The seventh edition of Tugende Mu Kikadde was one of the most attended ever. Photos | Isaac Ssejjombwe
Events that happen at Sheraton Kampala Hotel are not supposed to go beyond midnight. That is standard procedure but last weekend during the Tugende mu Kikadde event, artistes Haruna Mubiru, Stecia Mayanja, Phoebe Nassolo, Charles Sekyewa and Ronald Mayinja had not performed by 11pm yet they were around.
Each of these artistes was at least required to do five songs, which forced us to go backstage and find out what was happening. What we learnt is that they were still demanding their balance. It took about 30 minutes for the organisers to sort this mess. It is then that Mayinja and Mubiru joined Chameleone as he was performing before Stecia, Sekyewa and Mpologoma also joined in.
It looked like a mash-up of sorts and when Patrick Shube was asked about this confusion, he said the artistes performing together was part of the plan.
“It is how we wanted it. This is a very big production which needs a lot of costs. Yes we had some small payment issues with two artistes but we harmonised it and they came on stage and performed,” he said.