Housegirls breaking up marriages - Orombi

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Union. The former Archbishop says married women should keep intergrity and matrimonial vows

BUTALEJA.

Former Archbishop of the Chuch of Uganda Henry Luke Orombi has partly blamed the increasing marriage break-ups on housegirls.

He said working women look down upon their husbands and are too lazy to attend to them leaving husbands at the mercy of housemaids who attend to them, soothe them and eventually take over.

He added that working women have failed to properly apportion time to their families and work leading to collapse of their families.

“The married women now waste their time on painting their fingers, plaiting their hair, visiting boutiques, attending wedding functions and their husbands are left in the houses with house maids,”Archbishop Orombi said.

The clergyman was speaking at the commissioning of a new structure of St. James Church in Buwesa Parish in Busabi Sub county- Butaleja district on Sunday.

“Why do you leave the house girl to do everything in the house, including giving food, taking water for your husband to the bathroom, laying your beds, and you still think you are a married woman? He asked the congregation.

He advised working women to keep integrity and matrimonial vows, and to know that families are built on love and trust, without which they collapse.

He said women ought to spare some time for their husbands and do what they are supposed to do.

The construction
The church that Archbishop Orombi was commissioning, was constructed by Director of Public Prosecutions Justice Mike Chibita, who is also a resident in the area, as gift.

Archbishop Orombi commended Justice Chibita for being a God-fearing person and a giver to his people, saying other leaders should emulate him rather than politicking all the time.

Justice Chibita called upon couples to have respect, honesty, transparency, faithfulness and forgive each other in case something goes wrong instead of quarrelling and fighting. He urged working women to balance their work with their marriage responsibilities.