreign earning through annual remittances by Ugandan workers abroad which stands at USD 1.3BN globally and USD 700M for those working in the Middle East countries alone.

Acquisition of skills and capital that the returning ugandan migrant workers are ale to apply on the Uganda market.

Grown in the standard of living for the families of those working abroad because of better salaries being earned.

The number of members has gradually increased from 13 members in 2013 to 216 members in 2021.

Establishment of a reception Center in Entebbe that offers Psychosocial support to returning Ugandan migrant workers irrespective of the country they are from.

Legal Background

Our members are licensed by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development under the following laws and regulations.

. The employment ACT No.6, 2006.

. Statuary instrument No.62 of 2005

. The prevention of Trafficking in persons Act No.6, 2009.

. The Uganda Citizenship and Immigration control Act.

. The National Security Act.

Stakeholders

Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of External Affairs
Ministry of Finance
Uganda Embassy in Riyadh
Uganda Embassy in Abu Dhabi
Uganda Embassy in Doha
Saudi Arabian Embassy in Kampala

Portfolio

UAERA regulates and monitors the activities of member agencies together with Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, which is our regulating body that ensures every company is licensed to externalize labour.