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Daily Monitor Saturday April 10 2021 Summary Mr Simon Sejjaaka says: Foreign dignitaries bearing trinkets have found their way into the courts of our kings. Advertisement Last week, a one Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam came calling. Akon, as he is famously referred to, is according to Wikipedia, a Senegalese-American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and actor from New Jersey. Many of us came to know about his presence in Uganda when VVIPs posted photo...

Daily Monitor Saturday April 10 2021 Summary It is alleged that production of Uganda Cup TV games is done by Faisal Musenze, who previously worked with PearlSporto broadcasting – a company started in 2013 by Fufa president Moses Magogo and his partners. The same company produced Fufa Big League and regional qualifiers at Njeru recently. Advertisement We have all been screaming loudly about Alpha Ssali’s incredible goal for Proline against Myda. Had it not been televised by UBC, many would o...

Sauti Sol to perform in Virtual concert hosted by Idris Elba The concert dubbed, Africa Day Benefit Concert will be hosted by actor Idris Elba. MTV Base Africa has partnered with YouTube to stage the virtual concert that is aimed at raising funds to help families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. The concert is set to go down on May 25th, 2020 with East Africa being represented by Sauti Sol, Diamond Platnumz, Bebe Cool and Nandy. “We’re pleased to be part of the #AfricaDay Benefi...

Mr Enobi’s post on Instagram was a caption for a video he shared which showed Naira Marley apologising to his Cameroonian fans. According to him, the show was cancelled for “obvious reasons.” Follow the announcement of the cancellation, Joey Akan, took to his Twitter page to make alleged revelations on why the intended show was cancelled. He made these revelations in a series of tweets and one reads in part, “Yesterday, a Naira Marley concert scheduled to hold in Cameroon, didn’t happ...

Daily Monitor Friday February 05 2021 The government allowed the Independence monument in Kampala City to be covered by the MAMA Awards design as a way of promoting the event. PHOTO/ COURTESY Summary “I can’t thank MTV enough for postponing these awards. Great move. I am sorry, I love the music industry so much. So I couldn’t hold back the excitement and that note I will be handing over to the next president soon,” Ykee Benda tweeted Human rights activists have been using social media t...

Bobi Wine at a past event [Photo: Courtesy] A few weeks to Uganda’s general election and what could be the biggest day of Bobi Wine’s life, he took his presidential campaign to his family’s ancestral home. The 38-year-old pop star, real name Robert Kyagulanyi, made his reputation in the informal settlements of Kampala, but in Kanoni, a sleepy rural town in central Uganda, his support was just as evident. Hundreds of young people, mostly men dressed in red, seem to emerge from the bushes ...

MTV Africa and MTV Base have announced the return of the continental flagship award show in 2021 2 minutes read MTV Africa and MTV Base have announced the return of the continental flagship award show in 2021. The Iconic MTV Base celebration, MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA), which showcases the ultimate in African culture, music, and creativity, will be held in a re-imagined virtual format in partnership with Uganda, The Pearl of Africa on February 20 th 2021. The MTV Africa Music Awards ...

Daily Monitor Tuesday January 26 2021 To the end of the 2021 Presidential Election, we have come and so too, to the beginning of a very contentious issue. A sensation was caused by a first time presidential candidate, who has been in elective politics from only 2017. National Unity Platform (NUP’s) Robert Kyagulanyi, whose entertainment industry name is Bobi Wine, came in second, leading a six -month old political party.  The Electoral Commission said he scored 34 per cent of the vote. Incum...

Daily Monitor Monday January 25 2021 Buganda and Catholics have no case to answer, and are not to blame for the recent electoral storm by National Unity Plat form (NUP) in central region, parts of Busoga and other former strongholds of President Museveni and NRM. These include the Jerusalem of Front for National Salivation (Fronasa) Bugisu in the 60s and 70s, which were also causalities. “A lie gets half way round the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on,”Sir Winston Chur...

Daily Monitor Sunday January 24 2021 Musician Moses Ssali, aka Bebe Cool (centre), gives out NRM t-shirts in November 2020. The ruling party used celebrities to campaign for candidate Yoweri Museveni. PHOTO | KELVIN ATUHAIRE Summary As a communications practitioner, I know the power opinion leaders have in shaping public agenda, I also know how brands benefit from endorsements. However, not everyone is an opinion leader, Abiaz Rwamwiri writes. Advertisement The National Resistance Movement (NRM...