The Member of Parliament representing workers, Margret Rwabushaija, has been granted leave to prepare and introduce a private member’s Bill entitled The Human Resource Management Professionals Bill.

Rwabushaija, who tabled her motion seeking leave to introduce the Bill on Wednesday, 23 August 2023, revealed that the country doesn’t have a framework to regulate the human resource management function.

Rwabushaija said:

“The absence of the regulatory body to set and enforce the required professional standards for the effective movement of the most critical human resource has left many organizations operating under varied standards and increased unprofessional conduct.”

Rwabushaija said the global and regional trends of free labour movements and the emerging opportunities call on Uganda to build the competencies of its labour force in order to compete favourably.

She said: “Globally and regionally the human resource management function has become dynamic in order to cope with the social, economic, legal, political and technological innovation. For example, the revival of the East African Community has created new opportunities, standards and challenges that require member states to build the competencies of their human resources.”

The Bill, if it succeeds, provides for the establishment of the Human Resource Management Institute. The Institute will have its council as a regulatory body.

The council will oversee the registration of members of the institute, the professional conduct of human resource management professionals and disciplinary measures for any misconduct.