Women Activists Ask IGP to Intervene in Nabilah Marital Clash
A group of female activists under different organizations have come out to show solidarity with the outgoing Kampala Woman MP Nabilah Sempala who has been going through a brutal and highly publicized marital crisis.
The women’s movement comprising of organizations such as Akina Mama Wa Afrika (AMwA), Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP), FIDA-Uganda, Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), Women’s Human Rights Defenders Network (WHRDN-U) among others, issued a joint statement describing the situation that the MP went through as a violation of her rights.
Nabilah recently had a fall out which her husband Isaac Sempala, who accused her of promiscuity. The two have since been involved in a fight for the family house located in Makindye.
In the joint statement, the women groups noted that one Mr Farouk Ntege, Sempala’s brother threw out Nabilah’s personal property from her marital home on 13 March 2021.
The belongings which included underwear, gomesi, and jewelry, the group said, were later stolen, and that a case file No. 26/2021 was opened at Kibuye Police station.
“As we speak, Hon Nabilah Naggayi cannot leave her home because Mr Kamugira Godfrey, the DPC Kabalagala and Police in general have failed to enforce a court order restraining her estranged husband Isaac Sempala from threatening to inflict harm, pain or misery upon her person. These actions are manifestations of gross abuse and violations of Hon. Nabilah’s human rights,” the movement revealed.
They further said that Nabilah’s case presents the persistent discriminatory social norms, values and practices that are prevalent in the Ugandan society that undermine the personhood, integrity and dignity of women.
The movement asked the Inspector General of the Uganda Police Force, Mr. Martin Okoth Ochola to ensure that Uganda police enforces the restraining order at Hon. Nabilah Naggayi’s house, and called upon the Uganda Police Professional Standards Unit to exercise utmost professionalism and promote the rule of law.
“We call upon the family to desist from misusing Buganda culture to undermine the integrity and personhood of women. It is erroneous to invoke culture in the abuse of the rights of Hon. Nabilah Naggayi and women’s rights in general,” they said.
“Spouses, in-laws, and families that parade a woman’s underwear in full view of the public and the media are not anywhere near the moral bar. Baganda has civil ways of resolving matrimonial conflicts and what was portrayed by some members of the family is not only a misrepresentation of the Ffumbe clan but also of Baganda culture in its totality. We, therefore, call upon the leadership in the Buganda Kingdom to hold such perpetrators to account for their culturally unacceptable behaviors.” the movement added.
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