WIN News, January 1st, 2000
FROM 'GENDER ALERT NEWS', UGANDA GENDER RESOURCE CENTRE
P.O. Box 9933, Kampala, UGANDA
"In Uganda, we have quite a number of marriages which are constitutionally accepted and it is only in a customary marriage where all cultural obligations which pertain to marriage must be complied with according to the cultural practices of the woman of which bride price is the gist of the matter.
There is a provision that in case the relatives of the woman do not wish to receive bride price they should make a clear declaration stating that they recognize the relationship between man and woman as marria...
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