\nHarriet says after Robert disclosed his love for her, she treated it as a joke because they were just friends.
\n\u201cWe started out as friends in class, we used to share class work, but one day, he confessed his love for me. I was shocked and believed it was a joke but he insisted. I could not accept on the first day because I wanted to first study his personality. I dreamt of a God-fearing man. Robert was an ardent reader of the Bible and hardworking,\u201d Harriet explains.
\nLater, she accepted his proposal and says even during their holidays and at school they kept in touch but focused on passing to graduate.
\nUpon completing the course, Robert was retained at school while Harriet went to teach at St Mary\u2019s Nursery Primary School, and later Little Angel\u2019s Primary School.
\nRobert says by the time they completed the course in 2021, they were in a serious relationship saying before introduction, they sat together and made a five-year development plan which had a component of introduction and wedding.
\n\u201cIn our plans we included an introduction and wedding, but we never set dates for them because we had no money, our earlier plan was to do an introduction only, but later our friends told us to combine them which we agreed to,\u201d he says.
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Introduction<\/strong> Happy times<\/strong> Advice<\/strong> Briefly<\/strong> In 2019, Robert Kyamanywa reported for a certificate in Early Child Development (ECD) at Gate of Hope Education Centre in Kyenjojo and same year Harriet Kobugabe also reported for the same course. In a class of more than 40 female students, he was the only male student who was pursuing a female-dominated ECD course […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1784],"class_list":["post-23684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-stories"],"authors":[{"term_id":1784,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"weddingadmin","display_name":"weddingadmin","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd3996c46efafdc40969010bfd78c8e4dda9d99318e7dd6403983ea0dadbcfce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23684"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23991,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23684\/revisions\/23991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23684"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=23684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOn December 7, she introduced him.
\n\u201cMy parents and I were scared because we never had money. But my husband told me that he would handle it because it was just Shs8m,\u201d she says.
\nRobert says introduction and wedding cost Shs15m and their primary source of finances for the party was from their employers (Gate of Hope Education Centre) and savings.
\n\u201cI had many friends, especially my workmates Peter and Honorata. I had friends from Poland who sponsored my education, and we held several meetings since November,\u201d she adds.
\nThe couple wedded at St Peter\u2019s Church of Uganda in Kyenjojo on December 10 and had their reception.<\/p>\n
\nThe couple says they were overjoyed when they arrived at reception and they found their invited guests.
\n\u201cThe turn-up was good with people ranging from workmates, friends and relatives. It was amazing to express our gratitude to our guests. My party was historical in our village because I was among the first people to hold such a big function,\u201d he says.
\nHarriet says her best moment was when they were exchanging vows in church, saying she had become part of Robert\u2019s family.
\n\u201cI was happy to see that our parents attended our function, all invited guests attended,\u201d she says.
\nShe says the weird moment was when they were going to church and their bridal cars got stuck on the road on that wedding morning because it rained heavily for three hours.
\n\u201cSome of the people who had escorted us to church had to walk more than a kilometre because the road became impassable, but my husband and I remained in the car. I was getting agitated but our driver made some stops for us to pray,\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n
\nHarriet says, all those intending to get married should not fear and listen to people with negative criticism about weddings because some people are good at discouraging others.
\n\u201cPeople told us that weddings are hard, but one ought to get good friends and plan early enough,\u201d she cautions.
\nRobert says people need to change their perception that people can only wed when they are as old as 50 years.
\n\u201cOne can wed at any age provided he or she is ready for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDate: December 10, 2022
\nGroom: Robert Kyamanywa
\nBride: Harriet Kobugabe
\nChurch: St Peter\u2019s Church of Uganda
\nMain celebrant: Rev Wilber Mbareba
\nReception: Kiburara Village, Kisojo Town Council, Kyenjojo District.
\nGuests: 400
\nBudget: Shs15m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"