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Edrine Kusemerewa, who goes by the stage name of Edrine K is a song writer, singer and a Gender and Women’s rights activist. Born of Yeres Kyakimwa, a food vendor in Kisanga Market and Seith Kazige, a social worker, Edrine is the fifth born from a family of ten.

They are mainly triggered by poverty, alcoholism, land disputes and polygamy among others, according to Kabale District Probation Officer Monica Muhumuza. She says that as a result, more homes are breaking up as a result of domestic violence.

The donation valued at Shilling 14 million and channeled through Action for Development ACFODE, is to ease movement of community activists to sensitise residents on the rights of women.

A man in Rakai has committed suicide at his wife’s home after failing to convince his estranged wife to return to their marital home. The incident has occurred at Bugo Village in Lwankoni Sub County in Rakai district.

A man and his wife have been found dead in their home in Nawambwa village, Nankoma Sub County, Bugiri district. Police believe the man killed his wife and then hung himself.

Nandawula says although she had put up with Sseruuge’s daily beatings, quarreling and drunkenness, she couldn’t take it any more when he bit her breast and private parts over sex

A woman has been arrested in Mbirizi, Lwengo district, for striking and killing her husband for refusing to share kwanjula money. The 45-year old woman Joyce Nakalema killed her husband Vincent Kagiri (44) after learning he had received 175, 000 shillings from their future son-law and refused to share it with her.

Jennifer Namyalo, the mother of a man who killed his wife last Friday, has been forced to seek refuge at Kinoni police station in Lwengo district.

A man in Lwengo district is on the run after killing his wife who had accused him of infidelity. The suspect Anthony Mugumya hacked to death his wife Phelisiter Nabadda at her mother-in-law\'s home.

After taunting him one too many times, Komangiro Lowoton finally snapped on Tuesday and beat his wife Ikwale to death. Lowoton claims that Ikwale had been belitting him for many years by saying his brother had been a better man than he is. This brother died 10 years ago.

A teenage mother has been charged with manslaughter in High Court in Kitgum district. Nancy Anena is said to have committed the offence in 2012 when she was 16 years old.

A woman has set herself ablaze in Lira town following a domestic brawl with her husband. The deceased has been identified as Aldrin Natukunda, a former guard with Security 2000 and resident of Central Park in Central Division.

The fight between the couple started after Tukamuhebwa reportedly asked Kayemba to buy her clothes for Easter festivities.

Police in Lyantonde district has arrested a village chairperson for ordering the murder of his wife’s lover. The Bweza village chairperson used his two sons and two other men to commit the act.

A 50-year -old woman in Amagoro central zone Malaba town council was on Wednesday, October 16, subjected to 24 strokes of the canes after the LC1 court found her guilty of bewitching her 25 year old sister in- law.

Tina Musuya, the director of Domestic Violence Prevention-CEDOVIP says that the cost only meets physical violence, but other forms such as emotional, sexual and economic violence are not included.

Although Domestic Violence is often assumed to be violence against women, male victims and children continue to bear the brunt of violence in homes.