Author: Wamala

Uganda’s music industry is fracturing — and the fault lines just became impossible to ignore. On one side: a group of disgruntled artists, led by Ziza Bafana, threatening to walk away from the existing structure and build something new. On the other: Eddy Kenzo, BET Award winner, UNMF frontman, and apparently the last person in the room willing to pretend this isn’t a full-blown crisis. Kenzo didn’t call a press conference. He didn’t release a statement through a publicist. He stood up, spoke plainly, and delivered a message that landed somewhere between a firm institutional reminder and a very direct…

She had waited. Prayed. And at some point — quietly, painfully — she had given up. Then God, as she tells it, sent her Buka Chimey. As the Ugandan singer-songwriter and mental health activist marks another birthday, the gift he received wasn’t a party or a cake — it was a message from his wife, Mabel Namakula, known to fans as Empress, that hit the internet like a wave and left absolutely nobody dry-eyed. The tribute is tender, spiritual, specific, and searingly honest about what it feels like to almost miss the person you were always meant to find. Uganda…

Most artists, when offered a government gig, ask one question: how much? Reign Omusoyisoyi asked the same question — then quoted one billion shillings, laughed, and walked away. Uganda’s most outspoken comedian and singer has just made headlines for the kind of statement that gets people either celebrated or quietly blacklisted — sometimes both at the same time. In a candid interview that is now spreading faster than any punchline he has ever delivered on stage, Reign declared flatly that no offer, no fee, and no occasion would ever get him to perform for President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. His reason?…

The moment you post your relationship online, according to Reign Omusoyisoyi, you have already made your first mistake. Not because love isn’t worth celebrating. Not because your partner isn’t worth showing off. But because the second your relationship becomes public property, so does everything that goes wrong inside it. In a searingly honest sit-down with Roger Otis on The Deep Talk, Reign didn’t sugarcoat a single word. He came with a message that is going to make a lot of couples quietly delete their couple photos — and make a lot of single people feel very seen. “If you decide…

Shs140 million. A deleted video. A theft accusation. And now — a very public invitation to come with cameras and check the receipts live. Uganda’s music industry has seen its share of beef, but the growing dispute between Mudra D Viral and rising singer D Star over earnings from the Hoozambe remix has just entered a different stratosphere entirely. Mudra isn’t hiding. He isn’t deflecting. He is sitting down, looking directly into the camera, and telling anyone who will listen that the numbers being thrown around are flat-out wrong — and that he hasn’t even recovered what he put into…

The biggest song on the album almost didn’t get made. When producer Kaboo first sent A Pass the beat that would eventually become Buwooma, Uganda’s most feel-good track of the moment, the singer had absolutely nothing. No hook. No concept. No words. Just a beat sitting on his phone, quietly waiting. A week passed. Then A Pass sat down with a rolex — Uganda’s beloved street food of chapati wrapped around fried eggs — and everything changed. What happened next produced a song so infectious that it outlived every other track on the Miracles album, racked up views at a…

Kapa Cat, Kapa Cat album 2026, Uganda copyright law music, Uganda music industry, Kapa Cat Sanyuka TV, Uganda artists copyright, Kapa Cat singles, music business Uganda, copyright law Uganda artists, Kapa Cat interview, Uganda celebrity news, East Africa musi What happens when an artist works hard, drops a full album, and fans stream exactly one song — then leave? You stop making albums. That is precisely what Ugandan singer Kapa Cat has decided to do in 2026, and her reasoning goes far deeper than creative burnout or a busy schedule. In a refreshingly unfiltered appearance on Sanyuka TV, Kapa Cat…

A man was arrested — allegedly — over a stolen mobile phone and a sweater. He has been sitting in detention, with reports of torture circulating, long after the election that supposedly justified his arrest has come and gone. And now, one of Uganda’s most powerful and respected traditional leaders has had enough. Charles Peter Mayiga, the Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom, stepped to the podium at the Buganda Parliament this week and delivered an address that cut straight through the political noise — calling for the immediate release of political prisoners, questioning the credibility of their prosecution, and raising alarm…

A baby girl arrived in the early hours of Tuesday morning — and she already has the whole internet wrapped around her tiny finger. Ugandan music superstar Eddy Kenzo and his wife, Hon. Phiona Nyamutooro, have officially welcomed their second child together: a beautiful baby girl whose name has not yet been revealed but whose arrival has already set social media ablaze with love, congratulations, and more than a little excitement. Sources close to the family confirm that both mother and newborn are in good health. But here’s the part that has fans doing the maths — because Eddy Kenzo’s…

Outspoken media personality Frank Gashumba is back in the headlines — and this time, he’s taking aim at Uganda’s music industry. Known for his unfiltered opinions, Gashumba has sparked fresh debate after labeling many Ugandan artists as “local stars,” questioning their ability to break into the global market. And as expected, his comments are already causing a stir. “Most of Our Musicians Are So Local” Gashumba didn’t hold back when addressing the state of Ugandan music. According to him, the majority of artists have failed to expand their reach beyond the country’s borders — a limitation he believes is holding…