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In what had turned out to be a joke has become a serious love proposal to upcoming news anchor Sheila Nduhukire of NTV Uganda. Joseph Tumwebaze who had secretly been admiring the political reporter and part time news anchor has today written a letter expressing his love for her publically. He posted it on his blog https://jobaze.wordpress.com. Below is the letter;

To the love of my life, the most beautiful lady I know… Dear Ms. Nduhukire (hopefully, Mrs. Jobaze in the near future).

I hope this finds you well.

Of late, I look forward to watching NTV Uganda, mostly because I want to see you again. You bring out the “Turning on your world” slogan that is used by the station. Gone are the days when news were boring, with other ‘not lovely’ people on our screens. As of now, my concentration levels are maximum when you walk into the studio. Just the other day, I even had to cancel my toilet break because I couldn’t afford to miss a minute of your presence! Just after the news, I received a call from a friend who wanted to find out if I had watched the news, to which I definitely said yes. When he asked about a certain news item which he thought I’d be interested in, I realized I didn’t even remember any single news item. My concentration was solely on you and the news appeared to be a distraction instead!!!

Sheila Nduhukire

I even had to buy a new big screen recently, because I believed you weren’t worth being watched from the ka little bogus screen I had! It may have cost me a few months salaries (which I will pay in future) but I still believe it was worth it! I would do it all over again, if only it means seeing you, using worthwhile means! [adrotate banner=”3″] It is in reference to the above that I write to you to proclaim my love for you. You are everything that I would want and need.

If only I could have your hand in marriage, I promise that you would never regret. We would grow old together, side by side, and I would cherish every second with you. We would have babies (very beautiful ones indeed), probably with grey hair like mine, and they would grow up to be like their mother.

I would watch you sleep everyday and give you the world. I would never cheat on you and would love (only) you wholeheartedly. I would proudly tell the whole world that you are my wife and would put my life on the line for yours. I only feel sorry for the man who would make a move on you because if I got to know, he would breathe his last a few seconds thereafter. If only you could allow…

Joseph said he bought a giant screen to see Sheila Nduhukire clearly

For the record, I am currently very single and looking forward to your reply. Your space in my life is permanently there and can’t be filled by anyone else. Everyday, I rehearse the words I will tell you when proposing! It’ll be like a movie scene when I get the chance!

A mixture of languages (I even had to learn some kiswahili because I was told you stayed in Nairobi for some time), combination of moves from different romantic movies, lovely?? flowers awaiting their chance and I, on standby! I can’t even walk with a girl on the street, be it my sister, for fear that someone may lie to you that I am in a relationship (You can never trust people and these tabloids) !

Joseph Tumwebaze admires Sheila Nduhukire

PS: I already bought the ring  to propose with. I am just waiting to chance upon meeting you, be it on Kampala Road, and I get down on my knees and say the magic words.

Yours madly and head over heels in love, Joseph *sings to Radio & Weasel song* Bwogeza nondekawo, ngenda kwekola ekyintu!!!

So I get at the station heading for work; a bit gloomy but who isn’t at 8am. So the train arrives, enter and get seated. Pull out my novel and do what I do best. So the dude opposite where I was seated starts chatting with the guys next to him (all white).

Lynn endured tough times during her journey

The topic was discriminatory (in my opinion) but oh well. Just kept flipping my novel pages. Then all over a sudden, one of the white dudes loudly says ‘people like her are the problem’ while pointing at me????. Of course I took notice of what was happening but I refused to engage. He continues ‘if blacks could leave this country then maybe England would stand a chance’. I was dumbfounded! but I still refused to engage with stupid.

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At this point, the guys seated next to me (white too) had picked up on everything. So one of them asks the ‘I hate blacks’ guy why he was trying to provoke a situation. You’ll never believe what his response was SMH. I quote ‘I am saying what you are all thinking, blacks have done more harm than good so go on and sue me for saying it out loud’ ????. To my utter shock, this was a well dressed, well groomed respectable guy saying all this rubbish (not so respectable after he opened his mouth). I mean I wasn’t moving around claiming to be white…duh!

Lynn Liliane owns Lynnz world of fashion

Everyone in the cabin was pretty much engaged to the point of people imploring him to stop but Napoleon was having none of it. He was spitting venom. When he said ‘blacks are only good for hovering and cleaning tyres’ I knew I had to graciously look for the nearest exit. But hang on a minute, which tyres was he referring to? Car tyres, lorry, bike? I thought. I mean I can’t even ride a bike let alone clean tyres??? Does that mean I have failed the black race?….

Lynn works and stays in the United Kingdom

Anyhow, no sooner had I got up to leave than someone grabbed my hand. Omg this dude is becoming violent, I thought to myself. Imagine my relief discovering it was a police officer who had grabbed me when I turned. Wheww thank you Jesus, I mumbled beneath my breath. He was in the cabin all along but hadn’t taken notice of him since the train was full to capacity it being rush hour. Anyways, he asked if I wanted to press charges against Hitler before asking him to apologise but in all honesty, I was so over it. Not every situation deserves a reaction. Thank God the train had finally arrived at Liverpool station.

It is really sad knowing that in this era people still have such barbaric beliefs. I mean you can be racist, that’s your prerogative, but it becomes disgusting displaying it in public. I believe the onus is on everyone to be respectful regardless.

Liliane Lynn; The writer is a fashion guru and lives in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She owns Lynnz World of Fashion.

With the refund of bride price on dissolution of marriage rejected by Uganda’s Supreme Court on Tuesday 4th August, 2015, Mbuga Ibrahim has fallen a victim after he paid bride price to the parents of his former wife Ndagire Susan A Kaddu whom he accused of having an affair with fellow women. Their marriage went sour months ago forcing Susan to disappear.

Ndagire Susan A Kaddu has disappeared from her husband’s home

Mbuga married Susan in 2010 after he paid her parents the entire bride price. “On getting married to Mbuga, Susan was supposed to be a fulltime house wife and also had to stop working at Women’s Organisation Network for Human Rights Advocacy (WONETHA)on Mbuga’s directives”. Mbuga said!

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Instead Susan insisted on having an affair with fellow women, something that annoyed Mbuga and started disciplining her. This resulted in Susan’s disappearance as the practice itself is illegal in Uganda.

Mbuga says her parents have refused to refund him bride price all this long and he vows to hunt her down to pay it herself.

At this point no one knows where Susan could be and Ibrahim is ready to pay a big sum of money to anyone who will help him track her down since he cannot be paid back by the parents.

Uganda’s Supreme Court with a 6-1 majority vote ruled that the practice of refunding bride price on the dissolution of a customary marriage is unconstitutional and should be banned.

The judgement originates from a 2007 petition filed in the Constitutional Court by Mifumi Uganda limited, a Women’s rights lobby, among other local activism groups. The group’s main concern was if the refund is constitutional and the link between Bride Price and domestic violence.

This article was adopted from the Daily Mail

A poignant photo has emerged which shows an elderly couple who were married for 75 years fulfilling their final wishes to die together.

Jeanette Toczko, 96, and her 95-year-old husband, Alexander Toczko, from San Diego, California, died just hours apart as they held hands in bed.

The pair spent their lives in love after becoming boyfriend and girlfriend when they were only eight years old .

Dying wish: Jeanette Toczko, 96, and her 95-year-old husband, Alexander Toczko, from San Diego, California, who were married for 75 years have fulfilled their final wish to die in each other’s arms after they passed away clutching hands, within hours of each other, in their bed (pictured)

But several weeks ago, Mr Toczko suffered a broken hip in a fall and was left bed-bound. A local hospice delivered a special bed to his home, which staff pushed up next to his beloved wife’s bed.

As Mr Toczko’s condition quickly declined, Mrs Toczko’s own health took a turn for the worse. The couple had always said they wished to die ‘in their own bed, holding hands, in each other’s arms’.

And in scenes reminiscent of the 2004 film The Notebook, they passed away while clutching hands earlier this month: Mr Toczko on June 17, as he lay beside his wife; and Mrs Toczko, the next day.
The couple’s daughter, Aimee Toczko-Cushman, described the moment she told her mother she had lost her husband, who kept a photo of Mrs Toczko at her Holy Communion in his wallet.
‘I told my mother he was gone,’ she told 10 News. ‘She hugged him and she said, “See this is what you wanted. You died in my arms and I love you. I love you, wait for me, I’ll be there soon”.’

Mrs Toczko-Cushman, and the couple’s other children, Donna Tang, Richard Toczko, Lynne Edwards and Andra Toczko, then left the room, to allow their mother to say a private goodbye.
And less than 24 hours later, Mrs Toczko herself passed away.

Jeanette and Alexander Toczko (both pictured above), aged 96 and 95 respectively

‘Even the hospice nurse said it was the most incredible thing to see the two of them taking those last breaths together,’ Ms Toczko-Cushman said of her parents, both born in Stamford, Connecticut.
Mr and Mrs Toczko, who were the children of Polish immigrants, started dating as youngsters, before their innocent relationship flourished into love, marriage and five children of their own.

Several weeks ago, Mr Toczko (pictured with his wife during their 1940 wedding) suffered a broken hip in a fall and was left bed-bound. A local hospice delivered a special bed to his home, which staff pushed up next to his beloved wife’s bed. As Mr Toczko’s condition quickly declined, Mrs Toczko’s own health worsened

Following their wedding in 1940, Mr Toczko joined the U.S. Navy as a telegraph operator, according to ABC. He later moved to New York City with his family, where he worked for an advertising firm.
In 1971, the Toczkos moved to San Diego, where Mr Toczko established his own advertising and fashion photography firm, Blue Sky, U-T San Diego reported. Mrs Toczko was his chief stylist.
During their lengthy marriage, the couple also went traveling together, visiting Bermuda. ‘Their hearts beat as one from as long as I can remember,’ said Mrs Toczko-Cushman.

Before his recent fall, Mr Toczko, a passionate golfer, had been a regular at Balboa Golf Course. The war veteran had a keen interest in drawing, and often sat and sketched at the golf course.

Meanwhile, his wife doted on her 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

As the couple neared death, in early June, a confused Mrs Toczko reportedly told her children that the date was June 29 – the day she and Mr Toczko would have celebrated 75 years of marriage.

The couple’s children went along with it, telling their mother it was, indeed, the anniversary.

‘We said happy anniversary, and my mother was thrilled because it was their anniversary and she knew that he was going and that they had made it to 75 years,’ said Mrs Toczko-Cushman.

Mr and Mrs Toczko were buried at Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego on Monday.