Author: Wamala

When your wife is in the UK and the internet has already written your divorce — what do you do? If you’re Douglas Lwanga, you don’t spiral. You don’t post a cryptic caption. You simply sit down, speak clearly, and remind everyone that a long-distance flight does not a broken marriage make. Uganda’s celebrated TV and radio host has stepped forward to address months of quiet speculation about the state of his relationship with wife Lindah Lisa, who relocated to the United Kingdom. The rumours painted a picture of a marriage quietly crumbling behind the scenes. Lwanga’s response? Calm, direct,…

Two hundred and sixteen million shillings sounds like a big number — until you consider how many Ugandan artists made music this year, how many times that music played on radio, in malls, at weddings, in bars, and across streaming platforms. Then the number starts to feel a little different. The Uganda Performing Rights Society (UPRS) made its latest royalty distribution announcement on Wednesday, confirming a UGX 216 million payout to its members. The mood in the room was cautiously optimistic. But it was the chairman’s own admission — that collections remain “below desirable levels” — that told the fuller…

They sold a dream — flashy outfits, luxury nights, and the kind of social media life that makes a young girl in Mbalwa think her luck has finally changed. What allegedly waited on the other side of that dream was far darker. Four suspects accused of running one of Kampala’s most disturbing online sex trafficking operations have been charged with aggravated trafficking in persons and locked up at Luzira Prison, Uganda’s maximum-security facility. But investigators say the operation runs deeper than four faces in a dock — and two of the alleged architects are still nowhere to be found. This…

Every month, millions of women make decisions about their bodies based on something called the “safe period” — a window of days in the menstrual cycle when pregnancy is considered unlikely. Some rely on it confidently. Others are not entirely sure how it works. And a surprising number of people are using it without knowing the one fact that changes everything about how reliable it actually is. Understanding your cycle is one of the most empowering things you can do for your health, your relationships, and your family planning choices. But the safe period method is not a one-size-fits-all solution…

Most artists, when asked to name their top five favourite songs, play it humble — nodding to influences, bigging up peers, keeping their own name safely off the list. Dax Vibez is not most artists. The Vibrationz Music singer sat down for a chat with Mbu.ug, ran through five Ugandan tracks currently living rent-free on his playlist — and planted his own song right there at number three, unbothered and completely unapologetic about it. Honestly? Respect. But the self-inclusion is just the beginning of what makes this list worth talking about — because the other four picks reveal a lot…

For over twelve hours, she said nothing. While her name trended across social media and allegations linking her to explicit videos spread further with every share, Ava Peace made a deliberate choice: silence. She believed the rumours lacked substance. She believed they would collapse under their own weight. They didn’t. So she picked up her phone, opened X, and said exactly what needed to be said — in the kind of language that leaves absolutely no room for interpretation. “Even a fool can see that it ain’t my face.” The internet had been waiting. And Ava Peace did not disappoint.…

He was inside for over two weeks. No visits. No calls demanding his release. Nobody showing up at court. Just silence — from the exact people whose songs he had spent years producing. Producer Dmario — born Isaac Kahuju and the man behind Legend Production Studios — walked out of Luzira Prison at the start of June, released after an arrest that he says was the result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time during Arsenal’s Premier League title celebrations. He came out grateful to God. He came out with his family beside him. And he came…

Label bosses don’t usually cry. They calculate, they invest, they move on to the next project. Emotions are for the artists — or so the industry would have you believe. But Julius Kyazze, the man behind Swangz Avenue, sat in front of a camera and said something that stopped everyone in the room. He said watching Vinka perform makes him emotional. That sometimes, it overwhelms him. That he looked at her on stage at ObaFest — the crowd screaming, the moment enormous — and thought to himself: you’ve done well. That is not the language of a label boss doing…

Some celebrities dance around uncomfortable questions. Jowy Landa is not one of those celebrities. In a sit-down interview on Galaxy TV, the Ugandan singer came with a level of candor that had people replaying the clip twice just to make sure they heard her correctly. She talked about nudes, about the kind of men she keeps in her space, and about what she really thinks is happening to young women online. She didn’t hedge. She didn’t soften it. She just said it. And by the time the interview was over, Jowy Landa had given the internet more than enough to…

If you don’t have Kapeke on your Ugandan playlist right now — Top Boy MC has a question for you. Actually, he has two. “Are you sane? Are you sane to be a Ugandan when you don’t have Kapeke on your list?” That was the moment a calm, measured top five conversation turned into something else entirely. And honestly? The internet agreed with every word of it. In a sit-down interview with The Pop Radar, veteran emcee and presenter Top Boy MC broke down the five Ugandan songs currently dominating his playlist — and the list he delivered is already…