BY JOACKIM KULE
Subjects of Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu in Bwesumbu sub-county, Kasese District have welcomed the King’s pronouncement against the negative cultural practices including early marriages, inequalities in property inheritance and succession in families across the Kingdom.
The pronounced negative practices are highlighted in a book titled “Policy Guidelines on Family and Gender Relations in Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu” and are aimed at translating the message of curbing gender- based violence and restoring the lost positive norms among the people.
This book whose formulation, translation and dissemination were facilitated by the International Justice Mission, covers a wider range of social aspects that the Rwenzururu subjects should adopt for development, harmony and family management practices.
Yesterday, during a community meeting in which the trainers of trainees about the highlighted issues in the book were in Bwesumbu sub-county at Kajole market, the residents welcomed the message, saying it would enable them restore their positive traditional norms, values and embrace their heritage.
Yostus Mupenda, the Parish Chief in-charge of Kasangali, said that the message about marriage in the traditional ways saves families that are not financially stable from the acquisition of unaffordable loans whenever they marry for their sons.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu, the Rt. Hon. Noah Nzaghale, told the participants to uphold their culture and embrace their cultural heritages.
Rt. Hon. Nzaghale encouraged the people to stop the use of vulgar languages, saying that they misrepresent the Bayira among other tribes.
He also appealed to the husbands to respect their wives, warning them against copying the negative family handling practices from other entities.
Mr. Uzziah Kibingo, the Chairperson for the Chieftains, lauded the people of Bwesumbu Sub-county for keeping the values and norms of the Kingdom.
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