{"id":4790,"date":"2021-12-14T09:10:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T09:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2021-12-14T09:11:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T09:11:04","slug":"energy-ministry-hands-over-protective-gear-to-artisanal-mining-groups-to-boost-the-mining-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/energy-ministry-hands-over-protective-gear-to-artisanal-mining-groups-to-boost-the-mining-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"ENERGY MINISTRY HANDS OVER PROTECTIVE GEAR TO ARTISANAL MINING GROUPS TO BOOST THE MINING SECTOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Sierra Ruth Arinaitwe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) has handed over various personal protective equipment (PPE) to artisanal mining groups in Kitgum, Amudat, Kasese and Tororo districts in a clear effort to boost the mining sector in Uganda .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The equipment&nbsp; was handed over following a private sector dialogue on eliminating Gender Based Violence (GBV) in work places held at Hotel Africana, Kampala .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Ms Naomi Nangoku, a senior mineral dresser at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) noted that &nbsp;female artisanal miners are a highly marginalized group in their work places which needs support and protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe women are highly discriminated when it comes to pay as they have a low bargaining power. This is mainly because they are not equipped with enough information about the minerals they excavate and therefore end up being cheated,\u201d Ms. Naomi &nbsp;said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According ,&nbsp; the ministry is &nbsp;working on empowering&nbsp; mining &nbsp;polices to ensure that women are protected and supported . The marginalized groups will be sensitized about &nbsp;laws that govern &nbsp;GBV, child labor, mining enterprise management&nbsp; as well as empowering them to stand up for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn addition we are working on equipping women with enough information about minerals they mine and value addition. We are also equipping them with skills including enterprise training and vocational skills in order to enhance alternative livelihoods for them,\u201d Ms. Naomi added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She &nbsp;said that the Ministry of energy had intervened to offer protective equipment the miners to ensure safety and increase productivity .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development &nbsp;with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) procured PPE including 1,000 reflector jackets, 1,000 hats, 1,000 gloves, 1,000 goggles, 1,000 dust masks, 1,000 gumboots and 620 hammers which were handed over to the district representatives of the mining groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sierra Ruth Arinaitwe The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) has handed over various personal protective equipment (PPE)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[130,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mining.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14049,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/eu-germany-commit-shs-25bn-to-boost-ugandas-mining-sector\/","url_meta":{"origin":4790,"position":0},"title":"EU, Germany Commit Shs 25bn to Boost Uganda\u2019s Mining Sector","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"March 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Zulfah Namatovu The European Union (EU) and the German government have pledged Shs 25 bn to support Uganda\u2019s mining sector, aiming to enhance sustainability, competitiveness, and investment attractiveness. 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