It is likeabuses the office of IG of Policer to intervene on >purely contracual matterrs outside jurisdiction of police in private
A civilized Police Chief can never behave the way Major Gen Katumba Wamala conducts himself. No self respect whatsoever. No respect for his tittle. It is sad and crazy.
"Kitalo nnyo okufa ekitiibwa".
A taxi driver once drove with one wheel on the pavement and the other on the road (near Udyiam House). This same Police chief Katumba run after the Combi; nearly breaking his leg.
So funny I dont know whether to cry or laugh. Chief of Police in the jungle!!
Mitayo Potosi
From: "A Banyenzaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: The failure of AGOA in Museveni's Uganda Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:33:03 +0000
LM and Musazi:
Wy dont you two stop this public masturbation. You know this AGOA thing was your icon dictator Museveni's pet-pieve project, it is crumbling, and now you are all over trying to salvage it.
y
From: Lutimba Matovu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: The failure of AGOA in Museveni's Uganda Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:26:48 -0700 (PDT)
Musazi,
You couldn't have said it any better. Thanks mate. You are right on the mark.
LM --- emmanuel musaazi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Netters this "Agoa girls" situation is a classic > example of why Africa is > where it is. Firstly some of us on this medium have > been vehemently accusing > the president of working against programs and/or > policies that favour third > world countries, case in point is the failed cancun > talks where President > Museveni was accused of siding with industrialized > countries. Well this AGOA > program is one of those programs which is supposed > to benefit third world > countries and which other third world countries are > signitories to > (including Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya etc) to name a > few. Yet most of you again > are turning around to accuse the Government of > introducing "SLAVERY" > programs to Uganda, you can't eat your cake and have > it. > > Secondly, the so called "Agoa girls" should have > been educated to the fact > that we are in a global economy right now, which > means that if the factory > can't work in Uganda it will work in China, if not > China, then India, if not > India then Bangladesh. That means that even though > they have a right to > protest and contest the conditions of work, they > ought to have done it in a > more CIVILIZED MANNER, so that they win both ways, > in other words they get > to keep their jobs and also have conditions of work > improved. Right now they > have lost completely, because they have no jobs, so > they are far worse off > than where they were before. Plus the company maybe > moved to some other > destination, luckly in Uganda or unluckly to some > other country. Besides > they also had the option of resigning, to me their > actions were rather > selfish because they may have closed oportunities > for others. The action of > the police was very right, the moment they > barrackeded themselves in the > building and threatened to set it ablaze, they had > fallen afoul of the law > and left the police with little choice than to > forcefully evict them. > > Thirdly, those of you that are shouting about > "SLAVERY" are working under > far worse conditions in BRITAIN, GERMANY, SPAIN, > DUBAI, AMERICA, etc and not > complaining. Who is worse off, at least the "Agoa > girls" are in there > country unlike those of you who are "REALY SLAVES" > in foreign countries. At > least they are not cleaning toilets, and > prostituting all over the world > and then coming home to decieve their relatives that > they are big shots. How > true are the late Bob Marley's lyrics "emancipate > yourselves from mental > slavery", in other words it is ok to go to BRITAIN > or DEBAI AND BE SUBJECTED > TO SLAVE LIKE CONDITIONS OF WORK, BECAUSE YOU ARE > DOING IT FOR "BAZUNGU" BUT > WHEN YOU ARE IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY IN A HONEST JOB, > BUT EARNING LOW PAY, YOU > ARE A SLAVE. MAY GOD SAVE US FROM OURSELVES, AMEN. > > > >From: "Chris Opoka-Okumu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: ugnet_: The failure of AGOA in Museveni's > Uganda > >Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:16:41 -0400 > > > > This indeed is the much vaunted > "modernization and > >transformation"!!! Phew!!! Obote is right. This > government is bankrupt of > >ideas of governace and management of the economy. > They can only survive on > >plagiarization and since there was no AGOA in the > 1980s, there was nothing > >to pliagiarize. Hence their bankruptcy of ideas on > the much hyped AGOA. > >Read on. Katumba Wamala abuses the office of IG of > Policer to intervene on > >purely contracual matterrs outside jurisdiction of > police in private > >relations. AGOA indeed!! My foot. > > > > COO > > > > Agoa girls sacked > > By Simon Kasyate & Lominda Afedraru > > Oct 23, 2003 > > > > > > ** Police boss Wamala ends strike > > ** They survived on doughnuts and > water > > > > KAMPALA - More than 1,000 young women > who were on strike at a > >local textile factory have been fired. > > > > The firm, which produces and exports > textiles to the United > >States under the African Growth and Opportunity > Act, Agoa, has also been > >closed temporarily. > > The employees, believed to be more > than 1,000, and popularly > >known as Agoa girls, were sacked following a > two-day strike at the Apparel > >Tri-Star factory in Bugolobi, Kampala. > > > > The head of the company, Mr V. > Kananathan, wrote to Dr David > >Ogaram, the commissioner for labour in the Ministry > of Gender, Labour and > >Social Development, yesterday confirming the > sacking. > > > > "In light of the [strike], we have > been forced to take a very > >painful decision, which is to terminate the > services of all our production > >staff summarily due to unbecoming conduct," the > official wrote in his > >letter. > > > > Kananathan said the strike had > disrupted the operations of the > >company, leading to "irreparable damage" to its > reputation and operations. > > > > The letter also announced the > temporary closure of the > >factory. "In view of the recent strike undertaken > by our employees, we have > >decided to temporarily close down the factory," > Kananathan wrote. > > > > The official, who was not available > for comment, said the > >girls would be paid all their outstanding arrears > as of Monday. > > > > Strike ends > > > > The sacking of the girls came after > Inspector General of > >Police Katumba Wamala ended the strike yesterday. > > > > The girls had been protesting low pay, > poor working conditions > >and reports that some of them were about to be > sacked. > > > > They also said that they were being > forced to share a > >dormitory and toilet facilities with males. > > > > On Tuesday morning, the girls > barricaded themselves inside the > >dormitory and refused to come out, despite appeals > from management and > >police. Then Maj. Gen. Wamala turned up at around > midday yesterday with a > >truckload of anti-riot cops. For close to an hour, > he urged the girls to > >call off the strike. > > > > Some of them told The Monitor that > when they refused to open, > >Wamala ordered his squad to storm. > > > > The police boss reportedly had asked > the girls to end the > >strike while he brokers a meeting between them and > the management of > >Tri-Star, which is run with government support. > > > > That meeting had been scheduled for > Saturday and the girls had > >threatened to burn the factory if the decision made > did not go their way. > > > > The Tri-Star management has refused to > comment on the strike > >since it began. > > The police chief did not speak to > reporters === message truncated ===
===== LM
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