The Uganda government has said it will begin charging every religious wedding a tax fee of US$ 16 (approx UG shs 35,000).
The director Civil Registration, Eva Mugerwa told local media,“this is something that should already be happening because it is a requirement by the law.”
For each church wedding, the State expects US$ 16 and failure to do so amounts to a criminal offence, which could lead to imprisonment.
The burden of collecting and filing the fee has been bestowed on the church ministers, meaning that should they fail to deliver, they will be held culpable and punished according to the law.
Mugerwa warned that “We shall soon be knocking at your doors (Churches and other places of worship) to ask for what belongs to Caesar”.
However, the church need not worry about past weddings because the authority is only interested in fresh matrimonial celebrations.
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