‘Bang the Twins’ Slur Tears Apart Ssemakadde Girls

Uganda Law Society President Isaac Ssemakadde’s public reckoning over his troubled ties with twin sisters Yvonne Babirye and Cynthia Nakato has taken another sordid turn, with new revelations and social media outbursts threatening to shred what remained of their already strained reputations.

This latest fallout stems from Cynthia Nakato’s efforts to distance herself from an alleged romantic entanglement with the controversial ULS boss—a claim she says was not only false but deeply humiliating.

In doing so, she confirmed what had only been implied before: that it was her sister, Babirye, who had the intimate relationship with Ssemakadde.

"Let me be absolutely clear once again,” Nakato said. “My work with Isaac Ssemakadde was purely professional. It is him and my sister who had an intimate relationship."

Nakato’s remarks were triggered by ongoing taunts from online trolls who coined the lurid phrase "bang the twins"—a cruel spin on Ssemakadde's “Bang the Table” slogan. She said the innuendo was not only false but degrading.

"People are still making the sick statement ‘bang the twins’—it’s totally disgusting," Nakato posted. “Yes, my sister and Isaac slept together. That is the truth. But I did not sleep with him. Stop involving me in this nonsense."

But what was intended as a final line of defence quickly set off a bitter exchange between the sisters, with Babirye accusing Nakato of weaponising the truth to present herself as the “pure” one while painting her sibling as morally fallen.

“What’s with your obsession of making yourself pure?” Babirye fired back on social media.

“Were you present that we slept together as you would like to assume? Do you have proof of that? Please leave me alone. Yes, we shared accommodation and we were close—that’s as far as it goes!”

Babirye did not expressly deny a relationship with Ssemakadde, but she questioned her sister’s motives and accused her of condescension.

“It’s absolutely fine to clear your name without painting me as the twin that was banged,” she said.

“To what end? Because of your superiority complex, Cynthia? Whatever happened, my focus was always work—it’s why I tolerated you two! Otherwise the space was TOXIC!”

In January, Cynthia had already issued a formal statement, decrying the growing innuendo and making a categorical denial.

“I, Cynthia Nakato, have not engaged in any personal relationship with any Ugandan activist,” she wrote. “To me, Isaac is like a big brother—nothing more, nothing less.”

She attributed her decision to speak out to the emotional toll of persistent objectification.

“The rumours and jokes surrounding the phrases ‘bang the table’ and ‘bang the twins’ are not only hurtful but also disturbing, as no woman appreciates being objectified.”

The growing acrimony between the sisters is the latest chapter in a saga that began months ago when both accused Ssemakadde of emotional manipulation, coercion, and professional misconduct in a detailed nine-page statement.

Once his vocal supporters and allies, the twins turned against him in an explosive exposé that claimed he had misled them with promises of opportunity while blurring personal and professional lines to unsettling effect.

The statement painted a troubling portrait of a man they once admired—a charismatic figure who allegedly transformed into a controlling and abusive presence.

Babirye and Nakato described degrading verbal attacks, requests for provocative photos, and efforts by Ssemakadde to dominate their public image and private choices.

“He called us ‘stupid girls with pretty faces on the internet,’” Babirye recounted. “That was a wake-up call for us. He had no respect for us as professionals.”

Ssemakadde, when pressed for a response, dismissed the allegations as a private matter.

“This is nothing more than a personal fallout between colleagues,” he said, refusing to elaborate or acknowledge the specifics laid out in the statement.

That lack of accountability has only deepened the rift. As the drama spills further into the public eye, it reveals not just the personal disintegration of a once-close trio but the broader consequences of power imbalances in Uganda’s civic spaces—where ambition, trust, and betrayal often collide.

What remains of the public image Ssemakadde so meticulously curated is now in tatters.

The twins’ credibility too, once tethered to their association with a fearless legal icon, now risks being overshadowed by the spectacle of mutual accusations and the shadow of a phrase they never coined but can no longer escape.

Uganda Law Society president Isaac Ssemakadde is once again under fire as a bitter fallout between twin sisters Yvonne Babirye and Cynthia Nakato erupts into a public row, with claims of a secret affair, emotional manipulation, and a disturbing online smear campaign built around the phrase “bang the twins.”