RWENZURURU QUEEN CONDEMNS MEN WHO PRACTICE INCEST

By Isaac Mumbere
in Kasese—-
The Rwenzururu Queen, Her Highness Agnes Ithungu Asimawe has called for punitive punishments to men who are practicing incest in Kasese district.
Nyabaghole sounded the remarks last evening while officiating at the International Women’s Day celebrations for Kasese District at Katunguru Primary school in Lake Katwe sub County. The day was celebrated under the theme, “Accelerating Gender Equity through Women Economic Empowerment.”

She highlighted that the challenge of violence ranging from incest, defilement and rape against girl children in district was alarming, a reason why she called for serious punishments against the perpetrators.

She suggested that men who are practicing incest should be castrated so that they are curtailed from .
She appealed to the young girls to keep in school and shy away from early marriages that lead them to the untold sufferings.

The Rwenzururu Queen used the same platform to warn the male youth against the practice of laughing at their female counterparts when they experience their menstrual periods.

Earlier in her remarks, Ms Hellen Petronilla Masika, the Deputy Executive Director at the Microfinance Support Centre (MSC) Uganda had regretted the low levels of education among many girls in Kasese district.

According to her, the number of girls who are dropping out of school and getting married at an early age is high.