Uganda seeking miniskirt ban
ETHICS and integrity minister Nsaba Buturo says miniskirts should be banned because women wearing them distract drivers and cause traffic accidents.
ETHICS and integrity minister Nsaba Buturo says miniskirts should be banned because women wearing them distract drivers and cause traffic accidents.
Buturo told journalists in Kampala that wearing a miniskirt was like walking naked in the streets.
“What’s wrong with a miniskirt? You can cause an accident because some of our people are weak mentally,†he said.
The BBCs Joshua Mmali in Kampala, said journalists found the ministers comments extremely funny.
Wearing a miniskirt should be regarded as “indecentâ€, which would be punishable under Ugandan law, Buturo said. He railed against the dangers facing those inadvertently distracted by short skirts. “If you find a naked person, you begin to concentrate on the make-up of that person and yet you are driving,†he said.
These days you hardly know who is a mother from a daughter, they are all naked.â€
According to the minister, indecent dressing is just one of many vices facing Ugandan society. “Theft and embezzlement of public funds, sub-standard service delivery, greed, infidelity, prostitution, homosexuality and sectarianism are others,†he said.
Earlier this year, Kampala’s Makerere University decided to impose a dress code for women at the institution, our reporter says.
BBC
Buturo told journalists in Kampala that wearing a miniskirt was like walking naked in the streets.
“What’s wrong with a miniskirt? You can cause an accident because some of our people are weak mentally,†he said.
The BBCs Joshua Mmali in Kampala, said journalists found the ministers comments extremely funny.
Wearing a miniskirt should be regarded as “indecentâ€, which would be punishable under Ugandan law, Buturo said. He railed against the dangers facing those inadvertently distracted by short skirts. “If you find a naked person, you begin to concentrate on the make-up of that person and yet you are driving,†he said.
These days you hardly know who is a mother from a daughter, they are all naked.â€
According to the minister, indecent dressing is just one of many vices facing Ugandan society. “Theft and embezzlement of public funds, sub-standard service delivery, greed, infidelity, prostitution, homosexuality and sectarianism are others,†he said.
Earlier this year, Kampala’s Makerere University decided to impose a dress code for women at the institution, our reporter says.
BBC