Incumbent President and flagbearer of the RPF party, Paul KAGAME has affirmed he will look into the aspect of defining a minimum wage for Rwandan workers. He made the remarks on Saturday countering a labour law enacted five years ago to end employer exploitation.
Few hours to the general elections slated to take place in RWANDA debuted on July 14 to run till July 16, Incumbent President Paul Kagame revealed that he will follow up and address the issue of the lack of a ministerial order that would see the provision of a minimum wage in Rwanda.
His promise comes despite the law regulating labour that was enacted in 2018 in the east African nation. He said this while addressing local and international journalists on July 13, following the final campaign rally at Gahanga site where close to 500,000 RPF-Inko-tanyi supporters gathered.
The RPF Chairman and flagbearer in the presidential elections began his campaign trail on June 22, in Musanze District and has continuously attracted crowds of supporters across different venues.
The labour law enacted five years ago left key minimum wage provision details at the discretion of the minister in charge of labour to determine, based on each category of occupation and that is yet to be set. Workers’ rights activists say the lack of minimum wage infringes on their rights and can create a loophole for labour and employee exploitation because employers can pay workers as they please since there is no baseline.
