Uganda, Nov. 23 -- Former Ethics minister Miria Matembe has said the Judiciary is retrogressing in terms of gender and women empowerment.

According to Ms Matembe, the recent landmark judgement by the Court of Appeal on sharing of matrimonial property for a divorcing couple is one of the indicators of how the Judiciary is unfair to women.

"Instead of the judges upholding the judgment of the High Court that when there is divorce, each party should share 50 percent of the property, their judgment based on the contribution of each person where by the woman was getting 20 percent share; I wonder what precedent they used to measure either party's contribution," she said.

"We have been fighting to secure the marriage and divorce law for 60 ye...