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WE WERE LOCKED IN CHURCH, MBU SINGLES SHOULD MINGLE AND NOT ENTER THE NEW YEAR ALONE! IS THIS LEGAL?.


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Nambi is no longer single. On December 31st she went for an overnight at her church, and the pastor told them that it was the year of getting married. He instructed the ushers to lock the doors until there were no more single people left in his church. Then he told all the singles to ‘mingle’ and pray together until they heard God. The church was cold, and Nambi really wanted to sleep so she and Sajjabi, one of the ‘common’ church single men agreed to be ‘married’. The pastor called them in front and ‘wedded’ them. Then the ushers allowed them to leave and go home. Nambi is stressed because she does not know how to tell her family that she got married without informing them.  
Is it a marriage if Nambi was forced to marry Sajjabi? 
  
WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? 
  
Every person who is above 18 years, has a right to get married if they choose. One of the legal requirements for a valid marriage in Uganda, is consent. Consent means the permission that you voluntarily, and willingly give to someone to do something that relates to you. So, for a marriage to be legal, each of the couples should freely agree to get married without being forced in any way. If any of the people in the marriage is forced in any way, then there is no marriage, and a court of law will declare that no marriage ever took place.  
 
Since the church was locked and Nambi was cold and wanted to sleep, we can say that she was put in a position where she had to get married in order to be released and this means she was forced so there was no marriage between Nambi and Sajjabi.

Source: BarefootLawyers 

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