Barbie Itungo Kyagulanyi, wife to Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has finally broken the silence days after being humiliated at Uganda Christian University – UCU.
Through her official social platforms, Itungo revealed that she was indeed invited to speak to 500 university students from several campuses about the implications of STDs on young women.
She added that organizers of the event called her on Tuesday 25th (on the day of the event) at 8am and informed her that the program still stood. She later traveled to UCU’s main campus in Mukono only to be blocked by a group of the event’s organizers who told her that she was unwelcome to the event.
“After receiving a number of emails requesting for a physical meeting, on Thursday 20th Jan 2022, a group of ladies from Uganda Christian University Mukono physically carried an invitation for me to be a guest at an awareness event themed, “Combating STDS once and for all, an AIDS and STDs free Uganda,” I was supposed to discuss the implications of STDs on young women.” Itungo’s statement reads in part.
“By 10:15 am, I was parked just a few meters away from Nkoyoyo Hall. While I got out the car to make my way to the hall, a group of this event’s organizers approached me with shocking news, saying that I was unwelcome to the event.” The statement reads further.
According to Itungo, the main sponsors of the event (Uganda Aids Commission) instantly started pulling down their backdrops from the stage in protest of her presence. Other members of this team said they had received a call from one of the top heads of the institution with a warning that they faced expulsion if they let her speak.
“I was informed that the main sponsors of the event Uganda Aids Commission had started pulling down their backdrops from the stage in protest saying that they cannot imagine me seated on a platform with their backdrops in my background.” Itungo revealed.
“To you the 500 students from 36 Universities who attended this event, I saw you from a distance but I was forced to leave the university compound for the sake of the continuation of the program. “ She added.
The disappointed Itungo further explained that this is not the first time she was barred from speaking at public gatherings. She has cried out that the habit of making people like her unwanted should stop, adding that they are role models to many young people.
The event was organized by the Brendan-UDPC Initiative, fronted by Brendan Katushabe, a third-year law student at the university’s Kampala Campus and Deputy Minister of Information.
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