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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Recruitment firms under their umbrella body, Uganda Association of External Recruiting Agencies (UAERA), have decried the \u201cbad publicity\u201d that\u2019s affecting their businesses and soiling the country\u2019s image abroad.<\/p>\n

About 78 firms from the 214-member body ended a three-day retreat in Jinja City\u2014the first of its kind\u2014to review their performance over the past nine years and set future goals.<\/p>\n

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Mr Baker Akantambira, the UAERA chairperson, said the association, whose membership has grown from 25 in 2013 to the current 214, is intent on fostering productive relationships.<\/p>\n

Besides appointing a coordinator to be based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, UAERA will move to strengthen ties with the Gender, Labour and Social Development ministry.<\/p>\n

This comes on the back of externalisation of labour facing strong headwinds.<\/p>\n

The past two years have been a perfect storm for the association, with the Covid-19 pandemic spawning different sets of interruptions.<\/p>\n

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Recent revelations by 38-year-old Judith Nakintu that she had her right kidney harvested after Nile Treasure Gate Company recruited her to work as a housemaid in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, have compounded problems.<\/p>\n

Mr Vincent Kamugisha, the general manager of Rangers Security Ltd, said people like him who are involved in externalisation of labour are now seen as \u201cheartless people dealing in illicit business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Esther Nabaju\u2014from Bantu Establishments\u2014mooted the idea of creating a compliance committee to investigate issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need a sector image,\u201d she said, adding: \u201cWhy should the media take over yet we can handle it internally?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Kamugisha said the dominant narrative that labour exporting countries profit from the desperation of financially constrained Ugandans is wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Ugandans should know is that the employer finances the recruitment and the company only benefits when it successfully recruits somebody and the person goes, works successfully and returns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cBut when the person fails along the way, the company makes tremendous losses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mr Abbey Walusimbi, a presidential advisor on diaspora affairs, however, said some recruitment firms present fake job orders for clearance.<\/p>\n

This, he added, is evidenced by the number of Ugandans stuck at their offices abroad with nowhere to go.<\/p>\n

He consequently urged the firms to consider resettlement packages for returnees.<\/p>\n

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