President Yoweri Museveni has admitted to paying dowry for all his daughters. The Ugandan Head of State has three daughters namely Diana, Natasha, and Patience.
The 79-year-old in his Women's Day speech, detailed why he refuses to accept dowry from any son-in-law.
His reason was to demonstrate the social economic transformation that all Ugandan families need to embrace to effectively deal with Gender-based violence plus achieve women’s empowerment.
He cited the region he comes from where he alleged families are adopting his style of marriage practices.
According to Pulse Uganda, Museveni referred to a discussion he held with one of his ministers who had attended a wedding and that is where that refusal to accept dowry from a man was noticed.
At that wedding, the bride’s family did not accept the groom’s gifts but instead asked them to choose any number of cows they wanted.
The groom’s family went back with 90 cows.
“The groom’s family couldn’t believe it, but that is what happens when families move out of poverty,” Museveni said.
The president said that even he had managed to move away from the practice of asking for the bride price.
“All my girls are married and I am a big grandfather. But I am the one who pays the bride price for them when they get married,” he said.
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