Politics

Museveni Tells Banyankole: Stop Pricing Young Men Out of Marriage

Uganda’s President took a sharp turn at a traditional wedding ceremony to deliver a message that rattled cultural norms. Expensive bride price demands, he warned, are quietly killing the institution of marriage among the country’s youth. The Okuhingira ceremony, once a cherished rite of passage, is being stretched into a financial ordeal few young couples can survive.