From: "Y Yaobang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Reform warns Tri-Star firm Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 02:45:50 +0000
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--- Begin Message --->Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: ugnet_: Reform warns Tri-Star firm >Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:54:18 -0500 > >Bwana Matek has been quiet these days....i guess there is no action >in the north..."too peaceful" (no killings). > > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: ugnet_: Reform warns Tri-Star firm >>Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:12:25 EST >> >>Reform warns Tri-Star firm >>By Emma Mutaizibwa >>Oct 28, 2003 >> >>KAMPALA – The Reform Agenda yesterday gave Apparels Tri-Star a >>one-week >>ultimatum to reinstate the recently fired employees or else it >>would petition the >>American government. >> >>The textile factory, which exports apparels to the United States >>under the >>African Growth and Opportunity Act, was closed last week after more >>than 200 >>female employees went on strike protesting low pay and poor working >>conditions. >> >>The management subsequently sacked the striking employees, >>popularly called >>Agoa girls. >> >>Mr Reagan Okumu, the Reform Agenda’s first vice chairman, said he >>would give >>the benefit of the doubt to Tri-Star to reinstate the fired girls. >> >>If that fails, he said, he would ask the US Congress to close down >>the >>factory owned by Sri Lankan businessman Vellupillai Kananathan. >> >>“The law that was enacted by the US Congress on Agoa emphasises >>that the >>country that is exporting its goods to the US must be >>democratic,” Okumu told >>journalists at Reform Agenda’s weekly news briefing yesterday. >> >>“But the factory is violating the labour laws of this country. >>The working >>terms are typical of modern slavery,” he said. >> >>He added: “We have given them a week to reinstate these girls or >>else we >>shall ask the US to lock them out of business.” >> >>The official, who is also the MP for Aswa County, said that >>although Agoa is >>supposed to be ran as a state institution, it is being ran like a >>family >>business. >> >>Another Reform Agenda official, Mr Christopher Kibanzanga, who is >>also MP for >>Busongora South, said the conditions at the Apparels Tri-Star >>factory >>represent “modern slavery”. >> >>“Multinational corporations¼ are more powerful than the state; >>can you >>imagine Tri-Star Company uses the police to beat up innocent >>Ugandans?” >> >>Kananathan was unavailable for comment and his phone was switched >>off. >> >>The presidential assistant on Agoa, Ms Suzan Muhwezi, was also not >>available >>for comment. >> >> >> >>© 2003 The Monitor Publications >> >> >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > >-------------------------------------------- >This service is hosted on the Infocom network >http://www.infocom.co.ugemmanuel musaazi,
I dnot know how Matek will respond to this, but form me this is sickening and too much from you Musaazi; how low can you get! I'll not comment further, but I'll make sure justice will track down the likes of you and your icons in power.
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