Youth members of parliament have called for bi-laws which will deal
directly with parents who force their girls into early marriages as
way to reduce on teenage pregnancies and school drop outs.

MPs led by national youth MP
Monica Amoding said that the rate of pregnancy among the teenagers of
under aged girls is alarming because they have been forced by their
parents into early marriages.

Amonding says such bi-laws will ensure that the girls get back to schools.
According to the population secretariat the number of pregnancies
among the youths stands at 25% in Uganda ,accounting for 1.2 million
pregnancies recorded annually especially in rural areas and among
schools .

She says that the situation is complex because forcing girls to drop
out of school to look after their children end up in early marriages.