MPs want time limits set for handling GBV cases

“Why should a domestic violence case take five years? It makes it impossible to settle the case and the victims suffer."

Female MPs and advocates for women and girl rights attending a gender-based violence training for MPs at Fairway Hotel in Kampala on May 24, 2024. (Photo by John Odyek)

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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Ugandan female Members of Parliament have raised concerns about delays in concluding lengthy cases of violence against girls and women.

Tororo Woman MP Sarah Opendi,

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Sarah Opendi

Tororo Woman MP

MPs want time limits set for handling GBV cases

“Why should a domestic violence case take five years? It makes it impossible to settle the case and the victims suffer."

Female MPs and advocates for women and girl rights attending a gender-based violence training for MPs at Fairway Hotel in Kampala on May 24, 2024. (Photo by John Odyek)

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