Religious leaders are in talks with government to defuse a national crisis after realising millions of matrimonial marriages were solemnised in unlicensed churches and majority of couples did not seek a registrar's certificate of notice before their marriages as the law requires.
Data obtained from Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) indicates that as of August, at least 2,995 churches had been licensed and authorised to celebrate or solemnise marriages.
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