Shocking Allegations: Anita Among Hired Stephen Nuwagaba to Sleep With Moses Magogo’s ‘Second Wife’ and Take Photos of Their Intimate Moments — Report

The name Stephen Nuwagaba was largely unknown to the Ugandan public until recent weeks. Today, it sits at the centre of one of the country’s most extraordinary political controversies, drawing together allegations of infidelity, blackmail, military intelligence and a rare public exchange between President Yoweri Museveni and veteran journalist Andrew Mwenda.

At the heart of the controversy are two competing narratives.

President Museveni has publicly defended Nuwagaba, arguing that he became the victim of rogue security operatives and warning against rushing to condemn him before the facts are fully established.

On the other hand, Andrew Mwenda’s The Independent magazine has published an investigation portraying Nuwagaba as a man who allegedly progressed from carrying out a clandestine assignment to masterminding an elaborate blackmail scheme involving some of Uganda’s most influential figures.

The magazine’s account includes allegations surrounding Speaker Anita Among and her husband, FUFA President Moses Magogo.

“According to CDIS files, Nuwagaba had initially been hired by Among to fight Magogo’s other wife or ex-wife. Indeed, she had given him money and deliberately encouraged him to sleep with the lady and even photograph themselves in bed,” Andrew Mwenda’s Independent Magazine investigations team wrote.

If true, the allegations describe an operation intended to end a relationship through deception rather than confrontation.

According to the publication, the alleged plan revolved around obtaining compromising photographs before ensuring they eventually reached Magogo.

“Then Among would use other people to leak these pictures to Magogo, showing him that his other wife is not faithful. Those close to Magogo-Among claim that the trick worked and Magogo abandoned the relationship,” the report read.

The magazine alleges that once the relationship had broken down, the financial support also came to an end.

“When this worked, Among stopped financing Nuwagaba. But the young man did not want to stop the money from coming in,” the publication further wrote.

What allegedly followed transformed what had been a private dispute into a saga that would eventually draw in military intelligence and the country’s highest political office.

According to The Independent, Nuwagaba allegedly sought to turn what he knew into a source of income. “Nuwagaba decided on blackmail. He went to Magogo to extort money from him. He threatened to expose his relationship with the lady he had already left. Magogo refused to give them money.”

The report claims that after failing to obtain money from Magogo, Nuwagaba shifted his attention to Among herself.

“Then he went to Among, saying he would expose her role in financing him to sleep with her husband’s other wife. She paid them off. He went again for more,” the magazine further wrote.

According to the publication, the repeated demands convinced the couple that the matter had escalated beyond their control. “At this time, Among realised the blackmail would not end. So, she joined hands with her husband against Nuwagaba. They asked CDIS to intervene and arrest Nuwagaba.”

The alleged involvement of the Chieftaincy of Defence Intelligence and Security (CDIS) marked a dramatic turning point.

What had begun, according to the magazine, as an intensely personal affair was now said to be in the hands of military intelligence.

The report claims that Brig. Gen. James Birungi assigned an operative to investigate the allegations.

“Gen Birungi sent a CDIS agent, Amis Ainebyona, to investigate the matter and, if true, arrest Nuwagaba. But Birungi did not know that this Ainebyona was a crook,” Andrew Mwenda’s magazine further claimed.

But the publication alleges that the operation itself quickly veered off course.

“Seeing possibilities of making money, Ainebyona initially joined hands with Nuwagaba to try to extort Among. But along the way they fought over their loot and fell out. It is then that Ainebyona grabbed Nuwagaba and took him to a dungeon and kept him there.”

It is this alleged detention that has become the focal point of President Museveni’s intervention.

In a detailed public response to Andrew Mwenda’s reporting, Museveni argued that the country should not focus solely on the allegations levelled against Nuwagaba but also on the conduct of security officers accused of unlawfully detaining him.

The President questioned how any Ugandan could allegedly be held in an illegal detention facility outside the established justice system and indicated that officers responsible for such conduct should be held accountable if the allegations are proved.

Museveni’s intervention shifted the national conversation.

Rather than debating only whether Nuwagaba had engaged in wrongdoing, attention also turned to the alleged conduct of state security personnel and the limits of state power. The President’s remarks suggested that regardless of what Nuwagaba may or may not have done, every citizen is entitled to due process under the law.

The public exchange between Museveni and Mwenda has itself become one of the most striking aspects of the controversy. Rarely has a serving President responded so directly—and more than once—to an investigative report by a journalist. Mwenda has continued to stand by his publication’s investigation, maintaining that it is grounded in evidence gathered by his reporting team. Museveni, meanwhile, has urged caution against drawing conclusions before all the facts are established.

The competing narratives have left Ugandans with difficult questions. Was Stephen Nuwagaba the architect of an elaborate extortion scheme, as alleged by The Independent? Was he himself the victim of rogue security operatives acting outside the law, as President Museveni has suggested? Or does the full story contain elements of both accounts?

For now, many of the allegations remain untested in court and have not been independently verified. The controversy continues to evolve as more information emerges and public debate intensifies.

Whatever the eventual outcome, the Stephen Nuwagaba affair has already grown into far more than a story about one individual. It has become a window into the intersection of private relationships, political influence, state security and the rule of law in Uganda. It has also demonstrated how a single investigation can trigger a national debate, drawing responses from the country’s most powerful political figures and raising broader questions about accountability, justice and the use of state institutions.

The Pearl Times has not independently verified the allegations contained in The Independent magazine’s investigation. The claims reported above are attributed to The Independent and are presented in the context of its published investigation and the subsequent public response by President Yoweri Museveni. Many of the allegations remain contested and have not been tested in court. At the time of publication, Speaker Anita Among, FUFA President Moses Magogo, Brig. Gen. James Birungi, Amis Ainebyona and others named in the investigation reporthad not publicly responded to the specific allegations contained in the quoted excerpts reproduced in this story.

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