Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925 (No. 17) - Uganda (Ratification: 1963)

Article 5 of the Convention. In reply to the Committee's previous comments the Government indicates that, upon its request for ILO technical assistance, an expert on labour legislation visited Uganda in January 1989; priority will be given to new Workmen's Compensation legislation proposals and it is expected that the enactment of the new proposals will be effected soon. The Committee notes with interest this information. It trusts that with the ILO's technical assistance the Workmen's Compensation legislation, on which the Committee has been commenting since 1966, will soon be brought into full conformity with Article 5 of the Convention, which provides that compensation payable in the event of permanent injury or death shall be paid in the form of periodical payments, provided that it may be wholly or partially paid in a lump sum if the competent authority is satisfied that it will be properly utilised.

The Committee hopes that the Government will be able, in its next report, to indicate progress in this connection either through the amendment of the above-mentioned Act or through the introduction of a workmen's compensation insurance system. [The Government is asked to report in detail for the period ending 30 June 1990.]