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IS THERE A LAW THAT SAYS YOU SHOULD LOOK AFTER YOUR PARENTS ?.

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Pingu has not been to his village for the last 9 years. Recently, he decided to take his children to meet their grandparents. Everywhere he stopped in the village, he would get insults and they would tell him that he has abandoned his children. When he reached home, his parents were packed and ready to move to Kampala so he can look after them from there.

Pingu wants to know if there is a law that makes him look after his parents

WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?

The law says that the government must create ways to look after the elderly people in Uganda. Other than this, there is no law that makes it rule that children should take care of their parents. However, if you choose to look after your parents, then they become what the law calls ‘dependants’ .

This means that your parents are dependent on you for their well-being and it also means that they must be provided for in your will or if you have no will, then when your property is being distributed, then a share must be kept to look after them. 

Tell us what you think. Do you think the law should ask (adult) children to look after their own parents at their older ages?

By the way, did you know that there are elderly homes in Uganda where children can take their parents for professional care when they are aged, however, the elderly must give their permission before they can be taken to these homes?

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