{"id":36695,"date":"2018-03-15T08:59:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T07:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/36695-ugandan-mp-forced-to-apologise-for-beat-your-wife-remark.html"},"modified":"2018-03-15T08:59:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T07:59:37","slug":"ugandan-mp-forced-to-apologise-for-beat-your-wife-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/36695-ugandan-mp-forced-to-apologise-for-beat-your-wife-remark.html","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan MP forced to apologise for 'beat your wife' remark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"txt-textContent\">\n<div class=\"text fontsize_0 jq_Content jq_langdir\">\n<p>A Ugandan lawmaker apologised Wednesday after encouraging men to beat their wives to \"discipline\" them, in comments that sparked an outcry in the east African nation.<\/p>\n<p>The MP, Onesmus Twinamasiko, wrote in a letter to parliament that he actually \"detests all form of violence against women\".<\/p>\n<p>\"Kindly accept my most sincere and unreserved apologies honourable members and the general public and more particularly the women.\"<\/p>\n<p>The apology comes after Twinamasiko gave an interview the day after women's day, March 8, to local television station NTV and said: \"as a man you need to discipline your wife, you need to touch her and tackle her and beat her somehow, to really streamline her\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His remarks sparked anger from women.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However his view is not uncommon in Uganda. A government report published in 2016 showed that one in five female Ugandans between the age of 14 and 49 had reported physical or sexual violence within a 12-month period.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament speaker Rebecca Kadaga vowed to investigate Twinamasiko for encouraging violence against women and the women's parliamentary association demanded that he withdraw the statement and apologise.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile on Twitter the hashtag #OnesmusTwinamasikoMustResign trended in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>On women's day, President Yoweri Museveni described men who batter their wives as \"cowards\".<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Ugandan lawmaker apologised Wednesday after encouraging men to beat their wives to \"discipline\" them, in comments that sparked an outcry in the east African nation. 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