The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD), Mr Aggrey Kibenge, has called for total elimination of child labour as one of Uganda’s bedrocks for socio-economic development.

During the 10^th meeting of the National Steering Committee on Child Labour held at Protea Hotel on 14/08/2025, Mr Kibenge urged all stakeholders to address emerging trends and challenges, including the socio-economic factors driving child labour, mobilise and coordinate resources for sustainable interventions, access progress against the National Action Plan on Elimination of Child Labour and mobilise and coordinate resources for sustainable interventions.

The committee, which is chaired by the MGLSD, is a centralized platform for collaboration among key stakeholders, enabling coherent and efficient approaches to tackling child labour, and coordinating all advocacy and policy interventions aimed at total elimination of child labour.