Uganda, April 23 -- Legislators on the Parliamentary Forum on Labour, Decent Employment and Productivity have renewed the call for the government to set a minimum wage.

The legislators, who had convened for training on policy-making in Entebbe on April 22, said the fate of Ugandan workers has been left at the mercy of employees which has exposed many to exploitation and poor pay.

Ms Sarah Opendi (Tororo) said: "There is a lot of exploitation of workers especially, in the private sector. Everyone employs Ugandans at the rate they want and because people want employment they simply work. We cannot continue promoting investors who are exploiting our people. There are efforts but they have not yielded, very soon we shall have this bill pres...