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The origin of Ivan Semwanga’s second name ‘Ali Sennyomo’ revealed

Mulema Najib
Last updated: 3rd June 2017 at 10:08 10:08 am
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Ever since Zari Hassan, an ex-wife to the late businessman Ivan Semwanga revealed to the media that the late’s body was flown in the country using the name of Ali Sennyomo, a lot of questions were raised wondering why Semwanga had to use change his name to Sennyomo while in South Africa.

Well we have got you the answer you have been looking for.

According to one ardent Facebbooker based in Brussels Belgium, a one Seruga Titus, Ivan Ssemwanga as commonly known by Ugandans, was a humble gentleman who came from the village to innovatively become “rich” as many think. Ivan Ssemwanga left Uganda for South Africa at the time when South Africa was in search of educated black people to feel the gap left by foreigners especially in the education industry, unfortunately for him he didn’t have the qualifications to teach, Ivan then innovatively married a Moslem South African Lady (names withheld) and acquired a South African resident’s permit by virtual of marriage even thought the marriage was fake, Ivan opted to use Ali Ssenyomo as his marriage names. This explains why Ivan married Zari Hassan a Moslem lady he was still allowed to many as many wives as he wishes, Ivan was converted to a Moslem although he did this to benefit from legal requirement in SA. In fact a Dua was read for him on Friday when his body was at his home in SA, officially Ivan was Moslem in SA and Christian in Uganda.

 

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