{"id":15440,"date":"2019-10-13T23:46:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T20:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=15440"},"modified":"2019-10-20T16:30:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T13:30:44","slug":"japanese-man-from-ngabi-clan-marries-ugandan-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/?p=15440","title":{"rendered":"Japanese man from Ngabi Clan marries Ugandan woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Maria Immaculate Owechi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Japanese groom has amazed many online users with his ability to speak the Luganda language.<\/p>\n<p>This was during his wedding ceremony at Namirembe Cathedral to a Ugandan lady named Dorothy over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with NTV Uganda, while speaking in Luganda, the groom said he comes from the Ngabi clan in Buganda Kingdom which explains his ability to speak the language.<\/p>\n<p>With his groomsmen, he walked into the cathedral elegantly dressed in two-piece black tuxedo suit.<\/p>\n<p>They were followed by the bride escorted by her father in a long-sleeved ballroom gown accessorised with long statement earrings.<\/p>\n<p>Right behind her were the bridesmaids in one shoulder sleeveless silver and white long dresses.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking in Luganda, the Japanese groom praised his wife for giving him the best love since they met in the year 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The groom says he has been rotating between Uganda and Japan for 11 years now.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Walusimbi, the NTV Luganda news anchor was one of the guests the graced the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch video<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FKasuleDouglasBenda%2Fvideos%2F406522220054741%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"448\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>HIS STORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tell me about yourself.<\/strong><br \/>\nI am Kenichi Shiiya Yiga Omujapani, originally from Hokkaido northern Japan. I am the second born in a family of two. I teach Mathematics and ICT at Hana Mixed Secondary School along Kampala\u2013Masaka Highway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>How did you get your kiganda name and clan?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was given to me by my first Ugandan friend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>How did you meet your wife?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy wife Dorothy Becky Nalwanga Shiiya and I first met on Christmas in 2005 at the Church of God, Kireka where I had been invited by her elder sister. I was hanging Christmas lights when I touched a naked wire. I got shocked and she was the first person to come to my rescue. She was in her Primary Seven vacation then. She was still a baby and I had no feelings for her. Actually, I went back to Japan and only returned this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>So, when did you see her again? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/artsculture\/Heart-to-Heart\/For-love--Yiga-will-speak-in--tongues--\/-\/691230\/2855684\/-\/k1rbww\/-\/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0oUH11boUvxluVBQ9aqP-y4c44U4cCh8Uj6w0np7_lFkMPvWIKj8o0Ei0\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Maria Immaculate Owechi A Japanese groom has amazed many online users with his ability to speak the Luganda language. This was during his wedding ceremony at Namirembe Cathedral to a Ugandan lady named Dorothy over the weekend. 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