Museveni decries too many marriage functions at granddaughter’s Kuhingira

President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday afternoon attended the traditional Kuhingira (giveaway) ceremony of his granddaughter, Nsasiirwe Keinembabazi Karugire, better known as Sasii.

Saasi is the daughter of Edwin Karugire and Natasha Museveni, President Yoweri Museveni's second-born daughter.

Nsasiirwe Keinembabazi's Kuhingira

Photos of the spacious ceremony were shared online this morning.

President Museveni in his remarks, however, criticized the modern culture in Uganda of having too many expensive marriage functions.

He noted that the correct way as was in the past in Ankole and other communities, would be combining some of these functions, such as the Kingirira and wedding into one.

Nsasiirwe Keinembabazi's Kuhingira

“Like now, we would have performed all ceremonies and the woman would have been taken to night. She should have gone away this night,” he said.

“But now they do it halfway, the come here and she goes back home and then you have another function"

President Museveni with Edwin Karugire and Natasha Museveni

Saasi got engaged to the son of Lieutenant General Sam Kavuma, a prominent figure as the Commander of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), in July of last year