The Impact of Premarital Counseling Programs in Combating Domestic Violence in Marriages Within Bunyoro Kitara Diocese Bulindi Archdeaconry

Abstract

This study will be conducted in Bulindi archdeaconry Bunyoro-Kitara Diocese which is a Church of Uganda diocese in the mid-western region of Uganda, covering the administrative districts of Hoima, Hoima city, Kikube, Kagadi, Kakumiro and Kibaale. Bulindi archdeaconry has 10 Parishes and a number of daughter churches. Due to the increasing rate of domestic violence it is necessary to find out how premarital counseling has gone ahead to fight the threat of domestic violence. Therefore in his study the researcher has explored the impact of pre-marital counseling in combating Domestic violence among the marriages in Bulindi archdeaconry Bunyoro Kitara diocese.