{UAH} Kwanjula ceremony ends in tears as groom fails to turn up

What should have been a joyful and exciting day turned into a tearful one after Miriam Nalubega's husband failed to show up at an introduction ceremony she had organised in Naggalama.

Nalubega, who had just returned from abroad, had organised a colourful ceremony at her uncle's compound which had revellers and family members excitedly waiting for a glimpse of the groom and his entourage.

However, their excitement was dashed when, after waiting for hours for the groom to show up, they were informed he would not be coming.

With no signs that the man she intended to introduce to her family would turn up, a tearful and heartbroken Nalubega decided to continue with the ceremonial norms escorted by her bridesmaids.

In a story that aired on Bukedde TV, while giving her speech, Nalubega consoled herself and said she wasn't the first and neither would she be the last person to experience such a fate. She added that that henceforth she had put the husband in God's hands.

"I know I am not the first one and it's not the end of me. To my mother, wherever you are, I am not the first," Nalubega said.

Nalubega blamed the groom's disappearance on unresolved issues with her father. She claimed that her father had fallen out with her days to her big day and that he had been trying to make sure the introduction ceremony didn't happen.

Meanwhile, Mohammed Kaweke who had represented the groom's side as the spokesman, told guests at the Kwanjula that the preparations had been going on well as earlier planned until the groom was locked in a room by his first wife.

"I think they got disagreements but it's not like he intended not to pick his bride," Kaweke said.

Despite the disappointment, Nalubega carried on with the ceremony, cut cake and served it to guests.

Meanwhile, Hamis Wamala, the father to Nalubega denied sabotaging his daughter's introduction.

An emotional Wamala said, "I cannot wish my daughter ill and I have never had any intention of sabotaging her introduction ceremony. I don't even know where the in-laws hail from, neither do I have their phone contacts,"

A tearful Wamala further revealed that the ceremony was initially supposed to be held at his home only for his daughter to change the venue because, she argued, his residence was not befitting her status and would embarrass her guests.

Wamala further said that Nalubega appointed other people to act as her family representatives. According to him, she hired other people to act as her father, aunties, and grandparents.

"I asked her why she had decided to do that. The only reason she gave me was that I am poor and would embarrass her before her guests," a tearful Wamala narrated.

He added: "I'm leaving her in God's hands because I managed to look after her until she went to work abroad."

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"When a man is stung by a bee, he doesn't set off to destroy all beehives"

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