When Geoffrey Lutaaya met Irene Namatovu in the early 2000s, he was introducing a young aspiring singer to the music industry. More than two decades later, he says that meeting also changed the course of his personal life.
The Da Nu Eagles Band singer revealed that he left behind a lifestyle of chasing other women after beginning his relationship with Irene, choosing instead to focus on his marriage and the family they would build together.
Their relationship started as a professional partnership before growing into a romance that has become one of Uganda’s longest-lasting celebrity marriages.
After years of dating, Irene formally introduced Geoffrey to her family, and the couple later married in January, cementing a relationship that had already endured for more than a decade.
Since then, they have continued to perform together while balancing family life and Geoffrey’s time in Parliament. Along the way, they have become one of Uganda’s most respected husband-and-wife music acts.
Lutaaya’s latest remarks offer another glimpse into the values that have shaped that journey. For him, meeting Irene marked the moment he stopped looking elsewhere and began investing fully in one relationship.