Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | This 12 months’s MTN-Masaza cup match has been devoted to elevating voices in opposition to teenage pregnancies in the Busoga kingdom.
MTN-Masaza cup is an annual competition where youths from assorted chiefdoms showcase their footballing abilities.
Busoga Kingdom’s 2nd Deputy Premier, Osman Noor, says that, since football is a crowd-pulling sport, which brings together other folks from assorted walks of existence to enhance the game, they’ve viewed it sensible to advocate their battle in opposition to teenage pregnancies.
Osman says that, with all of the statistics portraying Busoga as a hub for teenage pregnancies, all of the MTN-Masaza video games would maybe be headlined with lectures on the dangers of this vice.
UN companies selected the Kyabazinga of Busoga, HRH Gabula Nadiope IV, as the goodwill ambassador spearheading the battle in opposition to teenage pregnancies in the Busoga sub-build.
Osman says that, by the Kyabazinga’s campaign theme of “Abasadha nhe’mpango mukulwanisa ekifunamabundha mubana abato,” literally translated as men are the pillars in combating in opposition to teenage pregnancies, they idea to encourage younger boys and men to safeguard ladies from being uncovered to the dangers of early motherhood.
Osman says that their groups would maybe be on standby to sensitise men about their roles as the sole companies in the properties and accessible fathers to assemble tidy girl baby empowerment. He says that the boys would maybe be equally retooled on the importance of cheering on ladies to create their tidy tutorial desires in desire to clinging to spy stress of luring them into premarital sexual activities.
MTN’s marketing manager to blame of devices, Ian Mugambe, says that they’re partnering with the cultural establishments to approach the general neatly-being of the opposite folks.
Mugambe has since challenged all men to desist from sexual acts with younger ladies, as it now no longer handiest leads to teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted illnesses, however additionally risks death because most of their bodies are less ready for childbearing.
Mugambe great that responsible manhood is equally measured by their skill to safeguard females and ladies from wound at all times. “As men, it is our accountability to safeguard all of the ladies around us as our sisters, daughters, mothers and household wanting safety at all times,” he says.
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