Barbra Kyagulanyi ‘Barbie’, wife to singer and politician Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine who has been in detention for the last 14 days has written a love letter to her husband expressing her pride towards him.
Barbie’s letter to Bobi Wine comes exactly seven years since the two exchanged wedding vows but coincides with a day that stood between Bobi Wine’s jail cell and his freedom.
His wife praises Bobi for standing for what he believes in and promises to stand with him all the way.
Below is Barbie’s wedding anniversary letter to her lover….
Bobi my love, today is our seventh wedding anniversary. Unlike the other anniversaries in the past, this one finds us in a court room in Gulu.
It finds you in clutches, unable to walk by yourself. It finds you before a judge, making an application for you to be released on bail so that you can go for medical treatment.
It finds you in physical pain. On such days in the past, we would go to the beach or somewhere across the Atlantic.
We would cut cake, have some wine and celebrate with our children. But today here we are. Still not sure if you’ll get your freedom or if you will be taken back to prison.
But let me tell you this. I have never been so proud of you. I am very proud that you are not before this Judge because you did anything wrong. Not because you stole public funds or killed a person.
You are before the Judge because of standing for what you believe in. You have always told me that your dream is to live in a country which works for all citizens.
Everyday, you are working towards that. Our troubles these past days are a result of that effort. What I can do is once again promise to support you every step of the way. Not because I am your wife but also your best friend.
On our wedding day on 27th August 2011, you composed for me the best song I’ve ever listened to ‘For better for worse.’ You promised to be with me through thin and thick, in sickness and in health, in sorrows and joy. I promised you the same.
Here we are on that worse bit of the oath.
Happy wedding anniversary my Love; FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE. IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH.
By Barbra Kyagulanyi.
