President, Kanyeihamba shake hands
PRESIDENT Museveni and Supreme Court Justice George Kanyeihamba yesterday shook hands at the international judges conference in Entebbe.
By Jude Etyang
PRESIDENT Museveni and Supreme Court Justice George Kanyeihamba yesterday shook hands at the international judges conference in Entebbe.
Museveni and Kanyeihamba bumped into each other in the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel lounge after Museveni the conference. They smiled at each other and exchanged brief greetings.
Museveni and Kanyeihamba recently disagreed on the role of peasants in constitutional matters, including the lifting of the presidential two-term limit.
Museveni urged the judges to avoid “anarchism†in their struggle for women empowerment. He said he stopped some “anarchists†who wanted the Domestic Relations Bill to relieve men of their rights to their property.
“I am ready to work with you but you must work in a disciplined way. Not in an anarchist way,†he said.
“If you make a law which dispossesses the owner of his property, you are going to affect the accumulation of wealth,†Museveni said.
Museveni, however, said a man must get the consent of his wife before he sells family property such as a house.
Museveni said women activists from the West tend to bring “superficial†ideas without understanding the existing social structure.
“If you come with those superficial ideas to the women from my village, you won’t make any impact. They will first look at the way you are dressed, the kind of lipstick on your mouth and then they will dismiss you as a disoriented and confused person,†Museveni said.
He said women activists should consider the pre-colonial factors such as inter-clan conflicts, exogenous concept of intermarraiges and the patrilineal inheritance system, which he said still defined the African society.
Museveni said society was, however, changing and that he was a pioneer in his generation to put all his daughters in his Will.
He said the Movement Government introduced several policies and laws which help in the political and economic empowerment of women.
Justice Julia Sebutinde, one of the facilitators, said, “We are careful, we analyse the problems we are facing and come up with reasonable solutions.†Sebutinde said though the Constitution declares men and women equal, discrimination against women still exists.
The conference, attended by over 100 judges from around the world, is discussing rights, access to justice for women and the judicial process.
Outgoing IAWJ president Laeticia Kikonyogo who spoke before Museveni said women are equal to men only before the law but not in reality.
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PRESIDENT Museveni and Supreme Court Justice George Kanyeihamba yesterday shook hands at the international judges conference in Entebbe.
Museveni and Kanyeihamba bumped into each other in the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel lounge after Museveni the conference. They smiled at each other and exchanged brief greetings.
Museveni and Kanyeihamba recently disagreed on the role of peasants in constitutional matters, including the lifting of the presidential two-term limit.
Museveni urged the judges to avoid “anarchism†in their struggle for women empowerment. He said he stopped some “anarchists†who wanted the Domestic Relations Bill to relieve men of their rights to their property.
“I am ready to work with you but you must work in a disciplined way. Not in an anarchist way,†he said.
“If you make a law which dispossesses the owner of his property, you are going to affect the accumulation of wealth,†Museveni said.
Museveni, however, said a man must get the consent of his wife before he sells family property such as a house.
Museveni said women activists from the West tend to bring “superficial†ideas without understanding the existing social structure.
“If you come with those superficial ideas to the women from my village, you won’t make any impact. They will first look at the way you are dressed, the kind of lipstick on your mouth and then they will dismiss you as a disoriented and confused person,†Museveni said.
He said women activists should consider the pre-colonial factors such as inter-clan conflicts, exogenous concept of intermarraiges and the patrilineal inheritance system, which he said still defined the African society.
Museveni said society was, however, changing and that he was a pioneer in his generation to put all his daughters in his Will.
He said the Movement Government introduced several policies and laws which help in the political and economic empowerment of women.
Justice Julia Sebutinde, one of the facilitators, said, “We are careful, we analyse the problems we are facing and come up with reasonable solutions.†Sebutinde said though the Constitution declares men and women equal, discrimination against women still exists.
The conference, attended by over 100 judges from around the world, is discussing rights, access to justice for women and the judicial process.
Outgoing IAWJ president Laeticia Kikonyogo who spoke before Museveni said women are equal to men only before the law but not in reality.
Ends