Who is to blame for girlfriend snatching? I have no good words for people who cheat on their partners, but, at least, I have words with them; they are human.
The people I will not even talk to are those who cheat and are caught. If you must succumb to your raw nature, at least get the decency of travelling to hide in South Africa where no one will frown.
Take Salongo John Terry, the captain of the English Football team. The husband of Toni put on his captain armband and scored a few goals with Vanessa
Perroncel, a girlfriend of his team-mate, Wayne Bridge.
Perroncel was not a good goalkeeper and soon, the mystery of the bulge became a pain in their …, sorry, I almost said assholes! Sorry.
They organised an abortion but the English, having no better things to do, soon sniffed up their trail and the news was out: England captain John Terry had gotten his team-mate’s girlfriend pregnant.
That is news which, if it were in Uganda, would be kept in the folder named ‘Private affairs’. But in England, everybody is up in arms, throwing stones and calling for Terry’s head.
Some have even opined (The English never cease to amuse) that their captain’s actions have caused irreparable damage to England’s chances of success at the World Cup in South Africa in June.
What they seem to have forgotten is that Terry’s role model is none other than Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, the prince of Wales, heir to the throne since 1952, and the heir apparent to the thrones of the Commonwealth realms (whatever that means).
This amiable king-in-waiting was the God-father to the son of the man, whose wife he captained till today. He was not the first, Terry is not the second and in Uganda, there is even bwiino I cannot disclose for fear of defaming big shots.
But, in Uganda, would it be defaming? Don’t guys always gallop off with best friends’ girlfriend? Or wives? It rarely causes dust.
We prefer to riot when someone is stopped from going to Kayunga; that is a worse provocation. It may even be seen in its raw animalistic implication of a better man taking the booty.
The aggrieved is then blamed for delays to marry her or told that the woman voted with her back. For the sake of honour, he has two choices: pretend he never wanted her after all or pick up an iron bar and use it.
Our country is not good enough for unwritten codes of conduct between friends, peers and social groups. Society is still struggling with survival to mind which guy has stolen whose woman.
So, learn to fly without perching. The best rules are those enforced by the heart. Make her confident of a future with you and she will protect herself from hawks.
But if she still goes, probably, it is good riddance; she was the risky type who would have killed you, anyway.
