Platform for Labour Action (PLA) is a National Civil Society Organization that was founded in the year 2000. PLA is focused on promoting and protecting the rights of vulnerable and marginalized workers through empowerment of communities and individuals in Uganda.
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Ssebagala Lawerence is a 63 year resident Central Division who retired from his job as a kitchen attendant at a hospital in 2017 after serving for a period of 30 years and was not given any gratuity.
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“In January 2016 I bought an acre of land at 1,400,000/= from Sara Akullo. I had accumulated this money from selling goats and cows for over 8 months hence I was struggling to get it.
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12 single mothers were enabled to recover, own and control properties including land and bicycle which their in-laws and family members had wrongfully taken from them or tress passed upon as well as accessed basic needs for their children from the fathers of their children.
Oluka Sara a 34-year-old single mother of three in Amolatar district who recovered her bicycle from a one Okello Godwin her brother in law who had taken away the bicycle from her following her husband death. She reported a case to PLA partner CBO in Amolatar in March 2018 to which the paralegal intervened resulting into Godwin returning Sara’s bicycle. Okello was educated on the rights of women/ widows to inherit and manage their late husband’s property without disturbance which he appreciated. He even apologized to Sara.
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