Polygamy is legal in Uganda, where a man is allowed to marry multiple wives at a time.
[citation needed] According to the 2014 Census of Uganda, 8.3% of all women aged 18 years or more, were currently married or cohabiting in a polygamous relationship, and 7.1% of men.
There have been numerous attempts to outlaw polygamy in the country, the first of which was in 1987, though none of the active proposals have passed.
Polygamy is being challenged in the constitutional court in a petition brought by MIFUMI [2] in January 2010.
On March 29, 2005, over 1,000 Ugandan Muslims rallied against a proposed bill that would require a husband to seek permission from his first wife before marrying any more women.