MPs lament low female turnout under USE
Mar 11, 2007
KYOTERA and Kooki MPs have expressed worry over the small number of girls who have so far joined secondary school under the Universal Secondary Education programme (USE).
By Ali Mambule
KYOTERA and Kooki MPs have expressed worry over the small number of girls who have so far joined secondary school under the Universal Secondary Education programme (USE).
Lt. Pius Mujuzi and Maj. Erasmus Mugumya Mugulumaali (Kyotera and Kooki respectively) said initial reports about USE indicate that fewer girls than boys have joined.
They revealed this during Rakai district Women’s Day celebrations, held at Lwakoni sub-county on Thursday.
Mujuzi blamed the low female turnout on parents who believe only in grooming girls for marriage.
He said Universal Primary Education (UPE) had done a lot in reducing the number of girls that stayed at home. He, however, lamented that parents had shifted the problem to secondary level.
“Government is focused on empowering women, but the parents are sabotaging its programmes by marrying off their daughters after sitting their primary leaving examinations,†Mujuzi said.
He also assured the people of Rakai that judges and magistrates had not gone on strike because they were still being paid their salaries. He affirmed that they were merely on recess and would return to court and resume work shortly.
Mujuzi said that the security organs deserved to be respected for what they did hen they re-arrested the PRA suspects because they (the suspects) could have escaped at any time.
He said that empowering women in all aspects would be more meaningful if their husbands were more actively involved.
Magulumaali urged the women to respect their husbands as they demanded for their freedom, in order to keep their marriages intact.
KYOTERA and Kooki MPs have expressed worry over the small number of girls who have so far joined secondary school under the Universal Secondary Education programme (USE).
Lt. Pius Mujuzi and Maj. Erasmus Mugumya Mugulumaali (Kyotera and Kooki respectively) said initial reports about USE indicate that fewer girls than boys have joined.
They revealed this during Rakai district Women’s Day celebrations, held at Lwakoni sub-county on Thursday.
Mujuzi blamed the low female turnout on parents who believe only in grooming girls for marriage.
He said Universal Primary Education (UPE) had done a lot in reducing the number of girls that stayed at home. He, however, lamented that parents had shifted the problem to secondary level.
“Government is focused on empowering women, but the parents are sabotaging its programmes by marrying off their daughters after sitting their primary leaving examinations,†Mujuzi said.
He also assured the people of Rakai that judges and magistrates had not gone on strike because they were still being paid their salaries. He affirmed that they were merely on recess and would return to court and resume work shortly.
Mujuzi said that the security organs deserved to be respected for what they did hen they re-arrested the PRA suspects because they (the suspects) could have escaped at any time.
He said that empowering women in all aspects would be more meaningful if their husbands were more actively involved.
Magulumaali urged the women to respect their husbands as they demanded for their freedom, in order to keep their marriages intact.