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recent times are the likely reasons for the non-receipt by me of the
communication fi-om Uganda. Suffice it to say, a copy of thc
programme was handed to me•on my arrivai in the.Ministry.
The Secretariat of the Commission also sent' to me useful
background material. Mr. Rolf Ring of Raoul Wallenberg Institute,
Lund, Sweden worked tirelessly to ensure that the requisite
consent for my visits had been given by the Commission. Sirnilar
efforts by him made it possible for me to receive the tickets and
subsistence allowance for the journeys. To the Swedish
government, which through the Raoul Wallenberg Institute
underwrote the financial cost of the visits I am rnost grateful. Mrs.
Elizabeth Beatrice Wamanga of the Africa Department of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uganda accompanied me and gave me
rides in her car to meetings with government officiais as well as
students and Faculty of the Law School. To be on time for an
appointment Hon. Maj. Tom R. Butime dispatched his driver to
convey me in his official car. Mr. Law of the Ministry of Justice
provided needed help. In many more ways than I can enumerate,
Mr. Chinery-Hesse also of the Ministry of Justice created an
atmosphere for me which made working in Kampala pleasant and
fruitful. They ail and many others deserve my gratitude.
I also owe a debt of gratitude to Kenya Human Rights Commission
for arrangements it made for my stay in Kenya and a meeting with
members of its staff. Why I did not attend a meeting with NGOs,
which it had scheduled for me, is explained below. A similar fate,
which befell a press conference that had also been arranged by the
same organisation also, finds its explanation below. For being
instrumenta l in the arrangements of matters extending beyond
government Mrs. Wanjiku Mwangi is mentioned with gratitude.
An account of the visit to Uganda is followed by that of Kenya. But
an experience common to both countries is recounted first.
Legislation, Withdrawal of Labour and Government's Sensitivity
Taxi drivers and teachers had withdrawn their labour when I
arrived in Uganda and Kenya respectively as a result of
legislation s introduced in the legislature of each country.
The drivers complained that . the sanctions attached to the
proposed legislation were burdensome and oppressive. The
teachers were not agreeable to renegotiation or amendments to
salary schemes previously agreed upon. In the earlier case the bill
was withdrawn while in the latter case the proposed legislation was
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