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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has threatened to name and shame MPs who refuse to accept responsibility for their children. Among was on Wednesday December 1, 2021 presiding over the house during a heated debate on a statement presented by the Vice …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Ramadhan Mulindwa Nsanja, the Kadhi Luwero Muslim district has summoned all Imams in his jurisdiction over uncertified marriages. The decision stems from findings showing that about 65 percent of the marriages conducted in his area are uncertified. According to the guidelines from Uganda Muslim …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Registration Service Bureau-URSB has entered a partnership with the Muslim Center for Justice and Law-MCJL to popularise the registration of marriages in the Muslim community. Through a Memorandum of Understanding signed at the URSB offices in Kampala, the two shall run joint campaigns to …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district authorities are struggling to stop the escalating teenage pregnancies and marriages involving school girls resulting from the lockdown. The district chairperson, Michael Lakony says at least 315 teenage girls mostly from primary schools were impregnated and married off between April and August this …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana has proposed that couples who got married in the Church of the Resurrection, Bugolobi should conduct fresh ceremonies to legalize their marriages. Last week, the Uganda Registration Services Bureau-URSB announced that nearly 1,000 couples whose marriages were conducted …