Elders told to write Wills

By Chris Mugasha    
                  
The minister for information and national guidance has called upon people especially the elders to write Wills as a way of ensuring harmony in their families.

Mary Karooro Okurut noted that failure to write wills has created problems in several families over the sharing of  property.

She said widows and their daughters are the major victims.

 “Widows and your daughters suffer. In some families the sons share all the family properties amongst themselves leaving them (widows and daughters) with nothing,” Karooro noted.

She was on Monday addressing over 300 elders from the sub counties of Bushenyi during an elders meeting she organized at her home. The meeting aimed at discussing social and economic development related issues.

Earlier, the elders told the minister that they are disappointed with the courts saying they do not receive a fair hearing when they are involved in disputes with their children over property.

The Kyizooba sub county LCIII Chairperson Eldard Karukiko said the courts tend to favour the young.

Joram Tibasiimwa the chairperson for Ankole Older Persons Association (NKOPA) appealed to government to speed up the process of paying the elderly allowances.

“The elderly people in rural areas don’t have money for paraffin, salt,” Tibasiimwa said.

Tibasiimwa further called for special attention to be accorded to them in public facilities like banks and health