It was supposed to be a night of celebration — a grand lounge opening, a celebrity guest list, and the kind of Kampala event that fills timelines by morning.
Instead, one man walked away with a swollen forehead, a blood-stained shirt, and a missing power bank.
And the name he says is responsible? Uncle Chumi.
The TikToker-turned-singer who built a fanbase on charm and content is now at the centre of a serious assault and robbery allegation — one that allegedly started over a promise of Shs20,000 and ended with the alleged victim being rescued by a boda boda rider before things got worse.
Uncle Chumi has not responded. But the story is already out.
The incident allegedly unfolded on Sunday night at the grand opening of Hano Lounge, an event organised by Bruno K that drew a number of Uganda’s entertainment figures for the venue’s launch.
By all accounts, the evening started normally — celebrities arrived, the crowd gathered, and the lounge opened its doors to fanfare.
What allegedly happened next is a different story entirely.
According to the alleged victim, a media personality who appeared publicly with visible injuries following the night, Uncle Chumi had reportedly promised him Shs20,000 at some point during the event. When he approached her to collect the money, the situation allegedly deteriorated fast.
He claims Uncle Chumi and a group of men accompanying her turned on him physically.
“Uncle Chumi, together with your gang, assaulted me and stole my power bank and Shs100,000,” he said in a direct statement. “You took my valuables, but I’m going to go head-to-head with you until the end.”
The alleged victim showed up with a visible swelling on his forehead and a blood-stained T-shirt — injuries he says were the result of the confrontation.
But that’s not even the detail that stops you cold.
He says the situation had escalated to the point where a boda boda rider and a private security officer had to physically intervene to pull him out — preventing what he described as further mob violence.
A Shs20,000 promise. A celebrity event. A man claiming he needed rescuing.
As of publication, Uncle Chumi had not publicly addressed the allegations in any form.
Uncle Chumi built her profile the way many of Uganda’s newer entertainers have — through TikTok, where her content earned her a following that eventually crossed over into music.
She is recognised as part of a wave of Ugandan digital creators who have successfully leveraged social media audiences into broader entertainment careers, making her one of the more visible personalities in the current content-creator-to-artist pipeline that has reshaped Uganda’s entertainment landscape.
Hano Lounge’s grand opening, organised by Bruno K, was positioned as a significant event on Kampala’s nightlife calendar — the kind of launch that draws both established and emerging entertainment figures. The presence of multiple celebrities made it a high-visibility setting for an incident of this nature.
The alleged victim, described as a media personality, has not been further identified in initial reports. His decision to go public with both his injuries and his statement — naming Uncle Chumi directly — has pushed the story into wider circulation almost immediately.
The image of the alleged victim — visibly injured, shirt bloodied, speaking directly to camera — is the moment that moved this story from rumour to record.
Fans immediately noticed the specificity of his claims: not just an assault allegation, but named individuals, a stolen power bank, a cash amount, and a direct vow to pursue the matter. That level of detail, delivered with visible injuries as evidence, hit differently than a standard he-said-she-said.
The internet had thoughts, and the comment sections filled quickly. Screenshots of the victim’s statement circulated across WhatsApp and Facebook, with many users tagging Uncle Chumi’s pages and waiting for a response that has not yet come.
Within hours of the story breaking, the silence from Uncle Chumi’s side had itself become part of the conversation.
Online reaction has been sharp and divided.
A portion of commenters have expressed support for the alleged victim, pointing to the visible injuries as difficult to dismiss, and calling for Uncle Chumi to address the claims publicly. Others have urged caution, noting that only one side of the story has been told so far and that context from the other parties involved is still absent.
Some fans believe the group dynamic alleged in the incident — Uncle Chumi described as being accompanied by men who joined in — raises the stakes significantly beyond a one-on-one dispute.
It’s unclear at this stage whether the alleged victim has filed a formal police report, or whether the matter will move into legal territory. Sources within Kampala entertainment circles say the story is being closely watched, particularly given Uncle Chumi’s public profile.
The most pressing question online remains unanswered: where is Uncle Chumi’s response?
Beyond the drama of a celebrity night out gone wrong, the alleged victim’s account carries something worth sitting with.
He describes being surrounded, physically attacked, robbed, and then needing strangers — a boda boda rider and a security guard — to extract him from the situation. Whatever the full truth of Sunday night turns out to be, that is a frightening experience for anyone to describe.
Celebrity events in Kampala are spaces where public figures and everyday media workers share the same room. When those spaces become sites of alleged violence, it raises legitimate questions about safety, accountability, and what happens when ordinary people find themselves on the wrong side of a confrontation with someone who has a larger platform and an accompanying crowd.
Uncle Chumi rose to fame making content people enjoyed. Entertaining. Relatable. Shareable.
The story coming out of Hano Lounge on Sunday night is none of those things — and unlike a TikTok, it cannot simply be deleted.
The alleged victim has made his statement. The injuries were visible. The silence from the other side is growing louder by the hour
A swollen forehead, a missing power bank, and a vow to go “head-to-head until the end” — this is not the kind of opening night story Bruno K’s lounge was hoping for. The real question now: will Uncle Chumi speak, or let the silence do the talking?