Barbie Kyagulanyi Reveals Why She Was Kicked Out Of UCU

Bobi Wine’s wife, Barbie Itungo Kyagulanyi was forced to leave Uganda Christian University (UCU) – Mukono premises on Tuesday after event organisers told her the program had changed at the last minute.

Barbie honoured an invite to appear as a guest at an awareness event themed, “Combating STDS once and for all, an AIDS and STDs free Uganda,” that took place on Tuesday.

After labouring through the Kampala-Mukono jam, organisers told her that she was not welcome at the event. They informed her that the main sponsors, Uganda Aids Commission had started pulling down their backdrops from the stage in protest saying that they could not imagine her seated on a platform with their backdrops in my background.

She also says that other members of the team said they received a call from one of the top heads of the institution with a warning that they faced expulsion if they let her speak.

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. ( See image 1)A few days later, a program was shared with me. (see image 2)Tuesday 25th on the day of the event, at 8am, I was called and told that the program still stood. 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. (See image 3)They gave me different accounts about who gave these last minute orders of my exclusion. 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 can not imagine me seated on a platform with their backdrops in my background. 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 me speak. 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. This is not the first time I have been asked to leave public places with no proper explanation. The habit of making us unwanted, our continued exclusion and the suffocating of our voices and views on issues affecting our young people should stop! We are role models to many of your children and it is in your special interest to let them learn from us.

Barbie Kyagulanyi

Since Bobi Wine went public and declared his intentions to contest against president Museveni, him, his family and National unity Platform (NUP) party members have not had a smooth ride especially when it comes to public gatherings.

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