Mayimuna Nakayiira , the wife of Australian-based Ugandan cardiologist-cum-politician Dr Aggrey Kiyingi, has scoffed at critics of her marriage.
According to Ms. Nakayiira, marriage shouldn’t be decided by age but by a raft of virtues that include among others ‘love, commitment, loyalty, trustworthiness, respect, security, perseverance, endurance and tolerance’.
She adds: ‘But above it we all know marriage can’t happen if Allah doesn’t allow it; so, make it your goal to create a marriage that feels like the safest place on earth. You know what they say, “the relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have or create’.
In 2009, Kiyingi, 61, married Nakayiira who is almost half his age at a private ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya, and the couple is now blessed four children together.
The couple’s wedding came four years after the grisly murder of Dr.Kiyingi’s first wife, Robinah, then a prominent Kampala lawyer and rights activist. She was killed in 2005 by unknown gun men at their Buziga residence. Dr. Kiyingi was prosecuted for the murder but was found innocent. They had three grown up children at the time of her murder.
Meanwhile, regarding his second marriage, social media just can’t stop having fun following Nakayiira’s statements.
Michelle George Williams Kay You are just waiting for his death, so that you can also be rich you pretending here so that people don’t judge you later, it’s a good plan though.
Nakayiira: No offence naye nga abawaala abaava e Rwanda ogwo omuze mugukozeseeza nnyo ku bannyina ffe (It’s you ladies from Rwanda that are fond of doing that) Kati you think it’s the way for all of us.
However, some came out to her defence saying that what matters most is the couple being happy.
Grace Buns But any way about age i support you. go go go sweet. It doesn’t make sense marrying young boys and suffer. I rather go in for a mature man who makes me happy. It’s not your problem to be in love, God is the one to be blamed that made it happen not you. Because when God says yes no body can say no. Haters should take some panadol extra.
