By
MORIS MUMBERE
E-society
KABAROLE: The District
Chairman Kabarole Mr.Rwabuhinga Richard has strongly warned the parents leaving
on the slopes of Mount Rwenzori against the habit off marrying their daughters
at a tender age to get dowry.
“It’s now your habit
that you feel can’t be changed but such character of marring off your children
limits home development” Rwabuhinga said.
He says marrying off
the daughters before the age of 18 not only affects the victims but also
undermines development in the area.
Mr.Rwabuhinga advises
the parents to refrain from such bad cultural practices of giving out their
daughters for marriage as early as 13 years but focus at adding value to them
so as to become important people in future.
The chairman explains
that a parent who educates his or her daughter to a diploma or degree level
adds value on her and she fetches good money in terms of dowry because educated
and wealth men compete for her.
Using an example of a
bottle of soda bubbling due to high temperatures, Rwabuhinga compared parents
marrying off their daughters at a tender age with some greedy person who rushes
to drink soda suds thinking he is taking soda and yet he takes empty and the
liquid remain in the bottle.
He was on Monday speaking
as chief guest to parents and students at the official commissioning a two
classroom block at St.Joseph Secondary school in Karangura Sub County. Karangura,Kabonero
and Katebwa are leading sub counties in cases of early marriage and defilement.
The chairman told the
parents that the construction of the school in the hard to reach sub county
will be a solution to averting early marriage and school dropout since the
children will no longer be trekking long distances.
Mr.Kahuzo Elkanah the
LC3 Karangura appreciated the district chairman and former woman mp Kabarole
Hon.Victoria Businge Rusoke for their regular follow up of the shs200m
presidential pledge and Fort Portal diocese for offering them land whre the
school seats.
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