By Barbara Nansiimbi
The Chairperson Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Adv Mariam Wangadya is wearing a very angry face, occasioned on her by men who love unprotected sex but cannot sustain the consequences of their actions.
The UHRC supremo has therefore called for a sex ban on such men, blaming them for failure to look after their children.
Wangadya’s outbursts came after she; together with her team of Commissioners visited Nakapiripirit government prison.
While here, according to Wangadya, they found mother prisoners who were in the coolers with their kids.
A visibly touched Wangadya, immediately addressed the media and declared that such men who cannot look after their children have no right to enjoy love affairs.
“We have found mothers staying with their children in prison. And you ask, who are these men in the hearts of these women? A child growing up in a prison environment and you continue calling yourself a man? We’re tired of irresponsible men” she decreed.
With tears almost rolling down her cheeks, Wangadya described the situation the kids are living in, noting that they struggle for space to play so as to live a normal life.
She said during their visit, they found some of the kids aged about two years, and therefore wondered why their father’s cannot collect them and take them away from the prison environment.
“It is immoral, it is irresponsible, that you abandon your child to grow up within a prison environment. Such men should stop doing those things giving birth to those children. No sex for them” she said.
Wangadya urged men to be responsible for their children and advised those who can’t stand the consequences of untubed face-to-face sessions to back off.
The UHRC Boss and her team have been in Karamoja area visiting the prisons in that subregion. Other issues discovered included over crowding in cells, and they promised to press for solutions on that matter.
