By Website writer;
It’s barely a month since we witnessed a marriage wrangle from one of the most respected names in the country, Pastor Aloysius Bujingo, forcing wedded wife Teddy Naluswa into divorce, here lands a fresh blow from former Vice President Professor Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya’s wife.
Prof. Gilbert Bukenya’s 1974 wedded wife Dr. Margaret Bukenya has filed for divorce after 46 years.
Dr. Margaret accuses Gilbert of disrespectfully committing adultery for such a long period of time and she believes her lawsuit before the Family Court would do better for both parties.
The two made their vows Saturday, September 21, 1974 at St. Augustine Chapel, Makerere University and have went through the blissful stages of a happy marriage, living at Mulago and Mbale hospitals where they both worked as medical doctors.
Dr Margaret states that the two have three children aged between 30-45 years, but however in the course of their marriage; Dr. Bukenya has deserted their family/matrimonial home, engaged in endless instances of adultery and infidelity which has subjected her to countless acts of emotional distress and abuse amounting to cruelty.
“I have been abandoned by the respondent (Dr. Bukenya) without any explanation whatsoever in a manner that can only amount to the dissertation,” Dr. Margaret deponed in her affidavit accompanying the petition.
According to the court documents, Dr Margaret asserts that Dr Bukenya has not spent a night at the family/matrimonial home in Ntinda since July 2012 and before that, he had only visited briefly in October 2011 to attend Mass following his release from prison.
Dr. Margaret says that Dr. Bukenya has not given any provision/ upkeep for the maintenance of the family residence since his abandonment of the same and as a result the guards that were assigned to her as the spouse of the former vice president withdrawn due to her inability to provide them food and other amenities.
She accuses Dr. Bukenya of issuing strict instructions to her to stay away from their country home in Kakiri, (Busiro block 233 plot 7) and their land in Nagulu, Lwamtam for nearly 10years.
“I have become the never-ending source of ridicule and embarrassment in media following the respondent’s shameless sexual acts with women and girls especially as the news always make direct mention of me as the wife of the respondent,” Dr Margarent states.
Dr Margaret states that as a result of these numerous extra mental affairs, she had to constantly endure agony and fear not only undergoing HIV and STD tests but also worrying about her safety in light of the claims from other women that the respondent was their husband.
She also states that the respondent’s promiscuous lifestyle and cruel deposition towards her even at the age of 70 has brought rest to her scared Catholic beliefs against divorce as any hope that the respondent will transform.
She further says that in the course of her marriage, she dedicated her earning and savings as a nutrition medical specialist with organizations like Save the Children solely to fending and development of her family and educating her children.
Through her lawyers of Ligomarc & Co. Advocates, Dr Margaret wants an order that she receives half the fair value of the property to which she has contributed as determined by a valuer appointed by this court.
Magret also wants to be awarded alimony commensurate to her station in life and that the respondent pays the costs of and incidental to the petition.
We will keep you posted
