An army man, Lt. Swalich Nyakana, has come out to claim Singer, Sheebah Karungi.

This, after he visited Vision Group offices, in Kampala Friday, seeking help to link him up with his ‘daughter’ and her mother whom he calls maama Karungi.

Nyakana assures that he is not after Sheebah’s fame and wealth, but he simply wants her to know her roots.

He notes, In 1980, he was recruited into the army where he spent five years on battlefronts until he defected from Lutwa’s government and joined the National Resistance Army.

He adds that he is one of the soldiers that surrendered with a tank from Fort Portal before crossing through Mbarara to Lwengo where he met Sheebah’s mother. She was at that time living in Kinoni, Masaka.

“We had a relationship and she became pregnant with Sheebah but shortly after we parted ways as I was deployed to fight in the liberation of Kampala,” he recollects.

According to Nkyakana, the couple reunited in 1988 and by that time, he was so excited to see his baby and the mother.

“I couldn’t take the baby home because I was living in Bombo barracks. I requested my elder brother who is also the father of Aisha Karungi to help me out,” Nyakana narrates, adding that his brother was then working with Uganda Transport Corporation (UTC). He drove Sheebah with her mother to their home village where she was named Karungi.

“At home, she was named Karungi. I have no idea who named her Sheebah,” Nyakana wonders.

From the village, the mother and baby joined Nyakana in Bombo but the family joy was short-lived because, after a few weeks, Nyakana was deployed to fight against Lakwena rebel group in northern Uganda.

“I am sure maama Karungi decided to move on because of the hard situations that surrounded us. I was always away. She could hardly bear it anymore,” he opines.

From the war, Nyakana was transferred to Kasijjagirwa barracks in Masaka in 1990. He recalls how he tried to trace for maama Karungi in vain.  Years later, he feels haunted to reunite with his child.

He now wants to meet Sheebah and talk to her and if at all she is not his daughter, he will search on.

On why he has decided to come out now when Sheebah is a celebrity, Nyakaana says he wants Sheebah to know that she has a father. After, he would also like to introduce her to her kinsmen back home in the village in Masindi district.

“I am pessimistic Sheebah might refuse to come to me, but let her know that she is a Musaiji from Nte (cow) clan and she hails from Masindi,” he adds.

However, the question of when Sheebah was conceived has attracted debate among social media followers.

This, is not to forget that ice cream singer recently celebrated her 30th birthday.

If, therefore, it is true that Sheebah was concieved during the NRM days, Sheebah could be above 35 years old.

Part of the story adopted from New Vision website.