Grace Omachoko
Ugandan businessman, Ssaalongo Nsikonenne Habib Ssezzigu has stirred the internet after marrying seven wives on the same day.
The lavish wedding ceremony occurred in Bugereka village, Mukono district, Uganda on Sunday.
The brides waited in vans with customized license plates showing each bride’s name. Notably, among the seven brides he wedded, two are biological sisters.
The wedding ceremony kicked off with a concert as the couples moved in a convoy amidst cheers from people who had gathered by the roadsides to witness the ceremony.
The wives include Mariam, Madinah, Aisha, Zainabu, Fatuma, Rashida, and Musanyusa, who is Habib’s first wife and has been with him for seven years.
Nsikonnene in his speech at the reception, commended his wives for being loyal to him. Declaring with pride, “My wives harbour no jealousy amongst themselves”. I introduced them separately and decided to wed them all at once to make one big happy family”. He said.
Disclosing that in the future he will be marrying more wives.
“I am still a young man and in the near future, God willing, I cannot say this is the end of it”.
The groom’s father, Hajj Abdul Ssemakula noted that polygamy has been the practice in his family adding that his grandfather had six wives who were separated by curtains in a single house.
“My own late father had 5 wives and I myself have four wives who live in one house”. He stated.
It is said that Habib broke the record of marrying many wives in Uganda at once.