Lyomoki's Proposed Safety Law Amended

By Edith Kimuli THE proposed law on occupational health and safety tabled by the Workers' MP, Dr. Sam Lyomoki, has been amended. It will be presented to Parliament by the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development. The Bill, seeking to protect workers against unnecessary health and safety risks at work, was tabled by in September. However, a task force from the Ministry of Gender, Uganda Law Reform Commission, the Federation of Uganda Employers and the National Organisation of Trade Unions, studied and mended it. The team said that although Lyomoki's Bill was well intentioned, it failed to meet the criteria of being practical and cost effective. They said it could not be easily understood. Ends