Some women who have already shown interest in the district politics blame the highly commercialized politics for setting unfair grounds for women that lack adequate resources to rally for support.
Mercy Munduru , a Senior Advocacy Officer FIDA Uganda says the international Womens day celebration should be used to rekindle the push for the marriage law, which has been pending for over fifty years.
The activist at a press conference in Kampala said rural women that make over 70 percent of the farmers in the country are bearing the brunt of the hand-held hoe. They say the women plant seeds by hand, weed by hand and harvest by hand.
Some of the prominent personalities that attended the meeting include Nelson Ocheger, Ugandas ambassador to Nigeria, Businessman Joseph Ariong, Patrick Isiagi, the former Kampala City Council Football Club Treasurer and Bukedea County MP George Ekuma.
