‘Uganda’s ugliest man’ has become a father for the eighth time

A former cobbler who has been dubbed ‘Uganda’s Ugliest Man’ has become a father for the eighth time. Godfrey Baguma, 47, who is believed to suffer from a rare, unknown medical condition, and his wife Kate Namanda, 30, welcomed a baby girl. 

Baguma won the less-than-favourable title in 2002, after he entered the competition to make money for his cash-strapped family. Before his marriage to Kate, Godfrey had two children with his first wife – but their marriage came to an end when he caught her cheating with another man.

Describing how he wooed Kate initially, Godfrey told KFM: ‘I stayed with her four years before her people knew where she was. I didn’t want them to see me until we had a child because they would definitely advise her to leave me.

‘She left me when she was six months pregnant but I think she later accepted her fate because she came back two months later’.

‘I told her that I didn’t choose to look the way I do and that if she feels I am a burden, she is free to leave me’. The couple got married in 2013, and now have six children together – after their first child was born in 2008.

Speaking of their romance, Kate said: ‘Once you find a man you think is right for you, do not listen to what other people say. Follow your heart. Money and physical appearance should not be an issue.’