Student bags two years in jail for wooing female lawmaker

Brian Isiko, a student at YMCA Jinja branch who was convicted on his own plea of guilty to counts of cyber harassment and offensive communication. PHOTO BY BETTY NDAGIRE

A 25-year-old Ugandan student has been handed a two year prison sentence for wooing a female legislator in the country.

Brian Isiko, a student at YMCA Jinja Branch was convicted on his own plea of guilty to counts of cyber harassment and offensive communication.

The court was told that Brian Isiko had been stalking and hoping that he would make his desired love for the legislator come true and never stopped asking for intimacy from the Kabalore woman member of parliament, Ms Sylvia Rwabowoogo.

He confessed that the calls and text messages professing obsessed love to the MP he had never physically seen, were from him. 

Kabalore Woman Member of Parliament, Ms Sylvia Rwabwoogo. PHOTO BY ALEX ESAGALA

Tears rolled down Ms Rwabwoogo’s cheeks as she told court that she started receiving calls admitting love from a stranger. She said that it all started around November 2017, which made her think that someone was intending to harm her.

She thought the calls and text messages were a trap her tormentors had set.

One of his texts that provoked my fears read: “I love you so much and want to protect you, she said

My love is for you alone and since there is no one taking care of you, I will do it. I have realised that you are in deep trouble.”

Ms Rwabwoogo said she received many calls and over 10 messages adding that at one time, her stalker texted asserting that he had failed to sleep at night because he was thinking about her.

The MP said she set up an appointment to meet the stalker, on June 11, 2018, after the Police assigned her a guard. Moments later, her guard arrested him.

Rwabwoogo added that what still puzzles her is that even when Isiko was in police custody she continued receiving love text messages from his phone. She said this has caused her to suffer psychological torture.

In her verdict, the judge, Kamasanyu, said society has groomed men to always demean and disrespect women and that is why Isiko continued to bother Rwabwogo even after blocking his calls.

It was also reported that while in court, the accused Brian was smiling while Ms. Sylvia lamented the developments of the incident to the prosecutors which provoked the judge to sentence the accused to two years in jail.

But what is wrong in someone expressing their love for someone?