Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Tororo District Woman MP, Sarah Opendi, has been granted leave of the House to introduce a Private Member’s Bill, entitled, “The Marriage Bill”. The bill seeks to provide a comprehensive legislation on matters relating to marriage considering that the Marriage Act enacted 118 years ago …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) is planning to review its strategy on gender-related bills. Some of the bills include the succession bill, the sexual offences bill, the marriage and divorce bill and Employment amendment bill among others. The succession bill among other things seeks …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has asked for an additional two months to exhaust consultations on the newly packaged Marriage Bill. Previously named the Marriage and Divorce Bill, the draft was recently revisited by the Law Reform Commission which ejected some of the clauses that had sparked controversy, …
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