25-year old student jailed for 2 years for stalking and confessing love for female lawmaker in Uganda
Brian Isiko, a 25-year old Ugandan student has been handed a two year
prison sentence for confessing his “too much love” for Kabalore Woman
Member of Parliament, Ms Sylvia Rwabwoogo.
The student of YMCA Jinja Branch was convicted on his own plea of
guilty to counts of cyber harassment and offensive communication. He
confessed that the calls and text messages professing obsessed love to
the MP he had never physically seen, were from him.
Tears rolled down Ms Rwabwoogo’s cheeks as she told court that she
started receiving calls admitting love from a stranger. She said that it
all started around November 2017, which made her think that someone was
intending to harm her.
She thought the calls and text messages were a trap her tormentors
had set. She said: “One of his texts that provoked my fears read: “I
love you so much and want to protect you. My love is for you alone and
since there is no one taking care of you, I will do it. I have realised
that you are in deep trouble.”
Ms Rwabwoogo said she received many calls and over 10 messages adding
that at one time, her stalker texted asserting that he had failed to
sleep at night because he was thinking about her. The MP said she set up
an appointment to meet the stalker, on June 11, 2018, after the Police
assigned her a guard. Moments later, her guard arrested him.
Rwabwoogo added that what still puzzles her is that even when Isiko
was in police custody she continued receiving love text messages from
his phone. She said this has caused her to suffer psychological torture.
In her verdict, the judge, Kamasanyu, said society has groomed men to
always demean and disrespect women and that is why Isiko continued to
bother Rwabwogo even after blocking his calls.
No comments
Your comments and Encouragement are welcome