\u201c<\/em>You are not allowed to marry somebody from your clan. You must cross and look into other clans. This is not just culture and tradition, but it is also biology and science, because when you marry people from your clan, you can produce children with defects. That in-breeding is what we call \u2018Obutembane\u2019 in Ankole.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n President Museveni, in his remarks today, expressed concern that in the modern era, with a government undertaking “modern things,” the vital aspect of preserving Uganda’s genetic strength through traditional marriage customs might be overlooked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He specifically pointed to religious institutions, noting his apprehension that some religious leaders may not adequately inquire about a young couple’s clan affiliations before sanctioning a marriage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Now we have a modern government and we are doing modern things, but who is preserving our genetics? Because it is not clear with others, even some religious people, when a young couple comes to them to get married, I don’t think they take the trouble to ask what their clans are,” the President observed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He called for a collaborative effort between traditional leaders and religious bodies, stating, “The traditionalists must work with these religions to ensure that inbreeding is now allowed.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Katikkiro Mayiga also dismissed Serwadda’s weird ideas <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Serwadda’s comments angered many, including the Prime Minister (Katikkiro) of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, who publicly criticised the pastor for advocating for marriage between members of the same clan.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mayiga openly expressed his disappointment in the pastor’s sermon, deeming it a “shocking misinterpretation of cultural norms.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n In Buganda culture, individuals from the same clan are traditionally regarded as brothers and sisters, irrespective of actual familial ties, making marriage between them taboo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “I just heard a pastor saying that the bible doesn’t prohibit marrying your sister. I was surprised by him because I used to respect him,” Mayiga stated, questioning the motives behind Serwadda’s controversial stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pastor Serwadda’s sermon, which quickly went viral, directly challenged these long-held Buganda customs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He provocatively declared, “You can marry your clanmate, unless you don\u2019t love them. In Christ, this is no taboo.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n The pastor argued that traditional laws and customs, including those related to clan and lineage, do not apply within the church, citing that the Bible only prohibits marriage between direct siblings or cousins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He even referenced the Parliament of Uganda’s list of prohibited marriages, noting the absence of “clanmates.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n In a particularly contentious point, Serwadda claimed that\u00a0“smart born-again women are adopting non-clan names such as Mukisa, Kisakye, Kwagala and others, in case they meet a clan member that they love,”\u00a0suggesting a deliberate strategy to circumvent traditional identifiers for the sake of such unions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n President Yoweri Museveni’s has advised against people marrying their sisters and or from the same clan noting that such backward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/c15f7af1ae18326561016efe11014872.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14993,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-gives-bugandas-bataka-shs-58-bn-lwattamu-house-promises-more-support\/","url_meta":{"origin":14990,"position":0},"title":"President Museveni Gives Buganda’s Bataka Shs.58 bn Lwattamu House, Promises More Support\u00a0","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"July 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Friday, July 25, 2025, officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Lwattamu House, a landmark six-storey building that will serve as the Embuga y\u2019Abataka (traditional headquarters for clan leaders) at Mengo in Kampala. 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