KICUNA MEN PETITION POLICE OVER WOMEN’S BRUTALITY

By Musa Polite

Men from Kicuna Village, Rwengaju Sub County Kabarole district are calling for police intervention, in their rights’ abuses by their wives.

According to men, their wives abuse and sometimes beat them whenever there get a misunderstanding so they decided to call upon the Rwenzori west community liaisons officer Afande Solomon Mugisa for action.

Men also claim that their wives have teamed up with their own children to fight men’s influence in families as children are found of abusing their fathers under the influence of their mothers.

In his response on the matters, Afanda Solomon, condemned the vice and called upon men not to feel shy to report such cases. Mugisa says that police is ready to come in and save such situations whenever they are reported.

Mugisa attributed the rampant gender based violence in the region to drug abuse and called upon married couples to join hands against such acts.

Mr. Paul Pilamoi, a human rights activist from the Uganda Human Rights Commission says that the problem with men is that they don’t seek for justice whenever they are offended by women, saying that it’s through reporting that such cases can be addressed, Mr. Pilamoi adds that the vulnerability of women does not put them above the law to violet other people’s rights.