Getting lost four times on the way to shows. Fights breaking out at every venue. Property vandalized on arrival. And at the center of it all — one artist who allegedly began questioning whether she was the cause.
That’s the story Abdul Mulaasi is telling, and Uganda’s entertainment industry is not ready for this conversation.
The veteran singer and Light Production boss sat down for a candid interview and said something that most industry insiders only whisper behind closed doors: witchcraft is active in Uganda’s music scene, and some of the artists you love most have already fallen victim to it.
And he didn’t stop at vague allegations. He called a name.
Mulaasi, drawing from years of hands-on experience running one of Uganda’s known entertainment outfits, said that spiritual manipulation in the industry takes many forms — but one of the most common entry points, he claims, is alcohol.
“There are several artists here who were bewitched through alcohol,” he said plainly.
He described the process as subtle. An artist doesn’t just wake up an alcoholic. According to Mulaasi, the drinking is engineered — a door opened through influence that eventually swallows careers whole.
The name he brought forward? Kemi Sera.
He was careful to frame it with admiration first. “She is beautiful, talented, and everything about her is good,” he said — before adding the word that changed the entire tone of the interview: but.
Mulaasi says he tried to help Kemi Sera after she returned from South Africa and joined his band. What followed, he claims, was a string of events that couldn’t simply be chalked up to bad luck.
They got lost on the way to shows. Not once. Not twice. More than four times.
They arrived late to venues. They showed up to find audiences in the middle of brawls. Property had been vandalized before they could even set up.
“I tried my level best to help her,” Mulaasi said.
But that’s not even the wildest part — Kemi Sera herself reportedly started asking whether she was the problem.
“She told me that maybe she was the one with something wrong,” Mulaasi revealed. And when his own band members noted that operations had run smoothly before her arrival, the weight of that observation apparently landed hard.
For anyone new to the Ugandan entertainment scene, Abdul Mulaasi is not some fringe voice. As the head of Light Production, he’s been navigating the industry long enough to have seen artists rise, fall, and disappear entirely — and he’s watched the explanations shift from poor management to personal struggles to, now, something far more charged.
Kemi Sera is a Ugandan singer who built a following on the strength of her voice and stage presence. Her time in South Africa was expected to be a career-expanding move. What Mulaasi is describing, however, suggests her return brought more turbulence than triumph.
In Uganda — and broadly across East Africa — conversations around witchcraft and the entertainment industry are not unusual. Many artists have spoken publicly about spiritual attacks, and the intersection of fame, envy, and traditional belief systems makes the topic one that fans and industry figures take seriously, regardless of where you personally stand on the matter.
The moment Mulaasi uttered Kemi Sera’s name, the clip began making rounds.
Fans immediately noticed the weight of what he was saying — this wasn’t a vague “industry is dark” statement. He was attaching a real woman’s name to a witchcraft allegation, complete with a timeline, specific incidents, and her own alleged admission.
The internet had thoughts, and they were not holding back.
Comment sections filled up quickly — some with people who said they’d noticed changes in Kemi Sera’s public presence, others defending her fiercely, and a significant number tagging friends with a simple: “Did you see this?”
Within hours of the clip circulating, Kemi Sera’s name was trending in Ugandan entertainment spaces.
Some fans believe Mulaasi’s account deserves a direct response from Kemi Sera, with many arguing that going public with this story — especially naming her — puts her in an uncomfortable position she didn’t ask for.
Others are speculating about who might have allegedly orchestrated such spiritual interference and why — pointing to industry jealousy, romantic betrayal, or competitive rivalry as possible motives. It’s unclear which direction that speculation will settle, but the theories are already swirling.
A portion of the audience, however, is pushing back entirely — questioning why a music boss would name a struggling artist publicly rather than protecting her. “If you genuinely wanted to help her, why make it a talking point in an interview?” one commentator asked, and that question seems to be gaining traction.
Behind all the drama is a woman who, by Mulaasi’s own account, is beautiful, gifted, and full of potential. Kemi Sera didn’t ask to become the face of Uganda’s witchcraft-in-the-industry conversation.
If even half of what Mulaasi describes is true, she was already carrying something heavy — and doing it quietly enough that most fans had no idea. The fact that she reportedly turned the blame on herself at some point speaks to a level of confusion and pain that gets lost when a story like this goes viral.
Whatever you believe about the spiritual dimension, the human story here is real.
Here’s the detail that keeps coming back: Mulaasi’s own band members told him things ran smoothly before Kemi Sera joined. She heard that. And according to him, her response wasn’t denial — it was quiet, reluctant agreement. That’s not the behaviour of someone gaming for attention. That’s someone who had already started to believe something was wrong with her. And that image? It hits differently.
Abdul Mulaasi opened a door that the Ugandan music industry usually keeps locked — and Kemi Sera’s name is now on the other side of it. The question everyone’s waiting on: will she walk out and respond, or let the silence say everything?
Drop your thoughts in the comments — do you believe witchcraft plays a role in Uganda’s entertainment industry?