| Archived 27th October
2005 |
| Beauty who wants
to conquer the world |
| She is wearing jeans and a shirt, her face bare
of make-up… the ordinary girl. More so because she is
seated next to me in class, on an ordinary Friday afternoon.
|
| Chameleone, Bebe
Cool feud still alive |
| It has all the ingredients of a movie about a
wonderful friendship turned bloody. |
| New local film
at National Theatre |
| A group of musicians and artistes have teamed
up to produce a film titled ‘Interdependency’ (Munno
mukabi) to premier at the National Theatre on November 6. |
| Sanyu listener
to win BMW |
| Sanyu FM in conjunction with Ramzan Motors is
to give away a brand new car to one of its listeners. |
| Sabrina’s
decade |
| It was on October 5, 1995 when Hope Mukasa started
Sabrina’s Pub, and now after 10 years, it has grown into
an entertainment centre with a discotheque, restaurant and bar.
|
| Not before marriage,
indeed! |
| In Gayaza High School it is tradition for students
to sign oaths promising not to give away their virginity till
they walk down the aisle. |
| My campus days:
DR. JAMES RWANYARARE |
| Former PPC chairman (UPC), Dr. James
Rwanyarare stayed in Livingstone hall and studied medicine
at Makerere University from 1959 to 1966. He recounted his campus
experiences to John Vivian Sserwaniko: |
| What goes round
… |
| The Scavengers under the direction of Henry Mpinga
and Robert Kawaddwa kept the hearts of Ugandans skipping, in
their heart throbbing play Sserwajjokwota, Luganda for visitors
who overstep their boundaries. |
| Wang at home in
America |
In the fast Lane
A couple of days in London convinced me that it wasn’t
the place for me. |
| It gotta be ‘designer’
|
Trends
It is a ‘disease that is fast catching on in Kampala.
Everybody wants to wear a recognisable name before they sink
their cash into anything. |
| DAY AND NIGHT |
K’Angie lights up Obbligato
Afrigo Band ‘big three’; Moses Matovu,
Joanita Kawalya and Charles Sekyanzi might be away, but the
mood at Club Obbligato has not been dampened. |
| Desperate measures |
Wicked Whispers
Either our youth are getting really desperate or
they have completely lost all sense of decency. |
| Archived 20th October
2005 |
| UK blacks piss
off Wang |
In the fast Lane
When I mentioned that I was seriously considering
a kyeyo adventure to Europe or America, some people thought
I was joking. |
| My, the difference! |
| TRENDS I never knew that
when God created us White, Black, Red, Yellow, He really went
to great lengths to make us different, save for the red blood
that flows in all our veins. |
| New soap on WBS
screen |
| The 12-episode soap opera ‘Hand in Hand’
whose cast comprises 13 main characters from different drama
groups hit the waves of WBS on October 2 and will be showing
every Sunday at 8 p.m. |
| Hip-hop fights
for attention |
| Many people tend to imagine that hip-hop is all
about baggie jeans, vests, ghetto accents, fights and doping. |
| Sexual art at National
Theatre |
| Shams Bhanji is a kind of man most parents would
not wish their daughters to go out with. He is neither gigolo
nor sex maniac. Shams is a photographer, obsessed and married
to his camera for the last 10 years. |
| Julianna, Mesach:
From zero to glory |
| JULIANNA KANYOMOZI, 24, started
as a karaoke singer at Sabrina’s Pub and preferred to
sing R&B. She was about to give up when she teamed up with
Bobi Wine to release Taata w’abaana and Maama Mbiire. |
| Campus club blues |
| You walk into a discothèque and this girl
looks you up from head to toe, trying to put a price tag on
you. |
| My campus days:
PROF. DAVID RUBADIRI |
| Malawian poet and author PROF. DAVID
RUBADIRI is a former Guild President at Makerere University.
He tells Richard M. Kavuma about his days at the campus:
|
| Chelsea's Essien
at Ange Mystique |
| After thumping Liverpool FC 4-1 on Sunday, October
2, Chelsea’s £24.4m Ghanaian midfielder Michael
Essien decided to relax in Ange Mystique, a London night club
owned by Ugandan entrepreneur Charlie Lubega, and popularly
known as Kabira. |
| 'God told Bush
to invade Iraq' |
Wicked Whispers
U.S. President George W. Bush allegedly said God
told him to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, a new BBC documentary
reveals. |
| Archived 13th October
2005 |
| BBA PAJERO: BP
on office 'namwandus' |
| BJ’s Irish Pub & Restaurant, Friday,
September 30. The Observer family is once again out here…
to bid farewell to yet another colleague leaving for kyeyo…
er… sorry, greener pastures, in America. |
| Salacious Campus
Lugambo |
In the fast Lane
When God was dishing out his blessings, the ability
to spy is the one thing he forgot – or did not consider
necessary – to give Wang. P |
| Owino, Owino! |
Trends
Last Sunday, I almost veered right off Queen’s Way as
I gaped in amazement at a woman making her own fashion statement. |
| Rise
and rise of our music |
| Legendary Congolese musician Mbilia Bel’s
recent show in Kampala should have been a big thing in the city.
|
| Detooth like a
pro |
| I am beaten the way girls whine on and on that
men have become very hard to detooth because they have learnt
all the tricks. |
| My campus days:
Erias Lukwago |
| Erias Lukwago is a prominent
city advocate. He spoke to John Vivian Sserwaniko
about his days at Makerere University campus. |
| Afrigo back with
Rumba |
| Even after month-long preparation, my friend
LD a.k.a. Crouch still missed out on ‘Rumba in the House’
after drinking one too many, minutes before the maiden show.
|
| Tusker nite at
Sabrina’s |
| For fun freaks who can’t wait for weekends,
Sabrina’s pub on Ben Kiwanuka Street and Tusker Malt Lager
have joined hands to bring your weekend closer – on Wednesday.
|
| DAY AND NIGHT |
| Mesach gets more ‘relatives’
After winning the ‘Artiste of the Year’
Award, Eagles Production kingpin Mesach Ssemakula suddenly
saw his clan expand. |
| Archived 6th October
2005 |
| BABA PAJERO: BP
meets sweet Kenyan babe… |
| I have recently caught that Thursday bug for
Jazz Night and buffet dinner at Kampala Casino. Never mind that
my friends ‘Teletubbie’ and Michel are the ones
who really force me to eat. |
| Wang ponders kyeyo |
| In the fast Lane I have
always said that there is no good reason for any Ugandan to
abandon the beautiful, sunny and friendly country that Uganda
is for the cold winters (and people) of Britain, America or
Canada.
|
| Never been so tempted... |
TRENDS
I hate soccer. There is no question about that. I
hate European football more, there is no doubt about that
too. |
| Pill not for teens |
| In recent years, teenage girls have become frequent
customers in pharmacies selling contraceptive pills. |
| My campus days:
RS Elvis |
| Elvis Kalema a.k.a. RS
Elvis, 31, has been a radio presenter since his second
year at Makerere University (1994). He shared his campus experiences
with John Vivian Sserwaniko: |
| Mulaasi's 'farm'
full |
| ABDU SIMWOGERERE MULAASI, 29, (Rasta
Smart) started singing in 1995 as a backup vocalist
for Shanks Vivie Dee but was not known until he started composing
controversial songs like Swimming Pool. |
| Artistes'
moment of truth |
| It used to be the second biggest event on Uganda’s
social calendar but this year, it is the most important, as
there will be no Miss Uganda contest. |
| Alleygators peppered
|
| Talk of being multi-skilled, or is it? Karaoke
Nite at Alleygators, Garden City, recently choked on Red Pepper
as the ‘Red Quartet’ stormed the stage in their
debut performance. |
| The needy reap
from goat races |
| For the athleticism that they displayed, the
goats that competed at the recent Royal Ascot Goat Race in Munyonyo
have finally brought smiles to the underprivileged. |
| DAY AND NIGHT
With Elizabeth Kameo |
Fox foxes Walubiri
State House legal kingpin Fox Odoi can mean to be
as combative as a fox. He did exactly that during lawyers’
day celebrations last week. |
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