Diamond Platnumz’s Kenyan baby mama, Tanasha Donna, quit her job as a radio presenter on Kenya’s NRG Radio to venture into the music industry. Since joining the music industry, Tanasha has released a number of songs, like La Vie, nah easy and others which have gained a fair airplay.
Her latest project is dubbed ‘Gere’ on which the Kenyan former radio presenter has joined forces with her hubby, Diamond Platnumz, in which seems to be her mega song ever since joining the music industry. The song’s video, Gere, which was released just 10 hours back has already garnered an impressive 700k-plus views on youtube. Watch the song below:
NTV Uganda has unveiled investigative journalist Raymond Mujuni who has made a return to the station two years after he had quit for Next Media Service’s NBS Television.
NTV Uganda in a brief graphic said: “East or West, NTV is best”.
Mujuni, one of the best Investigative journalists in the country, last week penned an emotional letter to Next Media staff.
He said he has enjoyed working and building this dream mostly with the Investigations Desk and “our news profile.”
Mujuni revealed that the decision to leave was not easy but was occasioned by necessity.
“It didn’t come easy – the decision to leave – but I’m grateful that it now is a reality. In my time with the brand we have improved our news profile, we have held government – and the corporate sector accountable, we have led to national legislation changes, we have sparked national conversations on abortion, sexual harassment, corruption, and even defunct state assets,” he said.
“This has been possible because the platform accorded to me – and you by extension – was a credible, trusted and strong one. It is my prayer that it is maintained by you – the team left behind. My time at Next Media has been nothing short of thrilling, exciting, educative and career-growing. It couldn’t, of course, have been a smooth ride. For the days where the force of hand or word rubbed anyone the wrong way, I deeply and immensely apologise. It wasn’t for ill intent,” he said.
Meanwhile, experienced news anchor and radio programmer, Shawn Kimuli also left NBS TV and Nxt Radio two weeks ago after over 10 years.
“Hi, this is to mention I will no longer be working with Next Media henceforth. It’s taken me time to write this because this is home that I have to leave after 13 years. Let me state that everyone without titles has impacted my career and will remain family. Will miss you. Bye. Shawn Kimuli,” his sign-out message two weeks ago reads.
Kimuli was an anchor on NBS TV and a Programmer at Next Media’s Next Radio.
The Rema and Chris Evans saga on the ‘clear’ singer’s valentine show at Hotel Africana has been trending on social media throughout the weekend. To take a recap, Rema staged a very successful concert on the valentines day at Hotel Africana, where a number of artists, particularly those she has done collabos with, escorted her. Among them included ykee benda, b2c and chris evans.
However, the highlight of Rema’s concert was when Kenzo’s ex welcomed Chris Evans on stage. Prior to his performance, the ‘sibinene’ singer was addressed by Rema herself in a very joking fashion. On welcoming Chris Evans on stage, Rema first joked on him.
”Ladies and gentlemen, allow me welcome a very good friend of mine, he is the most disciplined musician that i know. He was hammered ten times on his head and still survived. He even has no girlf tonight, so if you’re there lonely, he is free. Ladies and gentlemen allow me welcome Chris Evans”, Rema invited Chris Evans.
The two performed their duet ‘Linda’ and when it turned to Evans’ part, he mentioned the name of Eddy Kenzo while singing. ”This is how Kenzo said to Rema ”(Evans sings his verses)”. This wasn’t received nicely by Rema as he grabbed Evans and tried to pull him off stage. Evans then begged Rema to forgive him which she did and allowed Evans to continue with his performance.
Hilariously, Chris Evans has today come out and asked Rema to give him an official public apology for disrespecting and demeaning him while performing on her concert. Evans stressed that they both joked on each other but he was surprised to see Rema losing her control out of just a mere joke.
Evans says that he heard Rema making fun out of him which he didn’t take serious because he knows jokes bring a great vibe in revelers and that’s why he also joked by mentioning Eddy Kenzo’s name which he says he didn’t mean to hurt her. Lastly, Chris Evans has asked Rema to apologize to him publicly for disrespecting him yet he had come to support her on her concert.
Singer Christopher Evans Kaweesa a.k.a Chris Evans has come out to comment on the saga as Rema Namakula tried to force him off the stage after jokingly mentioning her Ex-boyfriend’s name ‘Kenzo’ while performing their collabo, ‘Linda’ durng her ‘Clear’ concert at Hotel Africana last Friday.
Mid, in the performance of their sensational love song, Chris Evans replaced some lyrics with Rema Nakaula’s baby daddy Edrisa Musuuza, an act that seemd bigger for her to swallow infront of the mammoth crowd that had come to grace the event deciding to cut their performance short.
Here is the Video;
According to Mr Kaweesa, he felt embarassed since even much though he had to apologise for her not to pull him off, she couldn’t listen to him.
He says that Rema used a lot of high handedness in handling the situation stating that she took the joke in bad faith as Musicians usually joke while performing on stage.
“Even if she was annoyed, she would not have embarrassed me like that. I want her to apologise.” He says.
Rwandan Police has confirmed the death of Gospel musician and Government critic Kizito Mihigo, Ugandan buzz has learnt.
According to allegations, Kizito was found dead in police cell at Remera Station reportedly after committing suicide just three days after he was arrested on suspicion that he was attempting to bribe his way out of the country illegally.
The gospel singer has been challenged the Rwandan government’s ‘official account’ of the country’s 1990s genocide, and has been arrested before.
In February 2015, Kizito Mihigo was convicted to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to crimes including conspiracy to murder President Paul Kagame and other top leaders of the country
In September 2018, Kizito received Presidential pardon alongside other 2,000 inmates convicted for various crimes and accoridng to sources, it was reported that Kizito was arrested while trying to illegally escape through porous border in Nyaruguru district, to join armed groups meant to destabilise Rwanda.
It’s sad news allow her the globe following the death of Nikita Pearl Waligwa, Ugandan actor who appeared in Disney’s ‘Queen of Katwe’.
Nikita Waligwa passed on yesterday, Sunday 16.02.20 at the age of 15 following battling with 3 brain tumours.
Nikita Waligwa who featured as Gloria in Queen of Katwe has been battling with 3 brain Tumors cause of cancer
She is mostly remembered with her role of Gloria in the 2016 film was based on true story of Ugandan girl Phiona Mutesi from the slums of Katwe, a surbub of Kampala, who took up chess aged 9 despite not being in school and went on to compete in international tournaments
Gloria was a friend of Phiona who explained the rules of chess to her.
Nikita Waligwa on the Queen of Katwe movie billboard that also featured Hollywood star Lupita N’yongo and David Oyelowo.
She was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2016 and Queen of Katwe director Mira Nair reportedly mobilised people to help fund her treatment in India, with Ugandan doctors quoted as saying they did not have the necessary equipment.
She was given the all-clear in 2017 but last year was found to have another tumour and unfortunately, she couldn’t survive it past yesterday.
Entertaining Rally driver Duncan Mubiru popularly known among fans as Kikankane emerged as the 2020 National Rally Championship season opener over the weekend in Mbarara that saw only 10 finishes of the 27 crews that participated.
The victory together with his co-driver Musa Nsubuga in the Mitsubishi Evo X came as the first in two years since his last win of an NRC event back in 2017 during the Kabale rally.
Musa Nsubuga co-driver to Duncan Mubiru – Kikankane, overall winner of the first edition of this year’s National Rally Championship
Kikankane put out a good performance during day one where he secured the third podium finish, entering into the final day with an advantage.
In a Volkswagen Proto, Rajiv Ruparelia and Enock Olinga were the fastest drivers on day one, winning two of the three stages, Ponsiano Lwakataka second, Ronald Sebuguzi fourth and Omar Mayanja fifth but unfortunately all these except Mayanja dropped out in the penultimate stages of day 2 to hand Duncan the win.
Rajiv Rupaleria’s car after suffering a broken suspension
According to him, his target is to finish every rally this season and the winnings will be coming as a bonus.
“My target this season is to finish every rally. Our target was to finish but we got lucky and finished with a victory. It will be the same in all other events we go for a finish,” Duncan Mubiru said.
Fred Busulwa, navigated by Joseph Bongole, registered his career-best finish with a second position with 10 minutes late. 2017 Mbarara Rally winner Omar Mayanja and Hussein Mukuye sealed the podium in third position before Ashraf Ahmed settling for fourth position overall and Jackson Sserwanga completing the top five positions that also assured him victory in the Two-Wheel Drive category.
Ibrahim Lubega settled for sixth overall as well as second in the 2WD class and In the Clubman Rally Championship (CRC), Mustafa Mukasa claimed victory followed by Peter Assimwe.
The second round of NRC is scheduled for March 6-8 in Jinja.
Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Nambooze Bakireke has cautioned newly celebrity couple of singer Rema Namakula and Dr Hamza Ssebunya about their excessive public display of affection.
The MPs advice follows a few scenarios that followed after Dr Hamza was contacted by the press to share a word about his relationship with the ‘Clear’ singer that she there and then interrupted, shielding him from saying a word any more that many have picked on to portray her as an over bearing and disrespectful woman.
All these happened during her highly sold out live concert at Serena Hotel last Friday.
This letter mainly rotates on a need for Rema Namakula to get Dr.Ssebunya off the stage and hit back to the hospital as she beleives that if the ‘dimpled’ singer keeps on letting his husband on attend her concerts and addressing audiences, he will be more vulnerable to the Media since he would have become a member of the showbiz industry.
Here it goes…
“Dear Rema Namakula my jjaaja from the Lugave Clan,
Your show at Africana was extra ordinary, perfect to say the least and I congratulate you upon that achievement. Despite the marvellous show you put up, your critics were not done, they sucessfully got you on two unfortunate incidents. One was your failure to recieve Chris Evans joke calmly, which betrayed and exposed you as a vulnerable woman who has failed to move on after the divorce.
Rema Namakula with Dr Hamza during her Valentines Show at Hotel Africana
The other ugly scene was when you attempted to shield your man from the Press which your enemies picked on to portray you as an over bearing and disrespectful woman. I would have done the same, if journalists descended in a similar fashion on Mr.Bakireke.
Rema, celebrities live a hell of life with pressures of critics, threats, stalkers, and other security issues, and most of them end up living a stressed-out life…while at the sametime this constant stress of public scrutiny is often a source of depression, paranoia and acting out, many people even try out drugs in order to escape from the demanding public.
The stress resulting from such a life also wreak havoc on marriages as one or both partners desperately grasp at coping mechanisms to get them through day after difficult day. For them, life is not a fairy tale. And sometimes, it’s a hell. Because, this is the life you live, you need to do a thing or two to protect yourself and your man from the ever protruding eye of the Parrapazi.
Following her highly publicized relationship, and equally publicized split,Jennifer Lopez had to buy peace from her ex-husband. Lopez got married to Judd and divorced him nine months later citing irreconcilable differences. However Judd walked away with a reported $14 million of Lopez’s fortune. However, this sum came with a catch as Lopez’s legal team made Judd sign documents to stop him from ever speaking publicly about their relationship.. Judd moved on quietly with his cash, and Jennifer Lopez moved on with Ben Affleck.
What I dont know is whether you just moved out of Kenzo’s house without any formal understanding or agreement. With three top selling songs already out of the divorce, Kenzo seems prepared to milk cash and publicity out of your broken relationship and daughter Amaal. Imagine, through his facebook account Kenzo outs messages about you and gets free media coverage. Your managers and lawyers must move to put a stop on this opportunism and savageness by Kenzo. But the move shouldnt involve courts of law.
I understand the Musicians in Uganda have an association however I dont know if the leaders conceptualize the environment they are working in and need to advocate for policies to protect people in this industry. Paparazzi have been known to ‘stalk’ and ‘chase’ celebrities and make commercial use of their private data whereas fans have been known to break into celebrities’ houses to ‘stalk’, ‘kidnap’, or even ‘assassinate’ them.
In October 1997, Princess Diana died from a car accident in France which was suspected to be caused by seven paparazzi. Although the judge clarified later that the drunk driver rather than paparazzi caused the accident, California government was aware of the danger brought by paparazzi and thus quickly set the first anti-paparazzi law.” she concluded.
gwe weyagale n’omuntu wo
neyagala na muntu wange (Spice Diana)
weyagale n’omuntu wo aloo (Eli Arkhis Music)
tweyagala nyo era tetuli na ku bigambo oo
ffe tumanyi amakulu agali mu bufumbo oo
twekuma nyo era tetuli na ku bigambo oo
ffe tumanyi amasanyu agali mu bufumbo oh
kuba tumanyi jetuvudde
era tumanyi wetutuse
okunyiga tukuza bbali netukwatagana
nkusaba weyagale n’omuntu wo (nina baby wange)
mugabane ne kubintu byo (muwa n’ebintu byange)
nkusaba weyagale n’omuntu wo (nina baby wange)
mugabane ne kubintu byo (muwa n’ebintu byange)
gwe weyagale n’omuntu wo eyo
neyagala n’omuntu wange
weyagale n’omuntu wo aloo (oh beibe)
omulunji muwe okuttu
face ye jetiimbe nga tattoo
tomukyanga nga matatu
tomusuula ddaalu
ojjukira lwewanyiiga novuuma muno oh?
ojjukira luli lwewalangiira muno oh? (nomulabisa)
so ate wewalwala wajjanjabwa muno oh
jjukira amaziga ng’okabiira muno (nti osanga akiiyiwa)
kati osazeewo kusanyuka ng’osanyuuka na muno
nkusaba weyagale n’omuntu wo (nina baby wange)
mugabane ne kubintu byo (muwa n’ebintu byange)
nkusaba weyagale n’omuntu wo (nina baby wange)
mugabane ne kubintu byo (muwa n’ebintu byange) oh beibe
tweyagala nyo era tetuli na ku bigambo oo
ffe tumanyi amakulu agali mu bufumbo oo
twekuma nyo era tetuli na ku bigambo oo
ffe tumanyi amasanyu agali mu bufumbo oh (ye eh)
weyagale n’omuntu wo eyo
neyagala na muntu wange
weyagale n’omuntu wo aloo
nkusaba weyagale n’omuntu wo (nina baby wange)
mugabane ne kubintu byo (muwa n’ebintu byange)
nkusaba weyagale n’omuntu wo (nina baby wange)
mugabane ne kubintu byo (muwa n’ebintu byange)
route music…
The surviving half of the incredible Radio & Weasel duo, Weasel, has released his first song video of 2020.
The ‘guwooma’ singer has featured a Uganda rising artist known as Dream Boy in an awesome love song dubbed ‘sonda’, in which Dream Boy provides soothing and smooth RnB vocals well as Weasel [as usual] pops in with his ragga and dancehall vibes.
In the song, Weasel and Dream Boy try to express their much love towards a certain girl whom they love a lot. The Former starts by letting the girl know that they are meant to be together but she is so mysterious as she always fails to pick up his calls.
He then goes on telling the girl to try hard as she can to go and visit him at his place as he misses her a lot and that his heart misses something.
Weasel then pops in the middle of the song telling the girl that he misses her a lot and that she should go and visit him such that she takes away all the thirsty of love he boasts. Overall, if you’re in love the song is really a one to die for, especially in these valentine moods. Watch it first below:
Musician Jose Chameleone has publicly announced that he would not be holding his concert on the same date as Fik Fameica as previously scheduled.
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