{UAH} MARRIAGE: Get a Rwandan bride for UGX80,000 ($21.50)
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By URN
Rwandan women are being sold off as brides in Mityana municipality with a man interested paying Shs80,000 to a middleman to ferry the bride from Rwanda.
Mityana Resident District Commissioner Captain Yahaya Kakooza told Uganda Radio Network [URN] they have commenced investigations to establish whether there is no criminality involved in the cross-border marriage.
Despite the fact that many people shy away from talking about the lucrative practice with strangers, the practice is a public secret in Mityana town.
It is reported that a man interested in a Rwandan bride parts with Shillings 80,000 to facilitate the middleman to ferry the bride from Rwanda to Mityana.
Once the bride arrives and agrees to marry the prospective husband, the suitor pays the middleman extra money depending on his bargaining power.
Eddie Ndawula, a boda-boda rider in Mityana town says the sophisticated bride trade came to limelight in 2016 when some pimps used to ferry in 'Rwandan babes' to work as commercial sex workers in night clubs and bars.
"They were brought and put in night clubs; bars where men could go pay the pimp to have pleasure for a few hours. I think (Mityana) men loved Rwandan girls so much," Ndawula said.
He says as time went on, some men decided to take on the Rwandan girls for much longer, which prompted them to marry, giving rise to the bride trade.
RDC Captain Kakooza says there wouldn't because for alarm if a Ugandan man chose to marry an adult Rwandan female voluntarily.
He, however, says they are closely following the middlemen to ensure they are not involved in crime.
Kakooza says preliminary investigations show that some of the brides are taken from their home country without the consent of their relatives, which could fuel disputes between the two countries.
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