The Agoa crisis is shame for Museveni
It is a pity that the Agoa girls were sacked following the sit-down strike they undertook to protest what they saw as a violation of their rights.
The girls had every justification to air out their grievances. A strike is just one of the ways (whether the employer likes it or not) of complaining.
Oftentimes, before anybody resorts to a strike, he or she must have reached a point of frustration, after other avenues of channelling grievances have hit a dead end. And this is the case at Apparels Tri Star.
Mr V. Kananathan, the man who runs the show at Tri-Star alleges that the girls' strike was politically engineered. However, I find this shameless escapism.
We have been hearing tales of what lurks beneath the Agoa camp for sometime now. Kananathan should stop pulling the 'legs' of the opposition into his mess.
How do you force the girls to work for excess hours, continue paying them peanuts while you churn out American dollars and you expect them to shut up?
How do you expect human beings with some level of education to endure poor accommodation, poor toilet facilities, and absence of sick leave, mediocre dietary terms and insults?
Shame on government for the failed scheme, which had political connotations.
Shame on cabinet for resolving to have the girls paid up and sent home instead of forcing Kananathan to have them back on better terms.
Shame on President Yoweri Museveni for his lost political capital and for pampering an exploiter.
David Isabirye,
Kampala.
