THE UNFORTUNATE BENEFITS OF MODERN SLAVERY:

The Government of Uganda is to loose out about Shs 3bn per year following the  suspension of International Interpol certificates that are sold out to African immigrant labourers:

 

Written by URN

 

Interpol Uganda director Charles Birungi

 

The government of Uganda is set to lose more than Shs 3 billion per year following the ban on the issuance of a certificate of good conduct to people travelling abroad for jobs.

Recently, the Gender, Labour and Social Development minister, Betty Amongi Ongom wrote to her Internal Affairs counterpart, Gen Kahinda Otafiire, indicating that the cabinet has resolved to suspend the issuance of a certificate of good conduct.

“This is to notify you that beginning Wednesday, October 13th, 2021, all categories of migrant workers will not be required to present Interpol certificate as a pre-condition for travel except those travelling for security-related jobs,” reads Amongi’s October 8 letter in part.

Previously, all people travelling abroad for work would apply for the certificate of good conduct from Uganda National Central Bureau commonly known as Interpol–Uganda. The certificate serves to confirm whether or not the person has a criminal record and whether or not he is on the list of wanted criminals in any Interpol member states.

According to records, the Interpol directorate collects Shs 3 billion annually from issuing the certificates. For instance, Interpol collected Shs 3.9 billion in 2020 from issuing the certificates and Shs 2.9 billion in 2019, the lowest in the last three years.  Each applicant pays Shs 76,000 to access the certificate.

 

Interpol director SCP Charles Birungi, says that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, they were issuing over 500 certificates on a daily basis, which translates to Shs 38 million per day.

 

More than 97 per cent of the certificates issued, according to Interpol are for external labourers. Ronnie Mukundane, the spokesperson of the Uganda Association for External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA), says that they are extremely happy with the cabinet decision to suspend the issuance of the certificate of good conduct.

 

Mukundane argues that the certificate has been an impediment to the recruitment process in general because it has been taking over two months from the date of payment to the time of acquisition.

 

“The removal of this Interpol certificate has reduced the lengthy process even at the airport, many of the licensed recruitment companies have lost business because of this delay. We are extremely happy that this removal will make the formal externalisation process faster,” Mukundane said.

 

On the question of whether Interpol would not be isolated since the certificate of good conduct is what has been keeping the area busy, Birungi and his deputy Joseph Obwana, explain that the institution has very many duties it plays day in day out.

 

Some of these roles include coordinating with other Interpol member states on transnational crime investigations, provision and facilitating the exchange of evidence in respect of investigations of transnational crimes, provision of technical advice on areas of transnational police cooperation between Uganda and bilateral, regional and international organizations.

 

 

Other roles of Interpol include liaising with other law enforcement agencies in combating transnational and cross border crimes, overseeing joint and regional cross border operations in combating crime, and coordinating all matters related to the extradition of fugitives in liaison with the relevant authorities.

 

Data of 2020 shows that Interpol issued clearances for 450 motor vehicles and motorcycles thus collecting Shs 27 million. Obwana expounds that they conduct operations targeting terrorism, stolen vehicles and hence Interpol cannot be idle.

 

UAERA elaborates that even the certificate of good conduct has been a good source of non-tax revenue for the government, the new regulations provide other avenues of collecting the same money like payment for every job vacancy $30 by the licensed recruitment companies.

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One would wonder how much Interpol certification revenue per person was lost for those African countries that were directly involved in international slave trade? This was the European-American slave trade that involved the transportation by slave traders of various enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas. The slave trade regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, and existed for 300 years from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Unfortunately for those now very developed countries, such dodgy but lucrative revenue could have ended on 18 December,1865 when slavery legally ended. Such an article as this one underpins how these poor African countries now continue to benefit much more from a lucrative modern slavery. Of what benefit are these international good conduct certificates to the thousands of stranded young immigrants in Libya and elsewhere looking for any available low paid employment?

 

 

As this replica shows, the enslaved Africans citizens were locked, naked in the cargo hold of the Clotilda for two sickening months. This Clotilda was one of the many slave ships that took African citizens to work as slaves in American Agricultural output. When they arrived in Mobile, they were handed over to Timothy Meaher and several others. Captain Foster claimed he then burned and sank the Clotilda, but exactly where remained a mystery.
As this replica shows, the enslaved Africans citizens were locked, naked in the cargo hold of the Clotilda for two sickening months. This Clotilda was one of the many slave ships that took African citizens to work as slaves in American Agricultural output. When they arrived in Mobile, they were handed over to Timothy Meaher and several others. Captain Foster claimed he then burned and sank the Clotilda, but exactly where remained a mystery.
By the 18th century, the slave trade became a major economic mainstay for such cities as Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow, engaged in the so-called "Triangular trade". The ships set out from Britain, loaded with trade goods which were exchanged on the West African shores for slaves captured by local rulers from deeper inland; the slaves were transported through the infamous "Middle Passage" across the Atlantic, and were sold at considerable profit for labour in plantations. The ships were loaded with export crops and commodities, the products of slave labour, such as cotton, sugar and rum, and returned to Britain to sell the items.
By the 18th century, the slave trade became a major economic mainstay for such cities as Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow, engaged in the so-called "Triangular trade". The ships set out from Britain, loaded with trade goods which were exchanged on the West African shores for slaves captured by local rulers from deeper inland; the slaves were transported through the infamous "Middle Passage" across the Atlantic, and were sold at considerable profit for labour in plantations. The ships were loaded with export crops and commodities, the products of slave labour, such as cotton, sugar and rum, and returned to Britain to sell the items.
The picture is the current President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni in the bush dealing in terrorism 1974/86 for over 12 years!<br /><br />Indeed this African politician thinks that most of the African people in this country have only just been born recently. Terrorism started a long time ago for reasons mainly of governing society through tyranny and dictatorship. Colonialism and empire building was also part of it. It is a military tactic of war. The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. The current government of Uganda used it and it is very difficult indeed to remove it from national and international military conflicts. That is why the USA and Britain failed to win it like in Kenya, Vietnam, Latin America, South Africa, and Somalia, and Afghanistan. And the Americans and British know when to leave it all and run back to the comfort of their homes. Some people even think that COVID19 is all about terrorism warfare!<br />What the USA did in Afghanistan to diplomatically leave that country is what AMISON should be doing as soon as possible in Somalia. If the Al Shabaab Muslims did not win the 2006 National Democratic Elections in Somalia, unlike the NRM that wins national Democratic Elections now 5 times in Uganda, they should be allowed to come back in Kismayo and participate in another Somalia National Democratic Election that is being arranged by a provisional government led by a Muslim man Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed!
The picture is the current President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni in the bush dealing in terrorism 1974/86 for over 12 years! Indeed this African politician thinks that most of the African people in this country have only just been born recently. Terrorism started a long time ago for reasons mainly of governing society through tyranny and dictatorship. Colonialism and empire building was also part of it. It is a military tactic of war. The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. The current government of Uganda used it and it is very difficult indeed to remove it from national and international military conflicts. That is why the USA and Britain failed to win it like in Kenya, Vietnam, Latin America, South Africa, and Somalia, and Afghanistan. And the Americans and British know when to leave it all and run back to the comfort of their homes. Some people even think that COVID19 is all about terrorism warfare! What the USA did in Afghanistan to diplomatically leave that country is what AMISON should be doing as soon as possible in Somalia. If the Al Shabaab Muslims did not win the 2006 National Democratic Elections in Somalia, unlike the NRM that wins national Democratic Elections now 5 times in Uganda, they should be allowed to come back in Kismayo and participate in another Somalia National Democratic Election that is being arranged by a provisional government led by a Muslim man Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed!
The al-Shabaab soldiers training in the bushland of Somalia for guerilla warfare:
The al-Shabaab soldiers training in the bushland of Somalia for guerilla warfare:
The defunct Crane Bank head quarters in Kampala. The Auditor General has queried an additional Shs77.5b that BoU officials claim to have transferred to the 46 Crane Bank branches across the country. <br />The MPs on the House Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase), who are investigating closure of seven commercial banks want BoU officials to account for the public funds.<br />In trying to establish whether the money to Crane Bank for liquidity support was not abused, the AG said he was unable to rely on the draft financial statements provided by BoU statutory manager.<br />UGANDA, Kampala.
The defunct Crane Bank head quarters in Kampala. The Auditor General has queried an additional Shs77.5b that BoU officials claim to have transferred to the 46 Crane Bank branches across the country. The MPs on the House Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase), who are investigating closure of seven commercial banks want BoU officials to account for the public funds. In trying to establish whether the money to Crane Bank for liquidity support was not abused, the AG said he was unable to rely on the draft financial statements provided by BoU statutory manager. UGANDA, Kampala.
The Map of South West Africa
The Map of South West Africa
The West African Map<br /><br />While the roots of terrorism are complex,&rdquo; observed Hartung, &ldquo;it is fair to say that the larger U.S. military presence has, at a minimum, served as a recruiting tool for the growing number of terrorist groups operating in West Africa.&rdquo;
The West African Map While the roots of terrorism are complex,” observed Hartung, “it is fair to say that the larger U.S. military presence has, at a minimum, served as a recruiting tool for the growing number of terrorist groups operating in West Africa.”
A picture of a Television studio:<br />Unfortunately for Ethiopia the medicine this country joined up with America to give the sick patient of Somalia is becoming very bitter for them as well. Ethiopia hurriedly took its troops to crush what the democratic people of Somalia had determined for themselves in their own country 15 years ago. They interfered in the internal affaires of Somalia. Somalia up to now is a suffering African country. One prays Ethiopia does not take the same route of destruction.
A picture of a Television studio: Unfortunately for Ethiopia the medicine this country joined up with America to give the sick patient of Somalia is becoming very bitter for them as well. Ethiopia hurriedly took its troops to crush what the democratic people of Somalia had determined for themselves in their own country 15 years ago. They interfered in the internal affaires of Somalia. Somalia up to now is a suffering African country. One prays Ethiopia does not take the same route of destruction.
Ian Douglas Smith, a white man with his fellow black politicians of Zimbabwe:<br /><br />Imagine for once that the Zimbabwe engineers were the ones who invented the telephone and its accessories. What sort of world will that be? No wonder former Prime Minister a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia, (known as Southern Rhodesia until October 1964 and today known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to 1979. a white man named Ian Douglas Smith, warned these black African citizens about not being able to properly govern up to date that country in a thousand years&#039; time! One wonders if he was a witch?
Ian Douglas Smith, a white man with his fellow black politicians of Zimbabwe: Imagine for once that the Zimbabwe engineers were the ones who invented the telephone and its accessories. What sort of world will that be? No wonder former Prime Minister a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia, (known as Southern Rhodesia until October 1964 and today known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to 1979. a white man named Ian Douglas Smith, warned these black African citizens about not being able to properly govern up to date that country in a thousand years' time! One wonders if he was a witch?
Ian Douglas Smith, first native-born prime minister of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and ardent advocate of white rule. <br />He was Born: April 8, 1919, at Shurugwi<br />Works written: The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs ...<br />His Education: Rhodes University
Ian Douglas Smith, first native-born prime minister of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and ardent advocate of white rule. He was Born: April 8, 1919, at Shurugwi Works written: The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs ... His Education: Rhodes University
Naava Grey, the singing girl of African heritage:<br /><br />Interesting African Ganda girl who grew up in a boring non musical family of Islam. But then one happens to know several young Muslims who enjoy the very loud drumming and the Arabic language singing that is indeed very spiritual if properly understood. They sing, clap their hands, dance and seem to go into a stupor of joyousness. Well if music is joyous love, play on! One understands that even when the people of color were being oppressed, many found solace in music. Like in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the South and North American states. Even in Christianity, when the going was getting tough, the Christians resorted to singing! Interesting indeed that the young ones of today in this country do not know that even this current government (NRM) captured power as it sang its heart out! Well good luck Naava Grey. You are in a career that is worthwhile for the very many unhappy African communities to encourage them to sing and be merry in this modern creative arts that is all over this world.
Naava Grey, the singing girl of African heritage: Interesting African Ganda girl who grew up in a boring non musical family of Islam. But then one happens to know several young Muslims who enjoy the very loud drumming and the Arabic language singing that is indeed very spiritual if properly understood. They sing, clap their hands, dance and seem to go into a stupor of joyousness. Well if music is joyous love, play on! One understands that even when the people of color were being oppressed, many found solace in music. Like in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the South and North American states. Even in Christianity, when the going was getting tough, the Christians resorted to singing! Interesting indeed that the young ones of today in this country do not know that even this current government (NRM) captured power as it sang its heart out! Well good luck Naava Grey. You are in a career that is worthwhile for the very many unhappy African communities to encourage them to sing and be merry in this modern creative arts that is all over this world.
Masaka RDC Herman Ssentongo handing the self-study materials to the education officials as the two COVID19 lockdown were pronounced:<br />The available documents indicate that UNICEF Uganda and other development partners including the governments of Denmark, Ireland, and Norway, and UNICEF UK contributed Shs 2.82 billion to support the printing of self-study materials around the same time. That is the problem with these aid agencies from the Western countries. They easily convince their taxpayers that they are helping Africa to come out of poverty and bad governance since the 16th century when the dark continent was discovered by these countries. Unfortunately they do not have their government auditors to come over and check on where their money has gone to! China which has not much records of such exploits on the dark continent is wiser on the money it provides to this continent. One wonders how the USA has managed to convince its citizens that it is value for money to put up a million dollars in Uganda as a reward to find dead or alive the Christian African guerilla leader of the Northern provinces of Uganda known as Kony?
Masaka RDC Herman Ssentongo handing the self-study materials to the education officials as the two COVID19 lockdown were pronounced: The available documents indicate that UNICEF Uganda and other development partners including the governments of Denmark, Ireland, and Norway, and UNICEF UK contributed Shs 2.82 billion to support the printing of self-study materials around the same time. That is the problem with these aid agencies from the Western countries. They easily convince their taxpayers that they are helping Africa to come out of poverty and bad governance since the 16th century when the dark continent was discovered by these countries. Unfortunately they do not have their government auditors to come over and check on where their money has gone to! China which has not much records of such exploits on the dark continent is wiser on the money it provides to this continent. One wonders how the USA has managed to convince its citizens that it is value for money to put up a million dollars in Uganda as a reward to find dead or alive the Christian African guerilla leader of the Northern provinces of Uganda known as Kony?
Dan Gertler
Dan Gertler
President Museveni watching the swamp lands that have been turned into rice growing gardens.
President Museveni watching the swamp lands that have been turned into rice growing gardens.
In Uganda, Mr Male Mabirizi the Ganda famous lawyer being guarded by prison officers in the courts of law.<br />The prosecutor indicated that, in relation to the case against Mabirizi at the moment, the State of Uganda is not concerned about his place of residence because they know he has not yet been charged or remanded in relation to the charges instituted by Rutaro. One wonders if such judicial confusion that aspires to imprison culprits of a different mind can be accepted by the East African Union higher courts of Law. Many people in these East African nation states seem to be taken into this African Union blindly so that the powerful can continue to assert in a bigger way their negative influence on the 444 million people residing there of!
In Uganda, Mr Male Mabirizi the Ganda famous lawyer being guarded by prison officers in the courts of law. The prosecutor indicated that, in relation to the case against Mabirizi at the moment, the State of Uganda is not concerned about his place of residence because they know he has not yet been charged or remanded in relation to the charges instituted by Rutaro. One wonders if such judicial confusion that aspires to imprison culprits of a different mind can be accepted by the East African Union higher courts of Law. Many people in these East African nation states seem to be taken into this African Union blindly so that the powerful can continue to assert in a bigger way their negative influence on the 444 million people residing there of!
A car passes underneath the SGR bridge.<br /><br />Such augments do not make sense in this modern world of international trade. There are many ways to skin a cat! During the 15th and 18th centuries Mombasa was the business city of the whole region of East, North and South of the continent of Africa. The railway was built afterwards and all the way into the hinterland of East Africa. By now Mombasa should be one of the biggest commercial harbors on this continent as Port of Durban, South Africa is, or Port Said in Egypt.<br />Best economic policy in Africa today is to leave trade marketing efficiency to take its course. It seems that political government interference in real economic marketing only breeds total corruption.
A car passes underneath the SGR bridge. Such augments do not make sense in this modern world of international trade. There are many ways to skin a cat! During the 15th and 18th centuries Mombasa was the business city of the whole region of East, North and South of the continent of Africa. The railway was built afterwards and all the way into the hinterland of East Africa. By now Mombasa should be one of the biggest commercial harbors on this continent as Port of Durban, South Africa is, or Port Said in Egypt. Best economic policy in Africa today is to leave trade marketing efficiency to take its course. It seems that political government interference in real economic marketing only breeds total corruption.