{"id":5163,"date":"2017-02-21T12:56:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T12:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=5163"},"modified":"2017-02-21T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T12:56:51","slug":"owning-house-before-marriage-is-not-obligation-home-affairs-ministry-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/owning-house-before-marriage-is-not-obligation-home-affairs-ministry-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Owning house before marriage is not obligation, Home Affairs Ministry says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5162\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5162\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-5162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Des-maisonnettes-couvertes-de-pailles-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"A traditional thatched house \" width=\"461\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Des-maisonnettes-couvertes-de-pailles-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Des-maisonnettes-couvertes-de-pailles-600x433.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Des-maisonnettes-couvertes-de-pailles.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A traditional thatched house<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAny young man who wants to marry must first have a house covered with sheet metals\u201d, said Tharcisse Niyongabo, Governor of Bubanza western Province, on 18 February during a security meeting. He said that no application for marriage in the registry office in Bubanza province will be accepted unless the young man has his own house with a sheet metal roof. \u201cIt is very difficult for a man to build a house with durable materials when he has already got married\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Young people contacted from Bubanza Province said it is an unjust measure which does not take into account the reality of the country. \u201cWe live in extreme poverty\u201d, said one of the residents of Bubanza Province.<\/p>\n<p>They said the decision would rather increase illegal marriages and cause other negative consequences as well. \u201cWe would like to make our marriage in decent homes but many of us are not able to build a house with a sheet metal roof following the current financial crisis\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>T\u00e9rence Ntahiraja, Assistant to and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs said what the governor said were pieces of advice to encourage young people to improve their living conditions. \u201cThere isn\u2019t any article in the Burundi civil code that stipulates that a young man must have this or that before getting married. If the young man is 21 years old without having another spouse and his fianc\u00e9e is 18 years old or over, they should get married without any problem\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n<p>Ntahiraja says that the governors are conducting a kind of sensitization campaign to fight against traditional thatched houses. \u201cNone will be punished if he hasn\u2019t means to build a house covered with sheet metals\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, governors of the provinces of Ruyigi, Muyinga and Makamba have also called on young men who desire to marry that they must have decent houses, mattress, latrines and crops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAny young man who wants to marry must first have a house covered with sheet metals\u201d, said Tharcisse Niyongabo, Governor of Bubanza western Province, on 18 February during a security meeting. 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