At 82, cult leader marries 29-year-old woman

Mar 10, 2012

There was excitement as the founder of the Faith of Unity cult, Owobusobozi Bisaka, married a 29-year-old woman in a traditional ceremony.

By Ismael Kasooha

There was an air filled with excitement Wednesday evening as the founder of the Faith of Unity cult, Owobusobozi Bisaka, married a 29-year-old woman in a traditional ceremony.

Owobusobozi, aged 82 was introduced to Teopista Musasizi’s family of the late Petero Kyakurugaha of Buyaga village in Kyenzige sub-county in Kibaale district.

The organizers of the function did not want it to be made public, but New Vision online was there and followed all the events as they unfolded.

At around 5.30pm, Bisaka’s entourage arrived at Kyakurugaha’s home and was welcomed by a group of Bakwenda [apostles] who ushered them into a tent.

A few minutes later, women emerged from the house as they danced and sat on a mat in front of Bisaka. One elderly woman from Bisaka’s entourage then picked Musasizi from the group and gave her a flower.

Musasizi then placed a white cloth on Bisaka amidst jubilations and chants of praise. Bisaka, clad in a white Kanzu and a sweater, remained seated throughout function, unlike other usual introduction ceremonies, where the bridegroom moves around searching for the bride.

During the function, the Bakwenda thanked Bisaka for choosing a wife from that family.

“Our lord, you have blessed this family by marrying from it and we are very happy,” one of the them said, while kneeling before Bisaka.

The function went on till 11.00pm.

Unlike other cultural marriage functions in Bunyoro, where the groom finds the bride at her parents’ home, Bisaka came with Musasizi.

Originally, Bisaka was married to one wife, but upon her death in 2009, he married two more women. Unfortunately, one of them died shortly into the union.

Musasizi becomes his fourth wife. Bisaka preaches that men should marry many wives to avoid adultery.

The Faith of Unity cult, which started in 1980, has over one million followers in Uganda, Rwanda, Congo and Southern Sudan.

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