The wife to flamboyant local politician Mike Mukula, has said that she would be very surprised to learn that her husband has a girlfriend.
Gladys Mukula says that the two have been married for 35 years but she has never caught Mukula with a single message from a girlfriend or a mistress.
Mrs. Mukula was testifying before Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court in a case where her husband Mr. Mukula accuses Mr. Francis Tumusime also known as Tinywana of tarnishing his name. Tinywana is a journalist with a local tabloid newspaper, Hello.
“For the 35 years I have been with my husband, I have never seen him with any girlfriends or had a fight with him over adultery,” Mukula’s wife told the court.
Gladys denied allegations the tabloid published two years ago that she had fought with her husband for having sex with other women in town.
Mr. Mukula is NRM party vice chairman for Eastern region and a former Member of Parliament for Soroti Municipality.
Gladys further told the court that she was surprised when the story was published stating that she had fought with her husband in Soroti District after catching him with some ‘hot’ girls adding that she had not been to Soroti for long as reported in the two-year-old story.
“I am not aware of any girls my husband always traveled with to Soroti as stated in the defamatory story. All I know is that he [Mukula] travels with his driver,” Ms. Mukula said.
The story
The prosecution contends that on July 18, 2014, within Kampala, Tinywana with intent to defame Capt. Mukula published an article titled, ‘Wife Nabs Mukula with Muk Gal’ in Hello newspaper, alleging that the said Capt Mukula had an extramarital love affair with one Rachel Naijuka aka Tania which was false.
It is further stated that on July 20, 2014, still within Kampala and in the same newspaper the Tinywana published. another story that Mrs. Mukula had warned her husband over another girl called Rachel Bushomero.
Mr. Mukula says both allegations damaged his reputation and exposed him to contempt or ridicule among the public.
The trial magistrate, Mr. Jamson Karemani, adjourned the case to March 28 for further hearing.
