Barbie Itungo, Bobi Wine's wife, is a woman of unimpeachable substance, a spine of steel, heart of gold and keen intellect.
In a world where capitalism has poisoned the dating scene, it is easy to accuse her of falling for her husband's wealth until you acquaint yourself with the trajectory of their relationship.
The two met 18 years ago as teenagers during the staging of a play at a time when her husband was struggling in the bowels of a Kampala slum and was not the sensation he is today.
Bobi Wine was just that; the name of a nobody habouring pop star ambitions.
He was smitten.
It was love at first sight, and Bobi being Bobi professed his love for her.
Seeing potential in him and blown away by his courage, she agreed to a relationship that will stand the test of time.
In a moving post, Barbie speaks about the struggles in those early years.
They married in 2011. She has been there through the thick and thin.
She has seen Bobi Wine become the man he is today. Even when tabloid reports of her husband's extra-marital affair threatened their relationship, she held firm.
When he was re-arrested on Thursday to face trumped-up charges at a civilian court, we saw her there helping him into the back of a police vehicle as he winced in pain.
She is gradually joining the pantheon of the wives of politicians who have stood by their husbands.
That pantheon is inhabited by the likes of Ida Odinga, Winnie Mandela, and Wan Azizah Wan IsmailWomen of Barbie's breed don't come easy.
They are a rare breed.
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