The Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba has asked couples to be keen about land registration as it will go a great way in helping reduce the land disputes that currently strike families.
She encouraged couples to conduct fresh documentation of their properties when still alive, warning that children would turn against them with intentions of taking over land.
“I have a case I am handling of a child who was chasing his mother from land, arguing that the properties belonged to his late father,” Ms Nabakooba said, as she addressed a couples retreat in Busimbi Division, Mityana District on May 1.
The retreat was organized by Mother’s Union Central Region Mityana Diocese under the theme; “When Christ anchors your marriage, storms don’t win.”
It drew attendance from members of the union from seven Dioceses including Mityana, Namirembe, Luwero, Mukono, West Buganda, Central Buganda, and Kampala.
The minister equally advised couples to instill spiritual values in their children, stressing that a child who fears God can never engage in land conflicts with their parents.
“We have been having disagreements in families where children want to cut each other because of properties. Disagreements where children want to send away their parents because they are aging,” she said.
“We believe that when Jesus is your anchor, such things will never happen. We request you to pray for the children and always guide them and counsel them so that they don’t go out of the way.”
Ms Nabakooba pointed at another family conflict where a man is sending away his wife whom they have lived together for years. She noted that both are likely to be in their 80s but the man says he is tired of the wife.
“The woman is worried because she is old and cannot start working afresh yet they bought the properties together but now the man wanted to send her away,” she said.
The Anglican Bishop from the Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria Rt Rev Marcus Dogo was the main celebrant of the service. He led the service with the Bishop of Mityana Diocese Most Rev James Bukomeko as the co-celebrant.
Bishop Dogo’s sermon focused on peaceful families. He urged couples to anchor Jesus in their marriages, warning that family which is not prayerful can easily get shattered.
“A man or a woman that cannot pray, your house will be shattered.
He turned against men with over demanding women and advised them to leave such relationships.
“Every time you talk with her, she is asking for money. The next time they demand for something else. Don’t waste your time with such women,” he said.
He also cautioned couples against adultery, noting that men tend to admire women based on their looks, thus ending up getting tempted.
Other serious issues raised that rob families of their peace is infertility. He guided that love should be the first priority between two people, noting that some men leave their women because God has delayed giving them children.
“When God was creating a woman, He said let me make for you a helper. He didn’t say children,” Bishop Dogo preached.
In his remarks, Bishop Bukomeko urged couples to take good care of their children to ensure that they educate them, noting that this will empower the Diocese.
“We shall get powerful people in this Diocese. Young people have been so supportive to me,” the Bishop said.
He recalled that he was still a deacon, the young children he had in his Sunday school grew up to become very important people.
He disclosed that they used to sponsor his vacations in the US and London.
“They used to wonder who was sponsoring my vacations because I never asked for any help. But because I groomed those children, they were able to grow, went abroad and now they are giving back to me.”
Bishop Bukomeko revealed that one of his faithful missions in Mityana Diocese is centered on nurturing God fearing children. He works towards ensuring that children in the diocese are raised with Christ.