Among cautions MPs against abandoning their children

 

What you need to know:

• The sensitive matter was first raised by Ms Sarah Opendi. The Tororo District Woman MP, who also doubles as the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association chairperson (UWOPA), lifted the lid when she shared a story of a young mother who recently went to Parliament claiming that she had been impregnated by a male legislator.

There was a lot of chatter on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday when the Deputy Speaker, Ms Among, sternly warned male legislators, for allegedly siring children outside wedlock.

Ms Among issued the warning during a heated plenary session in which lawmakers debated Vice President Jessica Alupo’s statement.

The statement was tagged to the national campaign against defilement, early marriages and failed parenthood.