Humanist

I have seen on a social media a picture of the wedded wife of Kakwenza Rukirabashaija carrying her baby boy, both mother and child looking visibly distraught. I assume that the picture was taken at one of the times when her husband was tortured and in detention.

She is wearing a mask, so it was during the pandemic times. She is sitting in a waiting area. The female cyber bully captioned the picture:

“When you read Kakwenza Rukirabashaija’s tweets about other women, you’ll think he has the most beautiful wife. Here is Kakwenza’s wife looking like an unfinished building, reason he doesn’t even post her. So you work on your wife fist, before you attach beautiful women.”

The female cyber bully, of course, was playing to the gallery of one – the one whom many now think they must fan the ego in order to be in things.

I share this post not to condone abuse and cyber bullying in anyway, whether it be by Kakwenza or anybody else. I am, however, compelled to do so, in order to point out that what the female cyber bully achieved was woman-on-woman gender based violence. As well as meting out violence on an innocent child.

And, moreover, for this particular case the female cyber bully was totally off-base. We, who know Kakwenza’s wife (even though from afar), know that she is beautiful in and out. Kakwenza is lucky to have her.

Photo @ Kakwenza on Facebook – scars of his torture while in detention he says.

Posting a picture of Kakwenza’s wife distraught and disheveled, likely because her husband was abducted, tortured and is in detention, only wins more sympathy for her and her family, including her husband.

I chose not to re-share the offensive post (especially the photo) of the female cyber bully, which would have given it life.

Profiled image @ Kakwenza on Facebook caption: “Since 2013, I’ve been everything to her—including being a red ONION—and she’s been everything to me. Happy 10th anniversary to us.”