Uganda, April 4 -- Leilah Kansiime, a businesswoman, met Abbas Byaruhanga, a lawyer while at St Balikudembe Secondary School, Mitala Maria. Byaruhanga, who had just transferred to the school was such a good footballer and the talk of the whole school. So, before meeting, Kansiime had heard a lot about him from fellow students.

Although she had never had a boyfriend, she knew the person her heart would skip a bit for would be her future husband. Luckily, Byaruhanga possessed all the qualities she wanted in a man. The moment she set her eyes on him, her heart started pounding.

"While in class, he came to greet me. I felt so special. But he was a celebrity. Chances of him falling in love with me were very slim. But I was hopeful," she says...