Just : Oh my god !

"WHO KILLED CAPTAIN ALEX"

Wouhouw ! :D

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I love the special effets... :cheers:

prehistoric caveman effects.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

their own proper style... and it's on sale guys :lol:

DAMN! that was kinda annoying.

GO Uganda you have bright future in the media production :D

The trailer killed the movie :ohno: Come on!!" Spoiler Alert", never heard about it??!!!

I smell an Oscar in the air. :lol:

Can I get this on DVD?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BymeLkZ7GqM

haha omg look at the trailer, if its released in US ill watch it.

Double post. The movie has been posted before.


I watched some parts of this movie and if you think the heroes in Hollywood movies are invnsible then you should see the guy from this movie

edit

good lord that was so horrible i almost want to see it.

:lol: :rofl:
what to say....
:lol:
Ugandan movie business shouldn't feed off of asian martial arts but make a name for itself otherwise they just look like a bunch of pitiful wannabees
African martial arts:

Dambe

laamb

Nguni stick fighting

Nuba fighting

Obnu Bilate

Tahtib

Kiungo Cha Mkono

Kamau Njia

Bassula

Kamangula

N'gola

Gwindulumutu

Kuta

Nubian Wrestling

Testa

Dula Meketa

Re-Efi-Areh-Ehsee

Donga Stick Fighting

Borey

Gambian Wresting

Kayti

Dambe

Béri

Mkazo Ncha Shikana

Olva

Isinaphakade Samathongo

there's a lot more. all they have to do is to make it unbelievably ridiculous like in the Asian martial art movies :rofl:

BymeLkZ7GqM

Epic!!! OMG I would really like to watch it. Apart from spluttered fake smokes-screen blood letting the film looks like a blockbuster.^^

^^^^ i didnt see this trailer but i swear f!ck borat, they put this in us cinemas everyone will watch itt


also watch indian superman on youtube, lmao

wtf is that....gotta be joke

:lol: :rofl:
what to say....
:lol:
Ugandan movie business shouldn't feed off of asian martial arts but make a name for itself otherwise they just look like a bunch of pitiful wannabees
African martial arts:

Dambe

laamb

Nguni stick fighting

Nuba fighting

Obnu Bilate

Tahtib

Kiungo Cha Mkono

Kamau Njia

Bassula

Kamangula

N'gola

Gwindulumutu

Kuta

Nubian Wrestling

Testa

Dula Meketa

Re-Efi-Areh-Ehsee

Donga Stick Fighting

Borey

Gambian Wresting

Kayti

Dambe

Béri

Mkazo Ncha Shikana

Olva

Isinaphakade Samathongo

there's a lot more. all they have to do is to make it unbelievably ridiculous like in the Asian martial art movies :rofl:

wow i didn't know that there that many!

wow i didn't know that there that many!

ya, most people think it's exclusive to china :nuts:

Each morning at the newsstand outside one of this dusty capital's top secondary schools, Lubiri SS, students and office workers stop to catch the day's headlines — and what they glimpsed on a recent morning was typical.

"2010: Year of Nudity," read one cover. "UCC Board Disbanded Over Sex," declared another. Below that was a cover featuring mutilated bodies. Only two of the six dailies on offer led with substantive news.

Every country has its "gutter press," but under the relatively tolerant regime of President Yoweri Museveni, sex, murder and scandal have begun to dominate the newsstands to a degree unseen elsewhere in the region and arguably anywhere else in Africa.

The country's top circulating Lugandan language paper is Bukedde, with its blend of mauled flesh, sex and drunkenness, while Red Pepper has surged to the near-top of the English-language dailies, with a punchy mix of sex and gossip.

Arming "snoops" with cell-phone cameras, "the Pepper" is known for capturing unknowns in compromising positions and turning them into instant celebrities. It also stands accused of inaccurately reporting on the private lives of politicians and entertainers, while its most popular columnist, Hyena, reads like a Penthouse letter as he recounts his sexual exploits around the continent.

Looking to ride the wave of success, two of Uganda's most salacious weeklies, the Onion and Kamunye, went daily last year.

The Onion's chief editor, Dan Muhenda, is betting that his paper's emphasis on "big sexy photos and small text" will attract a large readership.

"Most Ugandans are not into critically analyzing issues, not even our parliamentarians. That's why we turned daily," explains Mr. Muhenda, a former secondary-school teacher of English literature.

Some say the predominance of the "gutter press" is preventing a serious reading culture from taking root here.

Sensationalism's rise here also is connected to Mr. Museveni's tolerance for expression — at least certain forms of expression.
By Washington times.

you have keep busy the minds of the masses with massive propaganda entertainment

Oh dear people are horny tonight

Like the porn in 1984, you need crude stuff to keep the proles content.

A Go-Getter Dares Hyena, Takes Charge Of His Dongle

I bonk to enrich my ego. I thought that babes who are serial man eaters do it for similar reasons but it seems they aren’t. There is a babe called Berna who lives in my neighborhood. She is such a beauty that even fellow women get jealous when they see her. Yasmine has been telling me negative stories and warning me about her. I kept my distance but after she bonked one of our neighbours, Berna started setting Sophie Nantogo’s ‘bumasu’ on me. One day she blocked me as I was joining the main road and gave me a CD that had just 2 songs; Iryn’s ‘Lwaki’ and Mariam Ndagire’s song where she laments on how women are so unlucky because they can never declare their love to men. I sensed trouble and kept my distance but not for long. One day I lied to Yasmine that I was spending a night at our factory. Kumbe, I had intentions of going to Ange with Alice. As we hit the floor and danced to the tunes of Coco Finger’s ‘My Miss,’ Berna interrupted us and threatened to beat my date. Alice took off like she had been confronted by ghosts. When she was gone, Berna turned to me: “Does your wife know you are here with her?” she asked, making my heart skip a beat. I sensed trouble and knowing that she’d tell Yasmine, I danced DJ Michael’s ‘Kwata Kwata’ with Berna. As we danced she made it her business to grab my dongle.
Pipo, what was she after? Well, I tried to avoid touching her but she wrapped herself around me. “I want to bonk you” she said. Now, this was too much; she was simply joking with fire. I ran out of the club like it was on fire but she didn’t want to miss this opportunity to feel my dongle. She charged after me and pinned me on my BMW.
“What’s wrong? Am I too ugly for you?” she asked. Before I could answer, she was already kissing me. She dipped her arm in my trouser wrapping her fingers around my dongle. That stirred trouble for me because the silly thing forgot all Yasmine’s warnings. It erected like it hadn’t been touched by a female in over 10 years.

Men, what else could I do? We jumped into the car which I drove to Havana at a terrible speed, ignoring all the traffic regulations. Upon locking the door, I was shocked that she took over all the manly roles. She pinned me against the wall and started kissing me. “I have always wanted to do that” she said before undressing me and rushing for my dongle. I momentarily lost my senses when she fondled my balls. I almost screamed but held on bravely like a man. She got up, removed her dress and remained in just a G-string.

When we got in bed, she paraded her rear for a doggy and pulled her G-string aside. “I like it when a man terrorizes me from behind,” she declared. I immediately dropped to my knees and as I skillfully tickled her vuvu, she cheered me up, “ooh boy, that’s nice. Don’t stop, please.” She then turned and wrapped me between her legs. I got up and she moved back, sitting in the middle of the bed. “Dress up dress up”, she said handing me a packet of condoms. She then ordered me to spread like Jesus on the cross and sat on me. She held my dongle and gave it the most sensual kiss that I’ve ever got. “Feeling me? Feeling me?” she kept on asking. “Yes…yes, yes” I answered, turning it into a tune. She then spread herself and I got on top for federo style. We kept changing from doggy to federo, spicing it up with a bit of Ankole charter.

Finally, we had it standing and it was around this time that her pot started screaming. She then decided to sit on me again and gave me a memorable ride which lasted for about 15 minutes. She the ordered me to “do that magical thing,” saying mbu it was the only way I could make her fell high and cumm. Since I was born to please women, I coiled between her legs and did just that till she came. In about 20 minutes my jaws were hurting like hell. I got on the side and rested like a log.

Till next time, I remain yours truly; the Mighty Hyena

Oh dear people are horny tonight

looooolll, did you know? that the country we're talking about here in this article, a.k.a Uganda, is where Janub is from.

it now makes perfect sense, right? :lol:

A Go-Getter Dares Hyena, Takes Charge Of His Dongle

I bonk to enrich my ego. I thought that babes who are serial man eaters do it for similar reasons but it seems they aren’t. There is a babe called Berna who lives in my neighborhood. She is such a beauty that even fellow women get jealous when they see her. Yasmine has been telling me negative stories and warning me about her. I kept my distance but after she bonked one of our neighbours, Berna started setting Sophie Nantogo’s ‘bumasu’ on me. One day she blocked me as I was joining the main road and gave me a CD that had just 2 songs; Iryn’s ‘Lwaki’ and Mariam Ndagire’s song where she laments on how women are so unlucky because they can never declare their love to men. I sensed trouble and kept my distance but not for long. One day I lied to Yasmine that I was spending a night at our factory. Kumbe, I had intentions of going to Ange with Alice. As we hit the floor and danced to the tunes of Coco Finger’s ‘My Miss,’ Berna interrupted us and threatened to beat my date. Alice took off like she had been confronted by ghosts. When she was gone, Berna turned to me: “Does your wife know you are here with her?” she asked, making my heart skip a beat. I sensed trouble and knowing that she’d tell Yasmine, I danced DJ Michael’s ‘Kwata Kwata’ with Berna. As we danced she made it her business to grab my dongle.
Pipo, what was she after? Well, I tried to avoid touching her but she wrapped herself around me. “I want to bonk you” she said. Now, this was too much; she was simply joking with fire. I ran out of the club like it was on fire but she didn’t want to miss this opportunity to feel my dongle. She charged after me and pinned me on my BMW.
“What’s wrong? Am I too ugly for you?” she asked. Before I could answer, she was already kissing me. She dipped her arm in my trouser wrapping her fingers around my dongle. That stirred trouble for me because the silly thing forgot all Yasmine’s warnings. It erected like it hadn’t been touched by a female in over 10 years.

Men, what else could I do? We jumped into the car which I drove to Havana at a terrible speed, ignoring all the traffic regulations. Upon locking the door, I was shocked that she took over all the manly roles. She pinned me against the wall and started kissing me. “I have always wanted to do that” she said before undressing me and rushing for my dongle. I momentarily lost my senses when she fondled my balls. I almost screamed but held on bravely like a man. She got up, removed her dress and remained in just a G-string.

When we got in bed, she paraded her rear for a doggy and pulled her G-string aside. “I like it when a man terrorizes me from behind,” she declared. I immediately dropped to my knees and as I skillfully tickled her vuvu, she cheered me up, “ooh boy, that’s nice. Don’t stop, please.” She then turned and wrapped me between her legs. I got up and she moved back, sitting in the middle of the bed. “Dress up dress up”, she said handing me a packet of condoms. She then ordered me to spread like Jesus on the cross and sat on me. She held my dongle and gave it the most sensual kiss that I’ve ever got. “Feeling me? Feeling me?” she kept on asking. “Yes…yes, yes” I answered, turning it into a tune. She then spread herself and I got on top for federo style. We kept changing from doggy to federo, spicing it up with a bit of Ankole charter.

Finally, we had it standing and it was around this time that her pot started screaming. She then decided to sit on me again and gave me a memorable ride which lasted for about 15 minutes. She the ordered me to “do that magical thing,” saying mbu it was the only way I could make her fell high and cumm. Since I was born to please women, I coiled between her legs and did just that till she came. In about 20 minutes my jaws were hurting like hell. I got on the side and rested like a log.

Till next time, I remain yours truly; the Mighty Hyena

How can any newspaper publish this? And this from the country that brought us eat the poo poo?!?! :nuts:

What the.........that's softcore porn.

Janub is from Uganda?
hmm then he is blessed

What the.........that's softcore porn.

Imagine that in the Post.

Ugandans are crazy Mothafuckers when it comes to sex.


People there just Fuck anyone

Not surprised its in Uganda.

God Amin eff up this place...this would be out their by Nigerian standards

how is this the fault of Amin? na im born dem before.....

No he just messed up the Psyche of his people man...can you imagine even with the tabloid papers Nigeria has ...this type of thing in any of them?

with Sharia law? abeg I laugh in luganda:lol:

Nigeria has madness but not this level :D

Ugandans are crazy Mothafuckers when it comes to sex.


People there just Fuck anyone

indeed, they have this crazy technique called kachabali that make women squirt, its a tradition too :lol:

indeed, they have this crazy technique called kachabali that make women squirt, its a tradition too :lol:

Please elaborate.



If elaboration requires too much details that are not suitable for the open forum, a PM will do

Please elaborate.



If elaboration requires too much details that are not suitable for the open forum, a PM will do
it does not require much detail

according to someone i know they stimulate until the women squirts and young men are apparently trained to do it, during training the technique is demonstrated using bananas and even maize cobs :nuts: and the women use other women to demonstrate using those objects

uganda :lol:

What the.........that's softcore porn.

...and thats one of the main selling points for most of Uganda's tabloid papers. I remember the first time I saw a newspaper stand in Uganda and in my head I was like...WTF!

Haha "kachabali" I know it. I had a Ugandan girfriend before.
And its tru, Ugandans have great appetite when it comes to sex.

The country's top circulating Lugandan language paper is Bukedde, with its blend of mauled flesh, sex and drunkenness, while Red Pepper has surged to the near-top of the English-language dailies, with a punchy mix of sex and gossip.

In my opinion, the Red Pepper tabloid is read by more Ugandans compared to the standard dailies (New vision and The Monitor).

Haha "kachabali" I know it.




Pass on the great Knowledge :colgate:

Pass on the great Knowledge :colgate:

I am ugandan and have no idea what KACHABALI is.

someone please do tell.

I am ugandan and have no idea what KACHABALI is.

someone please do tell.

I thought someone explained it earlier...maybe you should ask a Ssenga. :)

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CONGRATULATIONS Uganda for the new forum.^^

New UGANDA Projects & Constructions: http://www.assoc-arcs.com/projects.htm

There is a thread for this Click Me (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1197133) :)

lol its more like 10, 000. veiws on youtube

WALALALALALALA UGANDA SECTION!!

:lol: :rofl:
what to say....
:lol:
Ugandan movie business shouldn't feed off of asian martial arts but make a name for itself otherwise they just look like a bunch of pitiful wannabees
African martial arts:

Dambe

laamb

Nguni stick fighting

Nuba fighting

Obnu Bilate

Tahtib

Kiungo Cha Mkono

Kamau Njia

Bassula

Kamangula

N'gola

Gwindulumutu

Kuta

Nubian Wrestling

Testa

Dula Meketa

Re-Efi-Areh-Ehsee

Donga Stick Fighting

Borey

Gambian Wresting

Kayti

Dambe

Béri

Mkazo Ncha Shikana

Olva

Isinaphakade Samathongo

there's a lot more. all they have to do is to make it unbelievably ridiculous like in the Asian martial art movies :rofl:

you forgot about kapera(sp)

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Local TV gets a boost from ‘The hostel’
Thursday, 24th February, 2011
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Above: Part of the cast.
By Nigel Nassar
AWAY from your Spanish telenovelas, here is something Ugandan guaranteed to get you running back home early to catch it on television – The Hostel.
A serialised comedy drama, The Hostel is home-baked.

And part of its cast are some of the funniest faces on our comedy scene – Daniel Omara, Richard Tuwangye and Isaac Kudzu among others.

It premiered this week on NTV, and will be showing an episode daily from Wednesday till Saturday at 7:30pm.
Chronicling the life of university students residing in hostels, each episode of this dramedy is only 30 minutes.

But don’t be surprised if these 30 minutes make The Hostel the single most watched show on television over the two seasons it will show.

With each season having 90 episodes, its director, the renowned playwright-cum-actor, Kwezi Kaganda, says they, at their hostel, are working around the clock to provide enough content to keep Ugandans entertained, while concurrently filming subsequent episodes.

Filmed in a hostel-like house in Luzira, The Hostel, with its typical ‘campuser’ lingo, revolves around six university students – three guys and three babes, each from a different background which influences the characters they play.

All resident at New Edge Hostel, we see these full-of-life youths in their early 20s get up to this and that, harmonised by another character called Sobba (pronounced sober).

Sober (played by Kudzu) is the disciplinarian caretaker of this hostel, who was once an addicted drunk.
This Munyankore college dropout with a heavy accent from home is never out of these students’ hair.

He is determined to prove to the world that he runs the show here, and has ridiculous rules that govern the hostel. One of his goals is to restrain the students’ sexual relations.

But of course he has his weaknesses. From what I have seen so far, Sober is definitely going to be my favourite character.

Then we have comedian Omara who plays the all-funny Odoch from Gulu. His background is not affluent, but he wants in on the coolest things. In fact, Odoch has the nerve to chase after the cutest and most privileged girl at the hostel – Patra (played by HB Toxic’s Hellen Lukoma), the girl every girl wants to be.

It also features Matthew Nabwiso who plays ladies’ man Gilbert; former Miss Uganda contestant Diana Kahunde as the residents’ mother figure and comedian Richard Tuwangye as the meticulous politically ambitious Barney, also Odoch’s roommate.

With local programming being one of the main factors that have catapulted a number of television stations into the spotlight, this show, a brainchild of a new production house called Fast Track Productions, is guaranteed to pull andiences because of it’s locally relevant content.

Its professional execution plus the subtle way it tackles issues like HIV, social inequalities, cross-generational sex and ethnic and religious diversity, will give you a relief that our film industry is headed for greater heights.

the trailer
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The Hostel: pioneers new television era
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By STEVEN TENDO (email the author)
Posted Saturday, February 26 2011 at 00:00
Local television is undergoing a revolution, if the efforts of stations in Uganda are to go by. The newest show designed to pique the interest of the audience enough to force them to yearn for more is The Hostel on NTV.

The show joins the lengthening line of those increasingly being designed for the local viewer to counter the exposure from programmes from other markets. Television execs in East Africa have been running around for a couple of years now searching for that elusive quality that will make the viewers stay glued to their stations.

Is it western series with a cool rock sound track, a hard menu of news from the streets or an increasingly citizen-managed platform? Whatever it is, managers have not been sitting around waiting for the answer to come to them in a revelation.

Produced by Fast Track Productions Limited, a multi-media outfit operating out of Mutungo on the outskirts of Kampala, The Hostel has been presented as a revolution in African, not just East African, television.

The Hostel claims the spot as the first daily show with a two-season plan and a conclusion already worked out even before it launches. The show, termed a dramedy, comes to Ugandan TV laden with a heavy responsibility – it must succeed if this kind of TV is to flourish soon.

The series follows the experiences of a group of young students at an unnamed university. The viewer is brought into the lives of these hot-blooded students hungry for life and ready to grab their opportunities at whatever cost.

Though these are the stories of university-age students, the viewer will quickly realise the characters are universal and their pains, joys, fears and aspirations are the same whatever the circumstances of the person. Fear of poverty is not a reserve of campusers, after all.

A fiercely Ugandan feel permeates the acting with every opportunity to emphasise the local flavour taken. It is in the adlibbing in different Ugandan languages, the back stories of the major characters that speak into the lives of most of those watching and the promise of even deeper self-revelation that may put The Hostel on the radars of many viewers.

The fact that the show will be on TV from Wednesday to Saturday should not be ignored. Whatever the views of the watching public, one must recognise the work The Hostel has cut out for itself. No other show in the recent history of Ugandan TV has tried to play the whole week.

“As we introduced the concept to the first people, there was always the incredulity behind the question, ‘How are you going to pull it off?’” Solea Munyana creative director of Fast Track recalls. Proposing a daily show seemed an order tall enough without adding that The Hostel is a 90-episode-per-season show capable of running even more than the four days allocated it.

It is perhaps understandable, this scepticism. Other shows in the past have failed the staying power test the world over because of one reason or another, usually financial or because of a derailed script.
But the producers of the show say they did their research before they decided to climb Mount Improbable. The script was written by the tried and tested Kwezi Kaganda and as much professionalism as the company could manage was not spared.

The set is a multi roomed house in Mutungo with just enough space for the purposes of the creators. The hostel is a co-ed affair and the different rooms in the house help portray what a hostel in today’s Uganda probably feels like, complete with a nosy care-taker who thinks too much of his importance. Kaganda also helms the ship and this should probably be an advantage given his experience on other TV productions.

The menu of subjects that the show tackles includes city life, roommates, friendships, prostitution, romance, hatred, academics and quite about anything one would expect to go through in a Ugandan hostel.

“The Hostel is a uniquely Ugandan phenomenon,” a Fast Track executive points out. “In our days, when we went to university, there was no such thing as hostels. We slept in university halls. Even in other East African countries, hostels are still a novelty.”

The actors chosen to front these characters (Hellen Lukoma, Richard Tuwangye, Daniel Omara, Mathew Nabwiso etc) probably appreciate the responsibility they have been given. The concept of a daily show, that the audience will come back every day for, will need to be aired almost perfectly for the concept to be picked up by other producers and TV stations in the industry but also by advertisers.
And Fast Track believes television is the media of the future. Pioneers always have the task of spreading the gospel and this time, advertisers will be pursued relentlessly.

“We already have some big supporters who have made it possible to bring the show to this level,” Martin Kintu who manages operations at the company lets on. “We have Mountain Dew and MTN. As time goes on, we shall need to get more.” Already, NTV has 20 episodes to start.

The result of the lobbying done by the show’s producers will probably be to persuade financial backers of this and other TV shows to insist that their monies go towards local production. Funding a project like The Hostel is not cheap, as was revealed about the budget of the show (approximately Shs900m per season).

Should The Hostel appeal to the local audience and replace the Nigerian and Venezuelan soaps, the door to truly local production would have been kicked wide open.

The model has worked elsewhere and probably gave the company the conviction that their fortunes would be made by only local programming. Citizen TV in neighbouring Kenya started out in 2005 as the obscure number four station, not known by many. Then the station started showing the biggest number of local productions while the likes of NTV and KTN, the national broadcaster, were showing the cheaper western soaps.

As of 2008, Citizen was the number one station. It is hoped that productions like The Hostel will help maintain ratings for stations like NTV that air them.

The revolution in TV will be assessed after the public has had its say on the matter. Ugandans will decide, after getting used to the concept of a four-day show on TV, if they think the concept can fly or not. The strength of the show is probably in its local flavour.

Bukedde Tv is top in central region
Monday, 28th February, 2011
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By Paul Busharizi

In just over a year of operation Bukedde TV is now the most watched TV station in the central/Buganda market.

According to a study conducted by Synovate, a research firm, the more than one million people polled in central Uganda 66.4% reported to having watched Bukedde TV in the preceding week compared to NTV’s 64.8% and 61.7% for WBS TV.

The all-Luganda station went on-air in October 2009 with its community TV format.

Similarly, in western Uganda, Vision Group’s TV West has dominated viewer-ship after less than a year of operation. According to the same survey 58.5% of viewers polled had tuned into the station in the week prior to the poll.

“It’s a unique format with a unique audience,” said Rose Aliguma, the corporate advertising manager.
“Prior to this all TV broadcasts were in English but Bukedde TV reached out to people who were comfortable with Luganda.”

She added that the Bukedde TV audience stays with them all day.
The idea of prime time viewing has been erased, she said; “You can view television 24 hours, previously TV was designed for evening viewing. Advertisers lose out if they are not on Bukedde TV especially for the producers and distributors of fast moving consumer goods.”

The wildly popular news program “Agataliiko nfuufu” and the dubbing over of popular films and series with Luganda commentary has been received well by the public.

“The news is not your regular news but community news, about what is happening to our viewers, what is happening around them, the news is more popular than anything else we offer,” Bukedde TV manger Mark Walungama said.

Technically the station is supposed to transmit over a 90 km radius but is received well beyond Masaka town in the south and the Jinja in the east.
Plans are under way for the station to transmit further into the Luganda heartland.

“Within a few weeks we are going to start relaying our signal from Masaka and reach further south and west to cover our key market better,” Walungama said.

TV West follows the same formula but is in Runyankore.

Food makes Ugandans happy – Survey
Tuesday, 1st March, 2011
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By FRANCIS KAGOLO

UGANDAN youth derive the most pleasure from eating and listening to music unlike other East African countries, a study conducted by the Coca-Cola Company has revealed.

Dubbed the Coca-Cola Happiness Barometer, the study was undertaken last month in 19 countries, including Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania to uncover avenues through which people gained happiness.

While 91% of Kenyans thought that their source of happiness is their family, 88% Ugandans said their biggest source of happiness is food.

This was explained by the fact that Uganda is very rich in terms of food, compared to Kenya and Tanzania.

However, Ugandans are closely followed by 85% of Kenyans who said they are happiest while eating.

Teenagers who derive pleasure from working and making money are few. Those aged between 13 and 19 derive most pleasure from food, family, friends, music and religion.

For Tanzanians, the greatest source of happiness is hugs. Tanzanians were found to hug more than Kenyans and Ugandans although this could have much to do with their culture.

For Kenyan teenagers, the happiest moment is found online on Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites where they get opportunities to make new friends and chat with their friends.

A total of 15% of Kenyan youth said their happiest moment of the day is when they are online compared to 10% and 5% of the youth in Uganda and Tanzania.

Ugandans also seemed to love their music as well as food. The study showed that Ugandans are also the most addicted to music; 41% of them confessed to deriving sheer happiness from listening to songs followed closely by 38% of Kenyans with Tanzanians trailing at 21%.
When it came to dancing, Tanzanians and Ugandans were found to love dancing more than Kenyans.

Tanzania leads with 25% of its teens saying they dance more to cheer themselves up followed by Uganda and Kenya with 17% and 5% respectively.

The study also revealed that the time spent in traffic jams listening to music on the way to school or work were indeed “happy hours” particularly among urban residents.

Catching up in the evening, drinking and chatting during the day are other avenues for happiness people pointed out.

Ninety-five percent of Kenyans overwhelmingly voted their partners as the biggest source of happiness.

Overall, in all the countries where the survey was carried out, people (77%) agreed that family and life partners are the greatest source of joy.

Happiness is defined as a state of mind or feeling characterised by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy.

Of the 19 countries polled, Kenyans were found to be fairly happier than neighbours. Tanzania and Uganda recorded 69% and 63% respectively compared to Kenya’s 78.6%.

The top three happier countries were Mexico, Philippines and Argentina. Kenya was seventh, while Tanzania was 18th.

Uganda proved to have the least happy people after it was ranked 19th in East Africa.
However, it is not clear how many correspondents were interviewed per country since the number was not indicated.

Reacting to the study on Monday, Dr. Paul Nyende, a Makerere University based community psychologist, attributed the youth’s addiction to food to the ever-growing food industry.

“There are new ways of cooking and spicing food as well as advertising, which attract the young to eating,” Nyende said.

He warned that eating is pleasurable, but only if one is eating good food. He advised the youth not to eat any kind of food to curb diseases like diabetes.

Nyende said it was crucial for human beings to keep happy for their psychological wellbeing, have healthier lives and to enjoy interpersonal relationships with others.

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Sean Kingston Set For July Concert In Kampala!
By Our Online Team.
Its official! Sean Kingston will be coming to perform here in Kampala on July 29th, 2011finally. Though the venue is yet to be decided we can reveal the super star’s concert has been confirmed. The event is being organized by Talent Africa.
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Talent Africa CEO Aly Allibhai states, “We are happy to confirm that Sean Kingston will be in performing in Kampala on July 29th, we have been working on this booking for sometime and I am now happy to confirm that the contractual obligations and deposits have been handled. We are excited to bring an A-list superstar like Sean to Uganda, his music is so popular over here in Uganda and we are looking forward to making it an unforgettable event.”
The 21 year old singer/song writer was born in Miami, USA and later moved to Kingston, Jamaica when he was six.
He burst on to the music scene in 2007 with his smash hit “Beautiful Girls” and since then has never looked back putting out numerous chart topping singles including: “Me Love”, “Take You There”, “Fire Burning”, “Face Drop” and “No Letting Go (Dutty Love)”.
Sean Kingston will jet into Kampala in the last week of July prior to his concert.

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Too late - Part 1

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Sean Kingston confirmed for July 29
Thursday, 7th April, 2011
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FORGET all the empty talk before. It is now official; Sean Kingston will perform in Kampala, Uganda on July 29, 2011. The Jamaican singer will reportedly jet into Kampala in the last week of July.

The event is being organised by Talent Africa. CEO Aly Allibhai said in a release early this week: “We are happy to confirm that Sean Kingston will be performing. We have been working on this booking for sometime and I am now happy to confirm that the contractual obligations and deposits have been handled.

We are excited to bring an A-list superstar like Sean to Uganda. His music is so popular over here in Uganda and we are looking forward to making it an unforgettable event.”

The 21-year-old singer/song writer was born in Miami, USA and later moved to Kingston, Jamaica when he was six.

He burst on to the music scene in 2007 with his smash hit Beautiful Girls and has since put out numerous chart topping singles including: Me Love, Take You There, Fire Burning, Eeenie Meenie (with Justin Beiber), Face Drop, No Letting Go (Dutty Love) and Sleep All Day.

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Regional entrepreneurial reality TV series here
Monday, 18th April, 2011
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By Samuel Sanya

UGANDA is set to play host to an East African entrepreneurial reality television series code named Inspire Africa, as the region turns to the youth for answers to unemployment.

A university of Dar-es-salaam report titled the employment of youth in East Africa put the rate of unemployment among youth aged between 15 and 30 in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania at an average of 4.7 % from 1995 to 2005.

The East African population has grown to 300 million with the inclusion of Rwanda and Burundi.

“We shall train 50,000 youth from the five East African countries in our first season in Kampala,” said Nelson Tugume, the Inspire Africa chief executive.

He said applicants, who can express their business idea in less than 100 words, would be short listed for the televised six-month training.

Tugume added that the show would rotate between Kigali, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam and Bujumbura. The individual with the best entrepreneurial mind after a series of eliminations will receive mentorship from a successful business person.

Mike Mukula, the Soroti Municipality MP-elect and former health minister, urged the youth to embrace the entrepreneurship drive, saying it would reduce ignorance that is fuelling unemployment in the African region.

“I urge the youth to learn how to save. Knowing how to save and invest is important for a successful business,” he said.

The show is scheduled to run from the second week of July to December.

Reality TV series rewarding entrepreneurship launched
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Posted Wednesday, April 20 2011 at 00:00
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A new TV series that aims at inspiring entrepreneurship across East African has been launched. The television programme seeks to reward entrepreneurial innovation and improve productivity among members of the five East African Community member states.

Speaking during the call for participant’s registration in Kampala last week, Mr Nelson Tugume Owaarwe the executive director of Inspire Africa said the reality TV show is expected to attract over 50,000 applications from around the region but will only select 30 participants from each member state.
The series that are expected to premier on East Africa’s major televisions in July will reward the eventual winner with $50,000.

Mr Tugume said: “Every African youth should be creative. It is shocking that many Uganda’s businesses never live to see their first birthday.” The series are expected to feature successful business personalities who will mentor upcoming businesspeople to propel them into successful business personalities. According to Mr Tugume, the programme is expected to be funded by individuals and corporate organisations.

SuperSport to televise Uganda Super League
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By Fredrick Musisi Kiyingi (email the author)

Posted Wednesday, April 20 2011 at 00:00
Kampala

Starting next season of the foot-balling calendar, Ugandans will watch the Uganda Super League matches on SuperSport after the South African-based Pay-Per-View TV secured a five-year contract to screen the matches live.

In a turn of fortune for the soccer-mad Ugandans, Daily Monitor can exclusively reveal that the 2011/12 season will feature the local league. SuperSport, who already own broadcasting rights for the Kenyan, Nigerian and Ghanaian leagues, reached a deal with the USL 10 days ago.

Early this year, Uganda Super League (USL) signed a four-year deal worth Shs2b ($870,000) with the Swedish-based Next Generation Broadcasting (NBG) under its brand name Smart TV. The deal was scheduled to take off this month but appears to have been rescinded. This is the third time the Ugandan Super League has inked a deal with a pay TV.

The first-ever screening was with Gateway Television in 2007 but it folded when GTV’s parent company shut down at the height of the credit crunch. The advent of television made the Barclays English Premiership the world’s most watched and marketed league, and local football will be seeking to cash in with SuperSport.

Players can expect to be viewed by scouts from all over the continent, in the hope of landing major deals in Africa and Europe. The development will also be beneficial to the national team, Uganda Cranes, whose qualification matches will be televised. The local league is sponsored by Ecobank to a tune of Shs223m (US$95,000). Financial details will be revealed by at a press conference at Kampala Serena Hotel this morning.

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Uganda: Kigozi Paintings Preserve Downtown Kampala Life

John Vianney Nsimbe27 April 2011

Two months since interior works began in Kamwokya next to the NRM Communications bureau, Umoja art gallery is now ready for art lovers.

The honour to 'flag off' this art gallery has fallen on David Kigozi. As the first fine artist to exhibit there come Friday, April 29, Kigozi hopes his collection on the life in downtown Kampala is as moving as the beauty that is Umoja.

"My creations are usually inspired by my backyard. I work in Kampala and especially in the downtown areas. Reflecting on the kind of life there and whatever surrounds and affects people there, I found it fitting to record in paintings," said Kigozi.

Downtown Kampala, the hub of most business activities is nothing like other capital cities. Some traders work along the verandas, selling a range of commodities from groceries to clothes. This is the kind of life that Kigozi's works are going to show.

Heavy traffic jam is a common occurrence in downtown Kampala and domestic animals like goats and cows mingle with people as they work.

These animals have made the street their home and while people in downtown Kampala have no problem doing their work near a dustbin, they will not mind that these dustbins turn out to be feeding grounds for animals and birds like kites and marabou storks.

Kigozi has been the kind of fine artist whose works are based on inspiration from nature. But more critically, his paintings normally bring out story-lines of what Ugandan traditional and contemporary homesteads and surroundings are made of.

A little shift in his works has seen him paint pieces showing the life children in Uganda go through as they grow up. In one of his captivating exhibitions in 2008, he painted children pushing old tyres while others rode on wooden wheelbarrows that used bearings to roll forward.

Much of this was inspired by a sense of nostalgia on Kigozi's part because these were the games he grew up playing but are now a preserve for the villages and are becoming extinct in Kampala.

Preserving the current Kampala in paintings is thus so important, considering that with time modernity may erode the carefree lifestyle downtown Kampala is known for.

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^^ Is your NTV owned by Kenya's Nation Media Group?I think it is by just looking at the logo.

^^ Is your NTV owned by Kenya's Nation Media Group?I think it is by just looking at the logo.

yeah n its the best tv in Uganda...kenya work well becoz in them there is no tribalism like many Ugandan companies

yeah n its the best tv in Uganda...kenya work well becoz in them there is no tribalism like many Ugandan companies

I think they are really good when it comes to news coverage. I guess a random check would reveal that a large number of viewers in Uganda tune in for news just like those in Kenya. Plus they cover regional events live in all their stations. This year for the first time, Kenyans could follow Ugandan elections in real time just like the Ugandans without depending on the likes of CNN which gives events like this a few minutes before moving on to another story happening somewhere else on the globe.

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Nightlife in Uganda's Sin City


Published on 21/05/2011


By Alex Kiprotich

"Thank God, it’s Friday", is a common phrase. To many Kenyans, Friday is the best day of the week because it kicks off weekend partying.

Across the border in Kampala, the feeling is: "Any day is party time." Thus, the city parties all the time. Bars stay open until morning since there are no ‘Mututho hours’. Drinking is as much a part of Kampala culture as religion. Beer is available all day, and you are almost never out of sight of somewhere to get alcohol.

After covering the swearing-in of President Kaguta Museveni, I decided to sample Kampala’s nightlife at Kabalagala or Sin City, as it is known. At the club, I ask for a vegetable burger and vanilla milkshake from a friendly waiter.

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He takes his time taking my order then tells me: "Sir it is fifteen thousand shillings." I get jolted, Sh15,000? No, it cannot be. The waiter realises my shock and tells me: "You are in Uganda sir." I smiled and gave him the money. I had momentarily forgotten I was not in Nairobi.

In Uganda, your wallet is not a place to keep money because it would not fit!

Uganda’s Las Vegas

After the meal, I headed for De Posh Club and I did not need anyone to explain to me why the region was christened Sin City. The women were clad in transparent clothes that left nothing to the imagination; and they strutted their stuff in a most lascivious manner despite the mad staring eyes of male patrons.

"It is the best night life in Africa," said Michael Snow, a British citizen on research vacation. He says says he chose Uganda as his base so that he could also experience the life of Kampala.

"Many people visit Kampala to experience the night life and not the Nile River nor the Lake Victoria," said Nicholas Nuwagaba.

Nuwagaba says Kabalagala is Uganda’s Las Vegas as it is also home to some of the richest musicians in Africa. Unlike Nairobi, nightlife is relatively safe because of heavy presence of police in the streets and people walk freely during the night without fear of being mugged. The bouncers in bars and clubs are also friendly and hospitable compared to Kenya’s who intimidate and harass patrons.

Kabalagala is everything it has been hyped to be and then some more. If you think that life is a big superficial party and you want to mingle with hundreds of women in a no-holds-barred arena, then this is the place to be. Even in the wee hours of the morning, the street walks are crawling with women dressed up skimpily, who Nuwagaba warns are prostitutes. "Only walk when sure where you are going because the night girls will offer you kiosk to rent for other activities not related to your assignment," he tells me in a fatherly tone.

And it is not only in Kenya where one can be conned by hawkers pretending to be selling gold wristwatches.

"They will sell you scrap if you are not careful," he says, as he points a hawker sweet-talking a customer outside Chicken Tonight restaurant. On the streets, apart from the police officers and motorcyclists who call out ‘banange’ to anyone walking in the streets, there are people who hawk mouth-watering array of delicacies.

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There are also the ill-kempt women who lurk around the boda boda stage, who I later learn sell cannabis and the Ugandan local brew– waragi to the cyclists. Nuwagaba says the girls in the bars are mostly students from the nearby universities scouting for men when they run out of pocket money.

"I can tell you most of these women are students – a lot of them from Kenya and Tanzania. They are looking for means to supplement their pocket money," he says.

As the night progresses, chairs and tables are stacked away to give more room for more patrons to fill in as they dance to reverberating music mostly Rhythm and Blues and the local music. Revellers should however be careful when taking the motorcycles as by 11pm, some of cyclists already reek of crude waragi. As the night wound down and I retired to my hotel room, I got answers as to why Uganda had the highest number of HIV infection in the 1990s.

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Kampala - Yes! That's Us
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Some sights and sounds of the capital city of Uganda - Kampala. In support of the Boda Boda Thieves an upcoming film from Donald Mugisha (Deddac) and James Tayler (South Africa) of Yes! That's Us.

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Hand in Hand Episode 1 of 12
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A Soap Opera about Craftsmanship in Uganda.
Hand in Hand - an entertaining and educative soap opera - is a brainchild of the German Development Bank (KfW)/PPTP, the German Development Cooperation (GTZ), the German Development Service (DED), and the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) in partnership with Great Lakes Film Productions, an award-winning production house. This soap is part of the over-riding goal to dispel the stigma associated with vocational education and training

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Great work you do here.

You introduced me to "The Hostel" I got hooked but it seems they are not releasing anymore episodes :bash: (maybe not on youtube anymore) I like that show.

I will be checking out "Hand in hand" and see if it is as good as the hostel.

Great contribution :cheers1: We bare nyoo sebbo

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New Ugawood Films


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A story about Uganda's troubled past. A closer look at what really happened in the so-called safe houses before 1986. A family tries to flee the troubled country and they are intercepted along the way...they are to meet face to face with the notorious captain Yusuf who runs one of these units. It's the 80's and what he calls his unit, is a reflection of the 70's "State Research bureau".

Lunar eclipse excites Ugandans
Thursday, 16th June, 2011
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The Lunar Eclipse that took place on Tuesday
By FRANCIS KAGOLO
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UGANDANS got a rare optical treat from the longest lunar eclipse in more than a decade that turned the moon bloody red on Wednesday night.

Across the country, thousands stood outside their houses catching a glimpse of the unusual spectacle. The eclipse, which began at around 9:30pm lasted for close to two hours.

Journalist Arthur Kintu,Kuwashima who viewed it in Kisaasi, a Kampala suburb, explained that it started with reddish spots slowly dotting the bright full moon. The moonlight started to dim at 10:00pm, he said.

“We gazed at the moon as it slowly turned red. It was awesome,” he added
John Musinguzi, a boda-boda rider, said he had never seen such a spectacle.
He had to park his motorcycle for about 30 minutes to watch “the moon fighting with the sun.”

By yesterday, Musinguzi and his colleagues at the boda-boda stage in Industrial Area, Kampala, were still discussing the eclipse.

Lunar eclipse occurs when the earth casts its shadow over the moon and blocks the sun’s rays from striking the moon.


Entebbe zoo gets baby elephant
Thursday, 16th June, 2011
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Egau looking after Charles 'The Elephant' at Entebbe
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A two-month-old male elephant has found a new home at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) in Entebbe after he was abandoned by his mother on Lake George.

The elephant was named Charles, after the fisherman who rescued him from drowning near Humukungu fishing village in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The fisherman handed Charles over to the park authorities.

“Charles, who was crossing the lake, was overpowered by the water and lost track of his mother,” Belinda Atim, the UWEC spokesperson, told New Vision on Wednesday.

Charles, according to Atim, weighs about 100kg and drinks 10 litres of milk every day. The volume will increase to 20 litres in the third week.

He was accompanied to Entebbe by Alex Egau, a ranger at Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Elephants are categorised as endangered species. According to the convention on international trade in endangered species of wild flora and fauna, elephants are facing extin

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LABA sees success
FRIDAY, 17 JUNE 2011 09:02 BY ACHOLA ROSARIO

Kampala street art festival attracts international fans

What would you do if you were on a street with a crowd of over by 250 visual artists, musicians, fashion designers, dancers and other colorful performance artists?

That is the puzzler about 5000 revelers faced during the Uganda German Cultural Society’s LABA Street Art Festival on June 4 along Mackinnon Road in Kampala.

People sat in tents and painted with their children, others watched the limber teenage break-dancers from Breakdance Project strut their stuff and contort their bodies into spaghetti poses; others drooled over the brightly dyed, flower adorned kikapus (hand baskets) from the firm Kikapu, a collection of ingenious updating of the traditional kikapu. Those interested in body fitness were treated to a display of the `dancing martial art’ Capoeira from Brazil.

The contemporary ballet company dressed in Phantom of the Opera style dramatic velvet capes and masks inspired a frisson of fear in the little kids as they gravely dished out their fliers advertising their next performance at the National Theater, And there was art, art and more art; canvas upon canvas of light hues, somber moods, romance and motherly love all captured in varying visual languages.
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People watched ECO-ART build its 3D statue of Uganda made out of recycled plastic water bottles painted in the colours of the flag. In-Movement’s kids from disadvantaged backgrounds showcased African Yoga, a positive calming exercise process rooted in movement that also provides healing for the body and soul. Some enjoyed the work of Awava, a fair trade certified tailoring and crafts company that works with artisans on design and innovation, run by Kate Von Achen and Darlyne Komukama.

This was the 5th edition of LABA Street Art Festival. LABA means “see” in Luganda and this year’s theme was `365 days...of celebrating Art’.

The event that started in 2006 on Bukoto street Kampala when artists filled potholes on the road with cement and painted them as a sign of protest to Kampala City Councils more than lax management of city roads, has fast grown into a full-fledged art fete and is attracting international attention.
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The Zimbabwean Comedian, Joshua Carl Nkude, flew over after hearing about the festival from the Zimbabwean German Cultural center. He said he has always wanted to come to Uganda but this was the perfect opportunity.

The professional animator who has been on television for many years said he wanted to learn from the organisers of the festival.

``We are here to photocopy and take everything back,” he said as he threw the crowd in stitches with his rendition of the Zimbabwean comedy on topics not very different from our own.

A representative of the artists committee Andrew Ludigo says this year Ugandan artists were hugely involved in the organisation of the event such as deciding the theme, networking with artists, marketing and being the link to artists who could not make it to meeting regularly as most artist work in small studios far away from Kampala. Goethe Centre is the predominant sponsor of the event. The Independent Magazine is one of its sponsors.

UGCS Country Director Sebastian Woitsh, says there is always room to improve and what they have changed this year is to make sure more than before, Ugandan artists are more involved in the program formulation, the concept and the organisation of the festival.

LABA organizers have also changed their marketing tactics; encouraging artists to use more word-of-mouth propaganda as well as increased usage of social networking site.

The artists’ friends who normally would not take any notice of such an event are now curious because it is coming from a fellow Ugandan and start to ask questions on what it is about. The main idea is to strengthen the network between artists, and also to draw a bigger crowd to have more people experience art- especially those who normally do not go to galleries.

This festival is also good for families as people generally do not go to galleries with their children. So there were activities for them too such as street painting and face painting.

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Vision journalist wins CNN award
Sunday, 26th June, 2011
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Katende displaying his trophies in Johannesburg
By David Ssempijja in Johernnesburg

NORMAN Katende, a sports journalist with New Vision, is this year’s winner of the Mohamed Amin Photographic Award, a category under the annual CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards.

The award honours Mohamed Amin, a globally renowned Kenyan photojournalist, who died in the 1996 Ethiopian Airline jet crash after it was hijacked in Comoros.

Katende’s award winning photos were published on July 12.

The photos detailed happenings at the scene, moments after the al-Shabab terrorists killed people in a bomb blast while watching last year’s World Cup finals at Kyadondo Rugby Grounds.

“I am greatly honoured to win this prestigious continental award. I still thank God that I am a survivor of the horrible terrorist attacks that were inflicted on our people,” Katende said after receiving the award.

The award was presented by Salim Amin, the chairperson for A24 Media, during a gala held on Saturday at Sandton Conventional Centre.

Katende attributed his success to the teamwork he has enjoyed at Vision Group and the general local and international sports journalism fraternity.

Fatuma Noor of the Kenyan Star newspaper was the overall winner.

Farouk Kayondo of UBC and Benon Herbert Oluka from Daily Monitor walked away with the Television News Bulletin and Tourism awards respectively.

Other East African winners included Kamau Mutunga (sports category) from Daily Nation, Beryl Ooro (HIV/AIDS category) from the K24 – Kenya, Sylvia Chebet and Kimath Githare (Business and Economic category) both from the Citzen TV.

There were 27 finalists from 13 countries, who all received cash prizes, laptops, Blackberry phones. They are also scheduled to tour the CNN headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

Nigel Nassar, a New Vision features writer, was among the nominees who attended the award ceremony.

This year, the recipient of the Free Press Africa Award was Mahamud Abdi Jama, the editor of Waaheen, an independent private newspaper published in Somaliland.

“The passion which African journalists display for telling compelling and top class stories knows no bounds. Once more, CNN proudly continues its commitment to encouraging inspired journalistic excellence with these awards,” said Tony Maddox. Maddox is the executive vice-president and managing director of CNN International.

Collins Khumalo, the president of MultiChoice Africa, said: “We remain committed to the development of media in Africa and to giving recognition to outstanding journalists for their effort in telling the African story.”

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"Be cautious of traitors out to ruin the Kingdom of Buganda!". That was the message from the Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi to his subjects today as he addressed them at Nakasero Market, here in Kampala. His tour of downtown Kampala was part of activities to mark his 18th coronation anniversary.

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94.8 Xfm to be launched today
Friday, 5th August, 2011
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By Joseph Kizza

VISION Group will launch another thrilling radio station, 94.8 Xfm this evening at Garden City’s Roof Top in Kampala.

Just a week on the airwaves and Uganda’s newest radio station Xfm, has rippled its presence across the vastly competitive Kampala radio market. Trendy and sassy music, coupled with a host of celebrated on-air personalities, clearly define this vibrant entrant.

The station airs a cocktail of the hottest local and international R&B, dance, Afro-pop, rock and Hip-Hop to suit the needs of today’s ever-dynamic youth.

Vision Group’s head of radio, Bill Tibingana says Xfm is an entertainment station broadcasting in and around Kampala.

Contrary to what has been mistakably perceived as a revamp of Vision Voice, Xfm is a whole new existence with a different kind of programming and content tailored to match with the 18 to 28 year-old English-speaking youth.

Considering the demographics of today’s Uganda and Kampala in particular, where the youth are increasingly becoming more influential than in the past, the decision by Vision Group’s management to target a younger audience with Xfm is spot-on.

The station also delivers fun, intelligent and relevant content guaranteeing the listener irresistible fun and entertainment 24/7, a potential forum for advertisers to tap the massive young market.

On top of music, Xfm delivers a package-full of reliable and precise news bulletins every hour, covering politics, health, entertainment and health.¬¬¬

There are also innovative on-air games and giveaways including a chance to win one million Uganda Shillings every morning, another to win a house-party every week, quiz games, contests and request shows.

For the start, the radio’s signal is covering a 90-120km radius around Kampala, reaching Wakiso, Entebbe, Mukono, Luweero, Mpigi, parts of Mubende, Jinja and Kiboga. The reach is expected to expand with time.

On-air hosts include celebrated personalities like Bush Baby, Ryan Seacrest, Siima, Rudende, Yvonne Koreta, K.K., Keko Town and Sophie Aniku.

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Artiste Bobi Wine marries Barbie Itungo
Friday, 26th August, 2011
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Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine and Barbara Itungo during their wedding ceremony at Rubaga Cathedral yesterday
SINGER Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, on Saturday wed Barbara Itungo at Rubaga Cathedral Kampala in a ceremony presided over by Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga.

The wedding mass started at 10:00am and ended at about 1:00pm.

Lwanga commended the couple for setting a good example to the youth.

“What you have done; to come and get married in church, shows that you understand your religion and love it because many people knew you as bayaga (weed smokers). I appeal to the youth and all those who have not yet got married in church to follow suit,” he said.

Lwanga said he had asked Bobi and Barbie to explain the dreadlocks and tattooing each other’s image on their bodies and was satisfied by their explanation. The couple explained to him that tattooing was similar to okutta omokago, a traditional method of expressing tight friendship. The dreadlocks, he added, was just a hairstyle and not a religious symbol.

Bobi Wine’s family line has a history of marrying at Rubaga Cathedral. His great grandfather, Gilere Sentamu, wed Birizita Nalubega there in 1891.

On February 27, 1920 Bobi’s grandfather, Sentamu, walked down the aisle with Martita Nakirija in the same church. Bobi’s parents, Jackson Willington Sentamu and Margaret, followed suit on August 7, 1951.

“This shows that this family understands the Catholic church and their religion,” Lwanga said.
Lwanga told the couple that in the Catholic Church there is no room for divorce.

He expressed concern over the increasing infidelity among married couples. “Lack of faith is growing day by day. Many people are not faithful to their partners. You should fulfill your marriage vows,” Lwanga said.

Among the guests present were the Nabagereka (queen of Buganda), Sylvia Nagginda, the Kabaka’s brother, Prince David Wasajja; Prince Jjunju and several Mengo officials.

Also present were singer Jose Chameleone and his wife Daniela. Chameleon, who recently converted to Islam before making a U-turn, did not receive Holy Communion.

The Archbishop explained that he had to apologise publicly and go through a religious process before being re-admitted to the Catholic Church as required by the canon law.



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Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine and Barbara Itungo during their wedding ceremony at Rubaga Cathedral yesterday

SINGER Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, on Saturday wed Barbara Itungo at Rubaga Cathedral Kampala in a ceremony presided over by Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga. The wedding mass started at 10:00am and ended at about 1:00pm.

Lwanga commended the couple for setting a good example to the youth.

“What you have done; to come and get married in church, shows that you understand your religion and love it because many people knew you as bayaga (weed smokers). I appeal to the youth and all those who have not yet got married in church to follow suit,” he said.

Lwanga said he had asked Bobi and Barbie to explain the dreadlocks and tattooing each other’s image on their bodies and was satisfied by their explanation. The couple explained to him that tattooing was similar to okutta omokago, a traditional method of expressing tight friendship. The dreadlocks, he added, was just a hairstyle and not a religious symbol.

Bobi Wine’s family line has a history of marrying at Rubaga Cathedral. His great grandfather, Gilere Sentamu, wed Birizita Nalubega there in 1891.

On February 27, 1920 Bobi’s grandfather, Sentamu, walked down the aisle with Martita Nakirija in the same church. Bobi’s parents, Jackson Willington Sentamu and Margaret, followed suit on August 7, 1951.

“This shows that this family understands the Catholic church and their religion,” Lwanga said.
Lwanga told the couple that in the Catholic Church there is no room for divorce.

He expressed concern over the increasing infidelity among married couples. “Lack of faith is growing day by day. Many people are not faithful to their partners. You should fulfill your marriage vows,” Lwanga said.

Among the guests present were the Nabagereka (queen of Buganda), Sylvia Nagginda, the Kabaka’s brother, Prince David Wasajja; Prince Jjunju and several Mengo officials.

Also present were singer Jose Chameleone and his wife Daniela. Chameleon, who recently converted to Islam before making a U-turn, did not receive Holy Communion.

The Archbishop explained that he had to apologise publicly and go through a religious process before being re-admitted to the Catholic Church as required by the canon law.

Zuku TV Bails Out ‘The Hostel’

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By The look of things, NTV’s miniseries ‘The Hostel’ may be getting a new lease of life. We can authoritatively reveal that the miniseries whose production had been halted have been bailed out by Patrick Bitature’s new Zuku TV.
The new pay TV aims to add local content for its viewership. As part of the deal, the show will now be telecast on one of Zuku’s channels. In the last six months, a host of several pay TV stations have penetrated the market. These include Zuku and GoTv.

Singers Kingston, Flavour fly in
Tuesday, 13th September, 2011
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Singer Sean Kingston.
By Nicholas Kajoba

RE-KNOWN Jamaican-American Hip-hop musician Sean Kingston jets into the country Thursday night ahead of his massively anticipated performance a day after at Lugogo Cricket Oval in Kampala.

Nigerian musician Mr.Flavour, famed for his ‘Ashawo’ hit, will curtain-raise the show alongside local artistes Jackie Chandiru, Lillian, Baboon Forest and Clear Kut. The show is expected to begin at 7.30pm.

Mr. Flavour jets in Wednesday evening.
Preparations for the show are underway with hundreds of revelers expected to turn up.

Addressing the press at Lugogo Oval cricket court, on Tuesday, Nile Breweries Sponsorships Manager Sam Hooper confirmed the arrival day of the star, adding that he [Kingston] would address a press conference at a later time.

Gates will be open Friday 3pm and no tickets will be sold at the entrance point.
“We do not expect people to come and line up without tickets, hoping to get them from the entrance. We shall not allow that. We expect everyone to buy their tickets from destined areas,” Hoopr said, noting that tickets can be bought from Total Petrol Stations around the town centre.

Born 21 years ago, Kingstone has captivated into the music industry with his debut chart songs like "Beautiful Girls"; "Take You There", "Face Drop", "Me Love", "Fire Burning", "Letting Go" and "Eenie Meenie" among others.

Kingston in town
Friday, 16th September, 2011
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Sean Kingston has promised to put on a 'crazy' show. Photo by Nicholas Oneal
By Arthur Kintu

3.00pm
Sean Kingston has promised to put on a "crazy show full of energy" when he takes to the stage in a few hours time. He has just finished a press briefing at the Serena Hotel in Kampala.

Asked what inspires his lyrics that cut across such a large demorgraphic, he said the magic is in the books he reads!

2.00pm
RE-KNOWN Jamaican-American Hip-hop musician Sean Kingston has arrived for his massively anticipated performance at 7.30pm today at Lugogo Cricket Oval in Kampala.

He landed at Entebbe airport at 12.50pm aboard Ethiopian Airlines and is due at Serena Hotel for a press briefing before heading to Lugogo.

Nigerian musician Mr.Flavour, famed for his ‘Ashawo’ hit, arrived Wednesday night and is set to curtain-raise the show alongside local artistes Jackie Chandiru, Lillian, Baboon Forest and Clear Kut.

According to organisers, gates will be open in the next hour and no tickets will be sold at the entrance point.

Born 21 years ago, Kingstone has captivated into the music industry with his debut chart songs like "Beautiful Girls"; "Take You There", "Face Drop", "Me Love", "Fire Burning", "Letting Go" and "Eenie Meenie" among others.



Mr, Flavour in Uganda for Kingston concert
Thursday, 15th September, 2011
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By Nicholas Kajoba

Nigerian Musician, Mr. Flavor now referred to as ‘Ashawo’ by Ugandans on Wednesday night jetted in aboard a Kenyan airways flight.

The singer's 'Ashawo' hit is a popular tune among Ugandans and is currently enjoying massive air play both on TV and FM stations.

Mr. Flavour is curtain raiser for Jamaican- American superstar, Sean Kingston show at Lugogo Cricket oval. Other curtain raisers include, Jackie Chandiru, Lillian, Baboon Forest, and Clear cut.

Mr. Flavor was welcomed at Entebbe airport by Talent 256 director, Aly Allibhai and Nile breweries Sponsorship manager, Hooper Samuel. He was immediately taken to Kampala hotel. Mr Flavor is set to address a press conference on Thursday and later meet his fans at Club silk one of the popular happening places in Kampala.

Meanwhile Re-known American Hip-hop musician Sean Kingston jets in to night before performing to his fans on Friday at Lugogo Cricket Oval. He is accompanied by crew members and his manager (mom).

Preparations for the mega-show are underway with construction of stage where hundreds of revelers are expected to turn up. Over 200 policemen are manning the areas as security is beefed up with other security operatives in civilian clothes.

Gates open at 3.00pm and tickets on sale from Total petrol stations around town.



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By Michael Kakumirizi.

Finally the waiting is over for the sensational Jamaican-American singer Sean Kingston aka Kisean Anderson who jetted into the country on Friday at miday.
Despite the long depressing flight from the US the singer promised in the 10minutes press conference at Serena conference that he is ready to give Ugandans a wonderful anticipated show.

The singer who looked very tired and distraught due to the heavy flight was rushed to have a nap so that he could regain energy for tonight’s long waited show dubbed ‘Sean Kingston LIVE in Kampala and sponsored by CLUB beer.

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Sean Kingston before the press conference at Serena Hotel (picture by Michael Kakumirizi)
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Kingston performs to mammoth crowd
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By Robert Kalumba (email the author)
Posted Sunday, September 18 2011 at 00:00
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Jamaican musician Sean Kingston yesterday held a concert at Lugogo Cricket Oval that attracted thousands of fun. Gates opened as early as 5pm and the show which had been postponed once, was packed to capacity. Security was tight with over 700 police officer deployed to man the Cricket grounds.

Kingston performed all his favorite tracks. From songs like Face drop to Dutty love. This had the crowd screaming wildly. Nigerian artiste, Mr Flavor, had the crowd on their feet when he performed his hit Ashawo. He removed his shirt and threw it into the crowd later telling the screaming crowd, “I love Uganda and you have beautiful women.” Other curtain raisers were P-Unit, a Kenyan group.

Earlier talks that the Jamaican musician would not appear for the show did not dampen the mood of the crowd who were kept entertained by scores of local musicians.

“We had of those rumours but we were constantly in touch with the artiste and we were confident that the show was to talk place,” said Ali Alibai one of the organisers of the concert.

The rumours came up when by concert day, Friday, no one had spotted the artiste.

“Normally an international artiste holds a press conference before his concert and gives both radio and TV clips, but for Kingston that wasn’t the case. Because of lack of that, we thought his show was a kiwani” said student, Ruth Tagwana.

The parked show which kicked off at 9pm went on till midnight.

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Crown Beverages Customers To Bag Shs2bn
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Consumers of Crown Beverages Limited (CBL) products; Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Mirinda, 7Up and Evervess are in things. Last Monday, CBL unveiled the biggest syndicated TV game show in the history of Uganda television. The show which doubles as a consumer loyalty reward is also entertaining and a life changing program.

The game dubbed ‘MirindaRific SMS, SPIN AND WIN Game Show’ will give consumers and stockists of CBL products a chance to take part in the show. The goodies to be won include 36 Toyota Nadias, 12 motorbikes, plasma screens, fridges, cool phones, DVD players, radio systems, bicycles, gas hot-plates and crates of soda. Aggie A. Konde, Head of Sales and Marketing at CBL says, over One million lucky consumers will win 800 million worth of airtime in the promotion.

To participate, check under the crown of your favourite drink for a unique code and text it to 6777. The show will be aired on NTV Uganda – the anchor TV station every Wednesday at 8pm and will, at the same time be syndicated on Top Tv, Record TV, Star TV, Urban TV, Bukedde TV, TV West, Bunyoro TV and North TV. The show will be repeated on Channel 44, NBS TV and WBS TV every Thursday from 9-10pm.

Iryn Namubiru:PAM Awards Artist Of The Year 2011
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A beaming Iryn Namubiru in white holds up high her accolade.

IRYN Namubiru says she has always had a passion for singing since her childhood and always strove to make this talent a bigger part of her life. And here she is, the PAM Awards Artist of the Year 2011.

Namubiru has beaten all to the prestigious annual music award. Kalungi Kabuye - Contributing Editor,Society and Lifestyle - was at the awards.


SUNDAY 1.04am: And the Artist of the year (drum roll)… IRYN NAMUBIRU! And she says it was the year of the girls, and that’s it folks, thanks for sticking with us, we leave as Iryin is soaking up the adulation.

12.54am: Okay, the last one, the big one, Artist of the year, but first a group is performing… did I mention the erotic dance by Trishlaa?

12.48am: Has Straka lost her touch? She’s cracking joke but the crowd does not seem moved, oh and Iryn picks a third award, Album of the Year.

12.44pm: Isaac Mulindwa, the smooth operator that he is, uses the break to go around greeting everybody in the VIP section, and I mean everybody!

12.29pm: Bebe Cool is Male Artist of the Year, did I mention he is wearing a tuxedo? And he dedicates the award to Bobi Wine and Chameleone, and Radio & Weasel… he tells them the most important thing is for an artists to show up, win or not. Oh well...


12.25am: Iryn wins Female Artiste of the Year, and goes with her mum to receive it. Four awards left to give out…

12.22am: Audio producer of the year goes to Paddyman, as it starts to rain outside, darn. I hadn’t looked up for a while but all VIPs finally showed up, place is full.

12.00am: Mid-night, and Bebe Cool sings Minzani. He doesn’t mind if he is not Artist of the Year as long as Iryn wins it. Oh yeah? Who’s he kidding?

SATURDAY 11.57pm: Strange category, the next one: Best Folk Pop artist of the year, anyway Maurice Kirya, who is out of the country on tour, wins it.

Walukagga again, this time for Kadongo Kamu Artist of the year, and the English attempts go on to the crowd's amusement. But it lasts for all of two sentences and it’s back to the mother tongue, Luganda.

11.50pm: We are getting close to the big one, me thinks, just about 5 categories to go. There hasn’t been a slow moment so far, with Gordon Wavamunno saying a few words, in Luganda.

11.47pm: Navio finally leaves his corner to go pick the hip Hop artists of the year award. How many coloured kanzus does this guy have? This one is blue!

And finally an award for Chameleone, Best Afro Beat artist of the year

11.42pm: Yeah, she did it, Kaitikiti is Song of the Year; welcome, Angela, to the big time. Let’s see, that is the second category that Iryn loses out on, will it all become good with the Artiste of the Year? But so far those are two for Angela, with possibly Album of the Year award, though I don’t remember her releasing an album. Oh well…

11.33pm: Who wants to bet that Angela wrote her acceptance speech? Finally, a Grammy moment…

11.30pm: Best Live Band single, and the award goes to… Katikiti, Angela Kalule’s first ever PAM Award and marking a remarkable year. Will it be Song of the Year? Watch this space…

11.28pm: And Iryn takes the Best R&B single for Birowoozo. Dennis Kavuma escorts Prince Wasajja to hand over the award and promptly takes over proceedings, ha ha ha

11.24pm: Has anybody ever heard Aziz Azion speak English? He thanks all his fans, in Luganda…

11.22pm: Angela Kalule does Katikiti and everybody in ‘kirussia’ is on their feet, good song but am I the only one who thinks that baseline is not really it?

Meanwhile Aziz Azion beats out Iryn for Best R&B artist of the year.

11.00pm: It’s eleven o’clock, can’t believe we’ve been here for the last 5 hours, as Bebe Cool dedicates his award to ‘maama wa baana bange’ Zuena, who is beside him on stage. Straka asks him when their wedding will be but he gives no clear answer. hard to believe a year ago this guy couldn't walk and his wife had left him. What's a year between friends?

10.58pm:Best Reggae Artist/Group ........ Bebe Cool!

10.50pm: Angella Kalule on stage right now...

10.45pm: We are into another break, after Radio & Weasel win Best Afro beat single for the song Talk n' Talk, but they are not around to receive it.

10.35pm: while talking to Mike Mukula, Kazoora eye's Mukula's watch.....

10.15pm: Phew, a break at last, and MUN G, Mr 'Too Much', gives us a song... and why is Navio and the Talent Africa group tucked up in a corner? "we don't like lights," he says. yeah, right...

......waiting for a break, stuff is happening fast...

10.05pm: Kazoora to Iryn: who do you think is your biggest threat for Artist of the year?

Iryn: just smiles

Best Song writer of the Year is Nice Henry (Birowoozo) and Best Gospel Artist Pastor Anthony Bugembe. Best Video of the Year goes to Agasi (Jackie Chandiru), Best New Artist Chris Evans (drat, he was sitting right next to me and didn’t know him) and Best Hip Hop Artist for Keko

Aloysiuos Matovu John picks the Lifetime Achievement Award.

9.50pm: Jaguar scoops Best Male Artist Kenya title ,Alpha for Rwanda, AY for Tanzania and Kidumu for Burundi. Amani for Best Female Artist Kenya, Miss Jojo for Rwanda, Lady Jay D for Tanzania, Miss Jojo for Rwanda and Aziza for Burundi.

For Best Live Band award, Umoja takes it for Kenya, Dream Boys for Rwanda, African for Tanzania and Akeza for Burundi and Eagles Production for Uganda.

9.40pm: Meanwhile Kazoora is interviewing Mike Mukula, and he (Kazoora) says Mukula’s wife is fine, at which people laugh and he quickly changes it to ‘smart.’ He he he

Awards are coming in thick and fast now, Northern Artist of the year, and the winner is… Lumix, who is also not in the house. Wait a minute, there he is, a bit unsteady on his feet but makes a speech in Luo, and takes his award.

West Nile Artist of the years is… GM Kennedy, not around…

9.32pm: Next up is Western Artist of the Year, to be handed out by DStv’s Ttina Wamala. The winner is… Queen Marion, who is not present but held up in traffic, according to MC Mugisha.

9.28pm: Best Eastern Artist award given by UBC’s Jane Kasumba who tells us who she is and where she works. Some rrr’s going down… and the first winner of the night is…. No Creature, who briefly thanks everybody, and his wife

9.15pm: Oops, almost missed that, the rep from Ernest & Young hands over a sealed case containing the results of the voting, and says nobody else has seen the results. Nice move, but will that stop the accusations of rigging? C’mon, this is Uganda, we don’t like fair results, and if we don’t win there must have been foul play. More dancers on stage...

9.12pm: Now we get to see who our hosts and hostess will be: Roger Mugisha is on stage, joined by JK Kazoora and the unstoppable Straka. Kazoora had a few bloopers last year, will see how he does this time. And Straka, what can we say about Sraka or what she’s wearing?

More on that later as the PAM Awards Chairman Isaac Mulindwa takes the stage. He’s a much older Mulindwa than we saw at the beginning all those years ago. He tells us how its been a long journey, how it will all be better this year, introduces the organising committee, and leaves the stage. A rep from Ernest and Young explains how the results were tallied, and we are set to roll…

9.00pm: So, the show finally takes off, glad to report the sound is a lot better than it was last year, and there are screens spread around the hall, so if you cant see he stage, you can at least see what is on stage. It starts with a dance routine, not bad, looks impressive, and some awesome dancers. Who are these guys? Nobody I’ve asked seems to know, and we don’t have the programme. Qwella’s Job passes by to say hello, and he doesn’t know them either, that they probably just came together for the show. Good beginning overall, and they are still people coming in…

7.24pm: Dinner is served, and the Qwella group is playing now. Guests still streaming in, and ‘kirussia’ is just about full. Interesting, some guests are in kanzus and busuttis, contrasting nicely with the short dresses and boring back suits.

6.50pm:The Barbed Wire Thong Band, weird name and all, are doing not a bad job outside (except for a momentary feedback that almost gave some guests a heart attack) as the cocktail comes to an end and the VIP guests start taking their seats. Dinner is supposed to be served around now, so what’s for dinner? For starters it is Chicken Tikka (Spiced Tandoor Chicken Grilled to perfection (not my words) in Tandoor Clay Oven; and vegetable spring rolls. For the Main Course we have beef curry, chicken dhania, parsley potatoes and mixed vegetables.

6.35pm:Did I say the VIP was empty? Silly me, of course it is empty because there is a cocktail outside, and the Barbed Wire Thong Band (I got that name correct) is serenading guests. The red carpet (which was set out as we entered) is quite busy now, and photographers are jostling for the best picture. Going by the outfits on display (especially the ladies) skimpy as you can dare is the dress code. When was the last time you saw so much flesh during the day? But getting dark now…

6.15pm: So the gates finally open, not at 6pm as advertised but about 15 minutes later. ‘They are still organising’, we are told. And there’s quite a crowd waiting outside, who said Ugandans always come late for events? Inside the VIP is quite empty, and waitresses are still laying out glasses and putting bread rolls on the side plates. But the ‘kirussia’ is about a third full, and quickly filling up.




PAM awards nominees bash without nominees
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By Kalungi Kabuye

So on Tuesday night the organising committee of the 2011 Pearl of Africa Music (PAM) Awards held a bash for those nominated for the awards, which will be held next week. It was another of several ‘bashes’ that are traditionally held as a lead up to the main event.

There was the ‘launch’ bash, when the media and other people were treated to drinks and food and performances from artists hoping to feature in the final event. There was the ‘sponsors bash,’ where the media and the main sponsors were treated to drinks and food.

Then came the ‘media bash’, where the media was again treated to drinks and food, but on their own this timeThere used to be several ‘regional bashes’, where the media were taken around the country and treated to drinks and food, and introduced to regional artists. I’m not sure if this happened this year, or the year before.

Tuesday’s bash was the Nominees’ Bash (not to be confused with the Nominations bash, where nominations are officially announced), where we thought we were to meet the nominated artists, watch them perform their best so we could write about them in the media, and drink and eat with them afterwards.

I got there early, but didn’t see any of the nominees I knew were on the list. It turned out, according to Emcee Shamim, that it would be only new and upcoming artists to perform. Not ‘new and nominated’, no, but so new that they had not even been nominated because almost nobody had heard of them.

So we drank (some also ate a couple of sausages and samosas each) and watched performances which were really not bad, even if they were new. Of course the most spoken words at that time were ‘DJ, low, low,’ when whatever artist got to the floor way after the DJ had started playing his song.
But it was a good lot, although everybody seemed to be rapping, don’t people sing anymore? Artist after artist was dropping rhymes, some audible, some not, but mostly over some good beat that got the crowd dancing whether they understood what was being said or not.

The performances were brief, and by 10pm they were done, and Tuesday night at Silk Royale could happen as usual. For Tuesday is Campus Night, and for some reason it is the only place on Tuesday that artists will go to hang out, giving the stage to some memorable fights in the past.

I don’t know if there were any fights, because I left just after Manchester United had scored the third goal in their Carling Cup encounter (shown on several TV screens), and run into Jackie Chandiru getting in to ‘say hello to her fans’, and of course to drink and eat with the media.

Many more nominees probably showed up after I had left, for they keep late hours, those nominees, eating and drinking with the media.




Irene Namubiru 2011 PAM Artiste of the Year
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Irene Namubiru shortly after winning the 2011 PAM Artiste of the Year accolade. Photo by Eddie Chicco

By Monitor Online Reporters (email the author)
Posted Sunday, November 6 2011 at 15:28
The Pearl of Africa Music Awards in their 2011 edition continued to provide spills and glamour as the awards crowned their second female artiste to claim the coveted Artiste of the Year trophy. Singer Iryn Namubiru claimed the accolade at the awards dinner that kicked off 3 hours late beating off stiff challenge from other nominees like Bebe Cool (2011 Male Artiste of the Year and 2010 Artiste of the Year), Angela Kalule and Jose Chameleone.



As has become customary, 2011 PAM awards threw up their own share of surprises. The most jaw-dropping was when 2011 Kadongo Kamu winner Mathias Walukaga dedicated his winner to beauty products boss Ssalongo Kasawuli better known as Samona. Ssalongo Kasawuli and Walukaga had a bitter falling out allegedly over a woman who had previously dated Walukaga. Walukaga went on claim that “Samona” had “stolen” her from him. Salongo Kasawuli actually walked onto the stage to bask in the limelight of this reunion.

Perhaps in a cheeky rehash of his infamous Sean Kingston watch incident, MC J Kazoora exchanged watches with former Health Minister Captain Mike Mukula who was among the VIP guests. Pressed to comment on his 2016 Uganda presidential ambitions, an uncomfortable Mukula left it up to the voters without ruling himself out of the race.



A preliminary list of the PAM Awards 2011 winners

Artiste of 2011:Irene Namubiru

Best male artiste of 2011:Bebe Cool

Best female artiste of the year:Irene Namubiru

Audio Producer of the year: Paddy Man

Best Gospel Single:Abita Ebikute by Dr. Hilderman

Kadongo Kamu Artiste:MathiasWalukaga

Best Folk Artiste:Maurice Kirya

Best Afro Beat artiste:Mukisa Gwo by Dr. Jose Chameleone

Best Hip Hop artiste:Navio

Song of the year:Katikitiki by Angela Kalule

Best R N’ B single:Birowozo by Irene Namubiru

Best R N’ B:Aziz Azion

Best Reggae group: Bebe Cool

Best Ragga Artist:Coco Finger for Emikono Wagulu

Best Kadongo Kamu single:Tomala Gasoma by Mathias Walukaga

Best Cultural Group:Kika Group

Best Afro-Beat Single:Talk N’ Talk by Mozey Radio and Weasel

Lifetime AchievementAward: Aloysius Joy Matovu

Best Hip-Hop Single:This is how we do it by Keko feat Goodlyfe

Best New Artiste: Chris Evans

Video of the year:Agasi by Jackie Chandiru

Best Gospel artiste/ group:Pastor Wilson Bugembe

Song writer of the year (Uganda):Nince Henry

Best Live Band (Uganda): Eagles Production

Best Live Band (Tanzania): African

Best Live Band (Rwanda): Dream Boys

Best Live Band (Kenya): Umoja

Best Female Artiste (Burundi): Aziza

Best Male Artiste (Burundi):Kidum

Best Female Artiste (Tanzania):Lady Jay D

Best Female Artiste (Rwanda):Miss Jojo

Best Male Artiste (Kenya): Jaguar

Best Female Artiste (Kenya):Amani

Best Artiste of the year (Tanzania): AY

Best Artiste of the year (Rwanda):Alpha

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Select Garments winds year up with show
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Written by Felix Eupal
Sunday, 13 November 2011 21:16
Robert Billy Ahimbisibwe is one of Uganda’s top entrepreneurs, turning his Select Garments from a small boutique in a downtown arcade at the beginning of the millennium into the leading provider of suits in town today.

The brand has grown to see bigger branches open up in upmarket shopping malls, with the Forest Mall shop even expanding into a bridal wing. Ahimbisibwe has made it tradition to hold a fashion show at Club Silk as the year nears the end. Last Thursday Select Garments was lined up again for Club Silk’s monthly fashion show and patrons, as usual, lined up to see what Ahimbisibwe had imported this time.

I love suits and kept an eagle’s eye on Ahimbisibwe’s designs to see that killer suit that would have me rob a bank. But when the models came out hardly any design lived up to the billing, the suits could be created with a good tailor in Kiyembe.

There was the casual wear, business wear and then weekend wear. But there was hardly any difference. The models did a great job but somehow the organizers lacked the precision. Anyone who loves his suits knows that you can’t wear a fitting suit with the sleeves of the shirt being longer than the jacket as the case was with many of the suits.

The wedding category which was saved for last also became a dampener when all the dresses came in the same design. They might have come in different colours – pink, purple and cream – but this is the 21 century; creativity rules. The crowd soon lost interest and many turned their focus on the sharp-dressing Capt Mike Mukula who was chief guest.

It was the musicians, who lightened up the night, starting with Mr Woods and his Situka song, Liane also performed, as did Leilah and Pearl of Africa Music awards male artiste of the year, Bebe Cool, who showed off Gagamel’s new kid on the block, Rema, with whom he performed Cease and Sekkle. She is good, one has to give that to her.

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More than just a comfy diner
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By KADUMUKASA KIRONDE II (email the author)
Posted Sunday, November 6 2011 at 00:00
IN SUMMARY

We might have skipped the fish at Café Simba Forest Gate Mall on Lugogo Bypass, despite it being my favourite dish but the steak made up for it perfectly as did the ambience of the diner.

Simba Café opened sometime this year and gets good marks for its ambience and set up. Friends of ours who have dined there spoke favourably of their food and service. Bearing this in mind, we ventured forth to see for ourselves.



Forest Mall is a relatively new property that is adjacent to the Lugogo Shopping Mall and by no means overcrowded. Simba Café is not in the main forecourt in the centre of the mall, but just around the corner and easy to locate.

The menu is fairly large and diversified with a generous selection for breakfast, snacks, entrees and a section for children though age is not specified. The seating arrangement is informal and comfortable with outsize chairs that are perfect for lounging. On the whole, we were pleased with the ample space accorded for diners and this is certainly an advantage where privacy is required.

Fish has always been a favourite of mine and looking at the price of Shs 28,000, I thought twice before ordering. Nevertheless, it was a sheer treat and the steak that we ordered was perfectly done, medium. Not easy to come by in this town. The service is friendly and brisk while the prices are above average for a café.




Arts year in review
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Posted Saturday, December 31 2011 at 00:00
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The year has seen many collaborations between gospel artistes and secular ones, the signature one being Bobi Wine and Pastor Wilson Bugembe’s Ojjanga N’osaba. In similar fashion, one of the more memorable local concert collaborations was Lord Fred Sebatta and Bobi Wine’s Basisinkanye. Moses Golola of Uganda released Hot Temper, a collabo with Navio. At this rate a Maurice Kirya-Gerald Kiweewa collabo in 2012 is more possible than not.

Locals gone global
Although Chameleon was declared Africa’s 6th biggest artiste, Maurice Kirya represented even more, following his E-World Music Awards for Best World Music Artiste and Best Indie Group Progressive. Beatrice Lamwaka’s Butterfly Dreams and other Stories from Uganda was nominated for the Caine Prize for African Writing, Keko won a Channel O Award as Most Gifted East African video for How we Do it remix featuring Goodlyf’s Radio and Weasel. At home, All three earned Young Achiever’s Awards, in addition to DIVA and PAM Awards. More of this and less of the big-fish-in-small-pond strategy and in time Ugandan awards will be what Makerere degrees were 40 years ago—recognised worldwide.

A vision for television
Three Ugandan stations are now part of DSTV’s package, the latest entrant, Bukedde TV, closing the year with 16 per cent command of Uganda’s viewership, trailing first-choice NTV’s 26 per cent, according to a Synovate 2011 Media Survey. If notorious innovations like their Agataliiko Nfuufu news still magnetize as much this digital migration deadline next year, call-in-sick grade stuff awaits viewers.

A year of firsts
The first cultural calendar, cake festival, DJ Awards, UMOJA Flying Carpet experience, and the first Trinidad-and-Tobago style carnival in East Africa was called Kampala Carnival. In time the label of “THE social event of the year” will become more hotly-contested.

Shall we dance?
A Dance Week, a Dance Transmissions Festival, Uganda National Contemporary Dance’s monthly pieces, standing-room only Latin Flavour Wednesdays , fun-filled Latin Social Sundays, Hotsteps Season 4,TabuFlo Dance Crew receiving a Young Achiever’s Award , the gods of dance have been nice this year. And with dance classes everywhere; Hotsteps Season One winner Antonio Bukhar’s Antonioz Studio, Vantage Point, Viva Dance aerobics, Zumba, having two left feet will no longer be excusable.

Comedy and poetry
With not so big a circle of practitioners, for both genres one is never sure which performer belongs to a parent or breakaway group. For poetry theirs is Bonfire Night, Lantern Meet of Poets, Poetry in Session at Isha’s, and now there is Okwivuga at Club Gabiro in Bugolobi. Theatre Factory at the National Theatre, Mic Check at LaBonita, Punked Bunch at Club Silk, with all these on offer why wait for Amarula’s Akabadi K’omwaka?

Film
Cindy Magara’s Windows of Hope was good enough to make Cineplex Cinema’s list of movies in March, signaling a good year for films produced by Ugandans like John Akii Bua’s memorial movie,and US-based Solomon Jagwe’s animated movie Galiwango Obulamu Bw’ekisodde (The Life of a Gorilla), which featured at the African Film Festival. For mobile cinema, Amakula Kampala set the pace with CinemArena, an edutainment cocktail of cartoon videos, live dramas and traditional culture performances; and the Cinema Caravan Festival . Will 2012 the year we have a Ugandan winner at an international film festival?

Art
The FireWorks Annual Art Exhibition, Orange’s MishMash, the LABA Street Art Festival Ronex Ahimbisibwe ISMS 2011, Controversial Art Exhibition and hosts others at galleries spread all around; MishMash Gallery, Umoja Art Gallery, Design Agenda, Afri-Art, ArtPunch Studio, plus good old Tulifanya and Nommo Galleries. Art connoisseurs may soon have themselves a functional art district.

Online Publishing
urbanlegendkampala.com had its own launch party at Garden City’s BodaBoda bar, hipipo.com sponsored the DIVA Awards, while startjournal.org is financial friends with the Goethe Institute. Kampalaone.com aims to graduate where ugpulse.com left off, proggie.ug is plasying catch-up to ugandaonline.net. Popular opinion is that rise of blogs and online publishing spells imminent death for print media. While we wait to see if that will happen, we can debate the coolness of media folk’s introductions including the words “I work for the website...”

Fashion
Eva Mbabazi’s fishnet dress episode is so easily forgettable now, thanks to the breathtaking talent and products from names like Stella Atal, Santa Anzo, Latif Madoi Shuaib,Sylvia Owori, Brenda Maraka,and other discoveries-in-waiting. Xenson’s Futuristic Past show, Club Silk’s monthly Fashion Nights, and the Afrikan Fashion Walk Awards are examples of the heights Ugandan fashion must aspire to, nay exceed, in the years ahead. Hooray to not being a one-horse town in fashion terms anymore!!

Wish list for 2012
I have a dream in which watch-exchange routines are not the most interactive emcees can get with visiting artistes, in which fewer politicians emulate the President and sing campaign songs themselves (You Want Another Rap?) instead of reducing artiste’s talent to jingle compositions (Amelia, Balibaseka), and in which finally song about fathers will answer Babirye’s Maama and Iryn’s Nabulo.
A dream of promoters bringing more solid performers than flash-in-the-pan flukes like RDX and that Ashawo fellow.
Too much to ask? We wait.

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Kampala cityscapes
FRIDAY, 02 MARCH 2012 19:25 BY MARIA ALAWUA
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An artist’s quest to give the future a visual inheritance as the old Kampala makes way for the new

It took Jjuuko Hoods, one of Uganda’s most productive, self-motivated and energetic artists, two years of soul-searching, looking back at his past artistic achievements and experiences, to acknowledge that a turn-away from the contemporary mainstream crowd of artists’ was not an option to be debated about but a must to be acted upon.

Jjuuko admitted that his two-year philosophical journey (2010-2011), during which he visited galleries and viewed exhibitions, left him with one conclusion. A hard but true reality had dawned on him. This reality was; that to move on in life as an artist, change was a necessity.

The series of paintings, currently showing in an exhibition at the Afri-art Gallery, all of which are executed on canvas and acrylics are statements of Jjuuko’s transformed mind-set, character, taste and confidence.

Jjuuko’s turn-around comes at a time when the now established Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is also in the business of trying to create a new look to a city densely populated with not only people but vehicles, especially the matatus, taxi vans.

It is therefore not at all surprising that this exhibition attempts to document the urban scenes of Kampala knowing full well that the matatus that are synonymous with Kampala could soon be joined by buses.

Cityscape painting

According to G. Fernández, “City Fresco” which is an aerial view of a coastal city found in 1997 at the Baths of Trajan, Rome, may be considered to be the first complete cityscape in the history of painting.

Fernández also asserts that although cityscapes did not achieve special dominant roles in compositions, during the Middle Ages, partial representations of cities can be found as backgrounds in many illuminated manuscripts.

Referring again to the same author, another Fresco painting known as “City by the Sea” and painted in 1335 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (C1290-1348) is generally considered the first true cityscape of the history of Western Art.

In Uganda, to the best of my knowledge, the precise date or period when the first cityscape was painted or documented has not yet been established.

However, artists like Nuwagaba Francis Taga, Kateregga Ismael and Kibuuka Michael have in recent years executed impressionistic cityscapes.

Jjuuko’s Intentions and Inspirations

I presume that Jjuuko’s intentions to paint cityscapes obviously differ from the other cityscape artists mentioned in the previous section.

The reasons behind Jjuuko’s quest to paint scenes of Kampala with titles such as: “Wilson Road II”, “Zebra Crossing”, “Old Kampala View”, “Glory be to God”, “Blue Bus”, “In the Mist”, “Three Umbrellas” and “Smile it’s Kampala” are three-fold.

The urgent need to visually document cityscape scenes of Kampala before the much anticipated changes in Kampala actually takes place.

Expressing environmental concerns by advocating for a cleaner environment. He has done this through incorporating scrap metal, discarded bottle-tops and discarded wood (the art of recycling) in his recent sculptures.

A complete make-over. By reevaluating and redefining himself as an artist, Jjuuko has shown that artists can actually bring aesthetic value to art by occasionally being different.

Jjuuko hopes that the positive steps he has taken will serve as an eye-opener to other artists in Uganda. Chains can actually be broken thus opening avenues for opportunities to explore techniques, subject matter and colour schemes hitherto unknown to the artists.

About the paintings

Through these paintings, Jjuuko has clearly shown that he is a great visual narrator.

The matatus, only rivaled in numbers by the infamous boda-bodas appear to be the sole focus of the compositions.

The architecture, that appears to occasionally dominate some of the paintings and the numerous ‘faceless’ people, who appear to be motionless, with no distinguishing features, are also a part of the compositions.

The lives of the lower and middle class Ugandans, that daily depend on matatus are - for once - captured with such an aloof atmosphere.

An occasional portrayal of buses brightly painted in reds and blues in some of Jjuuko’s paintings, is perhaps his way of making a statement that soon they could take center stage in the lives of Kampala’s commuters.

The artist chooses to show us a mysterious and indecipherable Kampala in which all objects are semi-abstract and impressionistic.

Traditionally, Jjuuko’s taste for colour has bordered on the savagely raw and pure. Although patches of bright colour do appear in some of the paintings being showcased at Afriart Gallery, their intensity has obviously been subdued by the dominant use of dull colours including white and black.

About the sculptures

The sculptures are quite appealing in their simplicity. Jjuuko incorporates in these wood sculptures scrap-metal and other found materials such as nails, copper wire, sisal-string and pieces of bark-cloth.

Another very interesting feature in this exhibition is the coffee table. One of a kind, the surface also appears to be charred, while at the centre, is what appears to be a hollowed out area in which roasted coffee beans are placed. I may doubt the ability of this piece to function as a table, but it is indeed an inspiring work of art the old age that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, notwithstanding.

Imagine Straka in HD
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SUNDAY, 22 APRIL 2012 18:51 WRITTEN BY SAMSON BARANGA 0 COMMENTS
Just a few months after celebrating its 13th anniversary and moving into its state-of-the-art studios in Naguru – which also coincided with the switch from analog to digital broadcasting – Wavah Broadcasting Services (WBS) TV has recorded yet another milestone. It has become the first independent, indigenous television station to be broadcast on South Africa-based DStv. This follows a memorandum of understanding signed between DStv franchise owner MultiChoice Uganda, and WBS TV on Monday. This means viewers with decoders get to catch their favourite shows such as Straka Mwezi’s Late Show, on DStv’s much clearer channels, even in far-flung parts of the country that previously could not pick the WBS signal.

To celebrate the achievement, Prof Gordon Wavamunno, the proprietor of WBS and Chairman Spear group of companies, hosted a lavish party for selected viewers and some of Kampala’s socialites. The champagne-popping event took place at the station’s home in Naguru last Thursday evening. The host described the move as a big achievement for the station.

“We are proud to be the first home-grown independent TV station to be aired on DStv. This is a big achievement for us and it’s a big step in taking our quality programming to the rest of the country and world at large,” he said.

The party kicked off a little after 7pm and there was more than enough to eat and drink. The best part was when Wavamuno unleashed some rare dance strokes, definitely never seen before. You no longer have to imagine Straka in high definition (HD); just watch Channel 153 on DStv and 251 on GOtv. With more local stations going digital, demand for local content is bound to increase.