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Forced Labor in Kampala (2023)

A forced labor case from 2023 in Kampala, Uganda. 1 source on file.

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What happened

Security companies recruited Ugandans to serve as guards in Middle East. Travel documents and pay withheld Accused: Ugandan recruitment agencies with Gulf partners.

Response and intervention

NFS Uganda field team investigation. Recruitment licenses revoked. Not For Sale Uganda reintegration programs.

Forced Labor2024

Kampala, Uganda, 2024

Uganda UG

Ugandans recruited for jobs abroad, including domestic work in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East, are vulnerable to forced labor, and Uganda is a transit point for migrants seeking work in the Middle East whom traffickers exploit. Labor recruitment companies have been investigated for illegally holding migrant workers' passports, and observers alleged that some high-level officials were linked to recruitment companies suspected of trafficking.

1 source
Domestic Servitude2010

Kibuye, Kampala, Uganda, 2010

Uganda UG

A CSW in the home where the 14 year old was working as a housecleaner got help from UYDEL and brought the girl in because she knew what would happen to her in the future.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2010

Makindye, Kampala, Uganda, 2010

Uganda UG

Girls in the home she was a housecleaner were CSW's forced her to join them.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016