GOVERNMENT has introduced stricter conditions for the registration of trade unions through the issuance of Statutory Instrument No. 30 of 2026, a move aimed at addressing the growing proliferation of unions. According to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, groups seeking to register a trade union will now be required to secure support from at least two unions within the same sector and two unions outside the sector before registration can be granted. In a statement, Thursday, Ministry Principal Public Relations Officer Mwaka Ndawa said individuals linked to financial misconduct, dishonesty, abuse of union funds, bankruptcy or repeated union fragmentation are also barred from participating in the registration of new unions. “In a bid to strengthen effective workers’ representation,...