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Women Empowerment: Uganda Outlaws Bride Price Refund by JuanDeDios: 11:03pm On Mar 02, 2013
Ugandan women can now smile—certainly those of them forced to stay in marriages even when they are not happy, fearing that the man would demand the bride price back from her parents who had no money to pay up. The East African country’s parliament has approved a bill which makes bride price non-refundable and allows for a couple to share property once divorced. Ugo reports that The Marriage and Divorce Bill has been in the works since 1960 until the Speaker decided it was time to vote upon it. Clause 13 of the Bill, which was unanimously adopted, makes it an offence to marry a widow through the practice of inheritance without her consent. Not everyone is happy, though, as some MPs walked out of parliament, angry.

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Re: Women Empowerment: Uganda Outlaws Bride Price Refund by biolabee(m): 11:13pm On Mar 02, 2013
Interesting Law


Took more than 50 years to pass this law
This now validates the struggle of the women folk in this country and has implications for the way men treat their wives

Expect a rash of divorces, more women living on their own, delayed or pre- nuptial arrangements in marriages
Re: Women Empowerment: Uganda Outlaws Bride Price Refund by Ivynwa(f): 4:02am On Mar 03, 2013
So what was annoying the MP's that walked away angrily? Were they fuming that they were being barred from getting more widows and concubines? undecided grin
I think that bride price should be replaced with something else that isn't monetary, coould be something like signing a traditional marriage contract/certificate. It makes women seem like properties paid for the money which can be refunded at any time.
Re: Women Empowerment: Uganda Outlaws Bride Price Refund by Nobody: 1:30pm On Mar 03, 2013
Is it a crime to be a woman in africa.5o years for goodness sakes.smh.there's nothing like american liberty.anywoman marrying an african man should be ready to trade her physical,emotional and social freedom to the man the day she says i do
Re: Women Empowerment: Uganda Outlaws Bride Price Refund by Nobody: 2:46am On Jun 05, 2013
Why not abolish the bride price system altogether?

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