On the face of it, this was a traditional marriage (kuhingira) between former prime minister John Patrick Amama Mbabazi's niece Bridget Birungi Rwakairu and Andile Ramaphosa, son of South African president Cyril Ramaphosa.
But away from public view, this union offered another political opportunity to advance efforts to restore a political marriage through which Uganda's leadership once enjoyed unquestioned say over government.
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