Alcoholism leaves Ateso women sexually starved
ALCOHOLISM among men in Uganda’s Iteso tribe has left the tribe’s women sexually starved and emotionally neglected, a cabinet minister was quoted as saying last week.
ALCOHOLISM among men in Uganda’s Iteso tribe has left the tribe’s women sexually starved and emotionally neglected, a cabinet minister was quoted as saying last week.
“Men just grip their women tightly in bed without any function. Women are crying that their husbands are either impotent or too weak to produce children,†local press quoted Minister for Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Christine Amongin Aporu, herself an Iteso, as saying.
The Iteso tribe, one of Uganda’s biggest with a population of about 1.5 million, dwell in the country’s north eastern Teso region.
According to tribal leaders, heavy consumption of the local brew among men is leading to impotence and domestic violence.
Francis Epetait, a member of parliament from the area, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur, dpa : “The men sleep for just eight hours a day and the rest of the time is spent on drinking. It is a serious and unfortunate situation and we are telling people to change their lifestyles.â€
Itesot women had taken to nicknaming their husbands ‘edopesiepe’, meaning ‘one who lies on one side’, he added.
Local officials in the four districts covering the Teso region have imposed bylaws banning consumption of alcohol before 5.00 p.m. and after 10.00 p.m. in an effort to address the problem.
dpa
“Men just grip their women tightly in bed without any function. Women are crying that their husbands are either impotent or too weak to produce children,†local press quoted Minister for Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Christine Amongin Aporu, herself an Iteso, as saying.
The Iteso tribe, one of Uganda’s biggest with a population of about 1.5 million, dwell in the country’s north eastern Teso region.
According to tribal leaders, heavy consumption of the local brew among men is leading to impotence and domestic violence.
Francis Epetait, a member of parliament from the area, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur, dpa : “The men sleep for just eight hours a day and the rest of the time is spent on drinking. It is a serious and unfortunate situation and we are telling people to change their lifestyles.â€
Itesot women had taken to nicknaming their husbands ‘edopesiepe’, meaning ‘one who lies on one side’, he added.
Local officials in the four districts covering the Teso region have imposed bylaws banning consumption of alcohol before 5.00 p.m. and after 10.00 p.m. in an effort to address the problem.
dpa