Uganda, Feb. 9 -- At least 120,459 workers left Uganda between January 2022 and December 2023 in search of employment, according to data from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development.

The report titled Labour Externalisation Statistics for the Period 2022 to 2024, however, only captures migrant workers cleared through the External Employment Management Information System.

It indicates that women dominated the search for employment out of Uganda, forming 77.5 percent or 109,773 compared to 10,686 males.

Middle East, just like in the last 10 years, remained the destination of choice with at least 89.1 percent or 107,448 out of the 120,459 workers leaving Uganda for Saudi Arabia.

The report, however, does not explain the hig...