Mwaami Musaazi
The problem of AGOA girls has been going on for a long time, and we have
posted a number of complaints articles concerning the treatment of these
girls by their employees. If you did not read them or if you have not been
following the problem in AGOA, which a good number of people including the
press and my self have tried our best to make public. It must amaze how you
popped up to fight for the government and the Police on these matters.
Like a man said, ignorance is not the problem, it is failing to know that
you are.
Em
The Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"
Groupe de communication Mulindwas
"avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
----- Original Message -----
From: "emmanuel musaazi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: ugnet_: The failure of AGOA in Museveni's Uganda
> Mr. Mulindwa there is nothing in the posting that i have read below, that
> speaks of the girls being beaten. As usual you are trying to deviate from
> the facts.....spining, spining, spining all the way...have fun.
>
> >From: "Edward Mulindwa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: ugnet_: The failure of AGOA in Museveni's Uganda
> >Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:47:02 -0400
> >
> >Mwaami Musaazi
> >
> >How does this justify beating them? Help me here
> >
> >Em
> >
> > The Mulindwas Communication Group
> >"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"
> > Groupe de communication Mulindwas
> >"avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "emmanuel musaazi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:48 PM
> >Subject: Re: ugnet_: The failure of AGOA in Museveni's Uganda
> >
> >
> > > 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 as he drove
> >out
> >of
> > > >the factory premises.
> > > >
> > > > About 1,400 girls spent more than 24 hours inside the
> > > >dormitory before the strike ended.
> > > >
> > > > After the locks to the dorm were broken yesterday,
several
> > > >girls emerged looking hungry and haggard and dashed to nearby shops
to
> >grab
> > > >a bite.
> > > >
> > > > Some of the girls, who spoke to The Monitor on condition
> >of
> > > >anonymity, said they had survived on doughnuts and water from a fire
> >hose.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> > >
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