Member of Parliament for Nakaseke County North, Hajat Syda Bumba

The Member of Parliament for Nakaseke County North, Hajat Syda Bumba, recently stunned fellow MPs when she told the house that there are a number female MPs being buttered by their husbands over their failure to surrender their monthly earnings.

Bumba made this revelation while contributing to a debate that urged government to come up with stringent measures in protecting girls and women against domestic and sexual violence.

“Infact as we speak, some of our members in this house are being buttered by their husbands because they refuse to give them the money that they earn as MPs. So as we debate this issue, we have silent victims here who fear to disclose but when they are taken to private counseling sessions, you will be shocked on what they will reveal,” Bumba said without elaborating further.

She added that this practice is not only for village women but even those in offices.

Bumba, however, also mentioned that men are also beaten by their wives but for them can easily run away from homes and take refugee with their other mistresses unlike women.

She said that all these problems of violence is caused because the breakdown of family system and some women being desperate for love from their husbands.

Bumba said some communities still have the traditional belief that when a woman is not battered, she is not loved by her husband.

Gilbert Olanya, the Kilak South MP, confirmed with Bumba that indeed some cultures still believe that a woman should be battered as a sign of love from her husband.

“Infact if there husband doesn’t better her in their marriage, she will run away because they think that it’s a sign of love,” Olanya said.