RUNDU: The Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) said it is committed to job security for its members.
General secretary and administrative head of MUN, George Ampweya in a media statement issued here on Monday wrote that MUN is committed, as it has been for the past 35 years, to defending and preserving its members’ job security.
‘This is part and parcel of our constitutional and legal obligations towards our members and is done well within our structural functionalities which include branch, region and national levels respectively,’ Ampweya said.
Ampweya said in May 2023 alone the union successfully concluded six court cases, which they are proud of.
He added that although the union is being precluded by the Labour Act 11 of 2007, it insists on going as far as tendering representations even at the internal disciplinary hearing levels including all other aspects within the given sphere of its structures.
‘This wide-ranging support is done with the oversight of the MUN head office, national executive commit
tee and the office of our national president, as the situation demands,’ he noted.
Ampweya encouraged members to form part of its leadership structures to determine their own internal processes and governance in terms of the MUN constitution.
This inclusion, he said, will allow them to help chart the direction forward and ensure that their needs are reflected in decisions and interventions.
‘Ultimately, this contributes to a stronger labour movement and union where we all complement each other from branch, region and national, to avoid structural representation distortion,’ he indicated.
Source: The Namibia Press Agency
Uasin Gishu County Enterprise Development Fund Committee has disbursed Sh13 million out of the Sh19 million approved to loan various Cooperative Societies this Financial Year.
The funds will be loaned out to cooperatives that applied for the loan to boost their enterprises, according to the county chief officer for Cooperatives and Enterprise Development, Ruth Samoei.
Ms. Samoei said her department will work on mechanisms for enhancing the fund in the coming years so that it can benefit more societies.
She made the remarks while scrutinising and approving CEDF loan application documents for Cooperatives that met the threshold.
The County Enterprise Development Fund (CEDF) committee chair, Philip Mamet, noted on his part that the county, through the Department of Cooperatives, has made the fund accessible, affordable, and available for the societies.
He maintained that it was vital for the societies to put the approved funds into use, calling on them to adopt swift models for repayment for other societies
to also benefit, and challenged the committee members to work on strengthening the Fund to make it more sustainable.
The committee also discussed modalities for countering the late repayment of societies dues by the processors, which is said to be the highest contributing factor to late repayments of county loans by the cooperative societies.
CEDF Director Kipleting Mengich and his counterpart for Trade, Isaac Laga, called on the societies that did not qualify to ensure they followed all the set guidelines on compliance issues for them to benefit.
‘We are continuously looking at other avenues that would see this fund become more effective and efficient in its business process going forward for our residents to access it better and be able to grow their ventures for economic growth,’ reiterated Mengich.
He lauded the Committee for the success of the fund, saying their support, dedication, and the foundation they laid have seen the fund grow from lending Sh20 million to more than Sh700 million currently.
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ocieties that depicted easy and traceable records of cash flow, the status of their loan repayment, and a clear purpose for loan application were approved with fewer objections.
Farmer-based societies, boda boda, and matatu Saccos are the sectors that applied for the funds that are given out at 8% and 5% interest annually.
Source: Kenya News Agency