Trapped by Love or Betrayed By Design? The Story Behind Allen’s Alleged Kidnap!

By our investigative desk

In the unfolding saga that has shocked Sembabule, Rakai, and Kampala, three young men—Amos Ngabirano (alias Magogo) 37, and two of his friends Luyinda Evarest (alias Kitone) and Muhanguzi Johnson (alias Kyoojo) —now languish on remand in Masaka Government Prison, charged with rape, abduction, assault, human trafficking, and criminal trespass. But fresh revelations from our investigative team raise questions that demand urgent answers: Was there really an abduction, or was Amos the victim of a carefully orchestrated betrayal by someone he loved and trusted—Allen Kyongyezo?

According to testimonies from Cindy Kakwende, the sister of Amos, and corroborated by our investigative sources, the romance between Amos and Allen was not only consensual—it was passionate, long-standing, and publicly visible. The two met while Allen was reportedly studying at Ndejje University. They became inseparable, often spotted together in Kampala’s Kiwatule hangouts like Victors Tavern, in Mbarara’s lively bars, Nansana and frequently traveled between Sembabule, Lyantonde, and Rakai in a relationship that lasted more than a year and a half.

Allen Kyongyezo & Amos Ngabirano at an outing

Cindy recalls being introduced to Allen as a would-be sister-in-law. “She was respectful, warm, and clearly in love with my brother,” Cindy says. “They even lived together in Kiwatule for a year and a half—how can someone claim they were trafficked by someone they stayed with willingly?”

Our investigations reveal that Amos was not only emotionally invested in Allen but financially too. He paid for her rent, upkeep, and even tuition, believing she was attending classes at Ndejje University.

In 2025, Allen told both her family and Amos’s family that she was graduating. She even organized a party, attended by Amos and other relatives. It later emerged—Allen was not on any official graduation list from Ndejje University for 2024 or 2025. This suggests that the so-called graduation was a hoax.

Allen and her parents at the staged graduation Party

Things began to unravel when Allen’s mother objected to the marriage between her daughter and Amos, citing age differences. Despite the approval from Allen’s father a one Mwesigwa Samuel, the mother refused and insisted Allen couldn’t marry him. Allen, caught between familial pressure and personal desires, urged Cindy to help convince her mother—telling her to pose as a neutral friend who introduced Allen to Amos. Allen insisted to her parents that she loved Amos until he was asked to formerly introduce himself.

When Allen’s family agreed to host Amos’s relatives for a formal introduction, a date was set for 15th April 2025. But days before the event, Allen returned to Sembabule and was held under house arrest by her own family. Her phones were confiscated and communication with Amos cut off. However, Allen secretly used her brother’s phone to stay in touch, pleading with Amos to come and take her away.

This is where the narrative shifts. According to Bahima custom known as “lifting,” a man may organize a team to “carry” a willing bride from her home if her family refuses consent. Allen’s brother even encouraged Amos to follow this tradition, joking that he deserved UGX 40 million if the plan succeeded.

Allen plotted an escape. She sent Amos a detailed plan of when her parents would be away, guiding him and his friends to come and get her. When they arrived, Allen pretended to resist—as tradition dictates—but immediately after, she joined Amos from where he was waiting from, the mood changed; laugher, happiness and excitement.

Allen asked her lover to contact her father and declare his intentions to marry her, further confirming that the act was consensual. Yet, only days later, her parents—particularly her mother—filed a complaint with authorities, alleging violent kidnap at gunpoint, even claiming Allen’s mother had been assaulted.

It is on this basis that President Museveni reportedly made a call demanding arrests, allegedly misled by false reports tying the act to his clan, the Basiita. Seven of Amos’s relatives and friends, including his sister Cindy, were arrested. Even Allen’s own recorded voice message, asking authorities to stop arresting Amos’s relatives because she was safe, fell on deaf ears.

How could a consensual relationship devolve into a criminal charge of this magnitude? And why would Allen, who orchestrated her own escape, turn around and claim rape and trafficking?

In Episode 2, we expose the double life of Allen Kyongyezo—her multiple lovers, secret scams, and a dramatic graduation party that never should have happened.

To be continued tomorrow…..