Friday, March 6, 2009

Uganda Codifies Public Holidays For Presidential Deaths

Sources: Daily Monitor (Kampala) and Uganda public holidays (qppstudio.net). Uganda's Parliament is voting on a new bill, “The Emoluments and benefits of the President, Vice President and Prime Minister Bill, 2009”, codifying retirement benefits for Uganda's President, Vice President and Prime Minister. One of the provisions of this new Bill is that a public holiday shall be declared on the day of burial of a President who dies while in office.