The Ugandan parliament has passed a bill that increases paternity leave from four to seven days to enable male working employees to help their spouses.
“…it is important that more time be accorded to male
employees to help their spouses,” Flavia Kabahenda, the chairperson of
parliament's gender committee, said after the passage of the bill.
The MPs said they borrowed a leaf from the
neighbouring Kenya which accords male working employees two weeks for paternity
leave, local media reported.
The parliament, however, rejected a proposal to
provide additional leave days from the current 60 days to 90 days for female
employees who give birth to more than one child at the same time.
Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka rejected the
proposal describing it as extreme for the employers.
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