Kassim Ouma - Outside The Ring

Outside The Ring

Ironically, while in Uganda he was never shot despite being in the army. However, after having moved to America he was shot twice in Florida in December 2002. According to Kassim, his father was beaten to death by the Ugandan army in retaliation for his leaving of the country.

A documentary entitled "Kassim the Dream" was made in 2008. It was an official selection at several film festivals.

After years of Ugandan media speculation, US-based Ugandan boxer Kassim ‘The Dream’ Ouma finally walked down the aisle on August 23, 2008, with long-time girlfriend Jalia Nandawula, a practicing nurse and pharmaceutical proprietor in Texas. The boxer’s wedding came at a time when he and ex-lover, singer Juliana Kanyomozi, were having a rift. (In a highly publicized wedding-to-be, Ouma had promised to make Kanyomozi, also currently performing in the US, his wife in 2007.)