A Ugandan Member of Parliament on Wednesday was forced to apologise after he told men to “beat” their wives.
Onesimus Twinamasiko was reported by Ugandan television channel NTV to have said that “as a man, you need to discipline your wife.
“You need to touch her a bit, you tackle her, beat her somehow to really streamline her,” he said.
The MP’s statement was not taken out of context! Full unedited byte (Luganda & English) of Onesmus Twinamasiko, MP Bugangaizi East championing husbands to beat their wives following Museveni’s statement that men who beat women should face the full wrath of the law pic.twitter.com/P50Jn4enur
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The MP faced a lot of backlash and outrage from Ugandans over his comments as rights activists called on him to apologise to victims of domestic violence.
On Wednesday Onesmus Twinamasiko wrote in a letter to parliament that he actually “detests all form of violence against women”.
“Kindly accept my most sincere and unreserved apologies honourable members and the general public and more particularly the women,” he further wrote.
More than one in five women aged 15-49 have experienced domestic or sexual violence in Uganda, according to a government report published last year.
On women’s day, President Yoweri Museveni described men who batter their wives as “cowards”.
Domestic violence is a major issue in Africa with women subjected to physical abuse daily by their male partners.
Source: Africafeeds.com
