workshops, publications and outreach activities. On my part
I updated him on the work of the Commission in general and
mine in particular.
(iii) Mr. Sewanyana had arranged for me to be present at a
meeting of representatives of varions non-governmental
organisations on 16 July. In the event, I met members, 15
in ail, of the Management Committee of the Human Rights
Network of Uganda. A vibrant community, the work of nongovernmental human rights organisations cover a broad
range of activities: children, women, education and prisons,
for instance.
As is the custom, I spoke about die work of the Commission
and emphasised die important role of NGOs in this work. A
keen discussion followed my talk. When I saw a participant
at this meeting who had heard me on the same subject on
my first working day in Uganda, I concluded that my
lectures had not been that boaring.
KENYA
I left Uganda for Kenya on 17 July. At Jomo Kenyatta
Airport, Nairobi to meet me was a member of staff of Kenya
Human Rights Commission (KHRC), an NGO which has
observer status with the Commission. I had been in touch
with this NGO for assistance in arranging my programme in
Kenya as with accommodation. My gratitude goes to them.
Later in the day I met staff of the KHRC. It has many
programmes including Land Rights, Prisons, Activism and
Mobilisation as well as Internship.
Monday 20 July 1998
The report continues with a statement of how irnpressed I
was with the Foreign Minister of Kenya, His was the only
positive response I received in Ghana from State officiais
wanted to meet on my visits. I wondered, however, if Hon.
Dr. Bonaya Godana, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Repubiic of Kenya would be able to make the 8 a.m.
appointment he had given me, it being so early by many
standards for Ministers. I was pleasantly surprised that the
Minister was in his office before 8 a.m.; and he received me
at the appointed time.
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