Inshan LEGAL

Legal alert:
Justice of the High court Musa Ssekana' has ruled that service of court documents can be done through electronics media like email, whatsapp, facebook etc so longer as the person effecting the service of the court documents can prove that the recipients received the court documents.

Sofia's who recently got a job with a company in town. As they were having a chat over a cup of tea with the friends, the friends informed her that 26 January 2021 is a public holiday. The day the NRM government captured power. Sofia and friends are now in high gear preparing and organizing to have some time together as they will not be going to work on that day. However, as sofia was preparing to go to bed, she received a phone call from the boss at work informing her of the company's decision to operate on that day, and all worker should report to work, whoever fails to turn up the repercussions will be severe.

Public holiday is governed by the public holidays Act 1964 (herein to be referred to as an Act. The Act makes provisions in the schedule of the various public holidays. However, the president may gazette any day as a public holiday.

The employment Act provides for every employees to have holiday in every public holiday with full pay.

In instance where the employer wish the employee to work on the public holiday, then the employer has to give the employee holiday with full pay in other day.

And where the employee works on the public holiday, the employee is entitled to receive wages double the amount the employee receives in any other normal day.

However, where the employer pays the employee wages double the amount the employer pays on any other normal day, then the employee is not entitle to a holiday full pay on any other day.

Sofia can work on the public holiday if the employer so wish but the employer has an obligation to pay her double the wages the employer pays her in any other day. Or the employer can agree with Sofia can choose between being paid double more than the amount she receives in any other day, or she can accept to be paid the amount she receives on days not public holiday, and then gets holiday in other day with full wages

RIP

The ministry of Health recently announced the outbreak of polio virus across the country. A country wide mass vaccination of the children within the age bracket likely to be infected by the virus has commenced. However, the medical officers administering the vaccine have reported facing challenges from some of the care home, and care givers who are not willing to allow the medical officer access to the children for them to administer the vaccine before the parent's consent. Vaccination is governed by the Immunisation Act 2017 that came on the 19th June 2017. Vaccine means the any preparation intended to produce immunity to diseases by stimulating the production of antibodies.
Under the Acts it's the responsibility of every parent of child between the age bracket of one day to 5 years to ensure that the child is immunised against the immunisable diseases. Schedule 2 of the Act list the immunisable diseases which includes, tuberculosis, whooping cough, tetanus, hepatitis B, Polio, Measles etc.
The state has an obligation to make sure every Ugandan who has to be vaccinated has access to vaccine. The vaccine is free of charge.
A medical officer can vaccinate a child with out the consent of the parent as long as he/she does so in good faith.
A person who refuses or hide a child from being vaccinated commits an offence and is liable to fine not exceeding forty eight currency point or imprisonment not exceeding two years or both.

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