Uganda Christian University (UCU) witnessed a backlash after Barbie Kyagulanyi, wife of former Presidential Candidate and NUP President Kyagulanyi Ssentamu was stopped from attending an event organised within the university.
Barbie Itungo Kyagulanyi, one of the invited guests to attend an awareness event themed “Combating STDS once and for all, an AIDS and STDS free Uganda”, was supposed to discuss the implications of STDS on young women.
According to the day’s programme, Barbie was supposed to be in the university auditorium by 10 am. She only managed to access the university premises by midday due to an hour long wait at the university main gate that is said to have been as a result of orders from above.
Regardless of her entry, she was denied access to the venue – Nkoyoyo Hall for reasons that haven’t been explained yet though the day’s programs continued
The event had been organised 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.
Other than Barbie, iconic names invited to engage students in the discussion throughout the day included NBS After 5’s MC Kats & Douglas Lwanga, Levixone, and veteran musician Joanitah Kawalya who was the Guest of Honour.
This is however not the first time the Mukono based university is denying access to a public figure over unclear reasons. Two years ago, a sheikh, was supposed to meet with Muslim students but in vain.
