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The Uganda government through the Ministry of Public Service has ordered all permanent secretaries and chief administrative officers to implement a strict dress code for all government workers.
Uganda’s Ministry of Public Service permanent secretary Catherine Bitarakwate Musingwiire in a circular said that all female civil servants were required to dress decently and in an acceptable standards of the Ugandan society.
Female officers “should avoid wearing sleeves, transparent blouses and dresses at the work place [and] ensure that clothing covers up cleavage, navels, knees and back,” the circular reads.
Female officers are further required not to appear for duty in open and flat shoes except on a doctor’s recommendation/medical grounds and further not wear bright coloured hair, in form of natural hair, braids and hair extensions.
Females who opt to wear trousers are only required to do so if the trousers are in “form of smart lady suits with jackets, long enough to cover the bosom”.
Men on the other hand were directed to wear neat trousers, long sleeved shirts, jacket and a tie and no open shoes allowed.
“We got complaints that some public officers are indecent. Some female officers are pumping up their breasts, wearing mini-skirts… You are sexually harassing the male counterparts and in Uganda this is not acceptable,” Adah Muwanga, the ministry’s director human resource said on Tuesday.
“We are mindful of the perception of the public to our officers. Do you feel okay when you have nails several meters long? It is not neat and healthy and we have to care about the health of public officers,” she added.
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Most companies here in usa have dress code. I have never worked for a company that does not have dress code.
AL GA. I think any lady with some sense would know how to dress appropriately when going to work.
Anyway, to say that dressing sexy is " harassing" men,is to assume that men are tortured by looking at sexy women.I Think a pretty good percentage of men have a good appreciation of a sexy lady without getting crass.
I have also heard that most women dress like that for themselves and not for men. Therefore men should have the burden to control themselves,and not the other way round.
Finally, when did showing some leg become inappropriate? Is it when mzungu brought his religion? I ask this because it does not appear to have been a problem with our ancestors, who wore only a patch of skin,or leaves to cover their private parts.I believe they were just as human as we are.I have seen some tribe is south america move around practically naked. Infact they wonder why people are ashamed of their bodies to cover them:) May be we can learn something from them.
@Maxiley, you are 100% correct. our ancestors had something small covering front and back. That thing did not cover even the private parts properly because if they bend everything would be exposed. You see these Nigerians men wearing very big robes pretending to African traditional clothes. Uongo tupu. fake outfits
thanks for filing in the details on the skimpy outfits
This rule should be introduced in the United States and Kenya.
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