Grapevine

By Monitor
Sep 19, 2024

MP Namukuta reveals domestic violence ordeal: ‘I was threatened with a panga'

The Kaliro Woman Member of Parliament, Ms Brenda Namukuta, has revealed that she is a victim of domestic violence.

Ms Namukuta made the revelation during a parliamentary session on September 17 where lawmakers paid tribute to the late Rebecca Cheptegei, an athlete who died on September 5 after she was set ablaze by her ex-boyfriend.

“…. Right Honorable Speaker, I will openly say some of us are victims and we shall not hide from the fact. We speak this with emotions because of what that woman went through, it is unfortunate that she died,” she said.

“For me, I have seen families where people are seriously cutting each other with pangas. I have faced this in my own home. I am not ashamed to speak about it. Someone threatened me with a panga, not once, not twice,” she added.