36 Blitz , Friday, September 7, 2012 IT FEELS LIKE FRIDAY FROM THE GRAPEVINE

FORMER SCRIBE BASOGA TO WALK DOWN THE AISLE Finally, former television scribe and now PR specialist Joseph Basoga, who has worked for the East African Community and a number of NGOs, is surviving the bachelor rolex chapatti. Basoga, a born-again Christian who now works with the Inter Religious Council of , walks down the aisle tomorrow with his longtime girlfriend Mercy Raba Daba incognito Tenywa. Tenywa recently returned home from the Ukraine after attaining her masters degree in at Ascot goat races Pharmacy. The two love birds will walk down the aisle at Bishop Makumbi’s Gospel Healing Cen- tre in Lweza and thereafter host their guests If Raba Daba hadn’t to a reception at UMA Show grounds exhibi- accepted that his music tion hall. Expected to attend are renowned star had totally dimmed out, what pastors like Apostle Alex Mitala, Bishop Patrick KONSHENS TO happened to him at the 2012 Royal Ascot and Miriam Makumbi and a host of other dignitar- Goat Races at the Commonwealth Resort in ies from the UN, East African Community and all the last Saturday proved it to him. We saw other places he has worked. Congratulations, fellow the once big music star pacing up and down the venue, journo. taking pictures outside diff erent corporate companies’ THRILL hospitality tents, without a soul caring to notice he was Speculation has been rife for about a week now as to whether dancehall superstar the once-upon-a-time Raba Daba, who belted out hits like Konshens aka Garfi eld Spence will perform in Kampala. We can now confi rm that the Bwekili and Mukyamu. As if failing to score any invite to a Jamaican artiste will indeed be the headlining act at an upcoming independence single company’s hospitality tent was not bad enough, celebration concert, to be held at Kyadondo Rugby Grounds on October 5, just three revellers simply kept bypassing him and not caring days to the offi cial celebration of 50 years of Uganda’s independence. The Golden Jubilee what he was up to. It must hurt to fall from grace, concert, organised by Advercom Limited, will also feature The Dancehall Soljah and huh? Perhaps he should up his game, release renowned reggae/dancehall deejay GMoney. DJ GMoney will be scratching the discs with a hit and use his face value again as Uganda’s number one corporate deejay, BK, at this concert, which is billed to be the biggest a pass to such corporate bashment party of the year, featuring some big-name local artistes from various genres. events. Konshens will be belting out some of his chart-topping dancehall hits like Don’t You Try Con Me, Gyal A Bubble, Good Girl Gone Bad (with Tarrus Riley) and Need A Wife, all of which have received massive airplay all over the Ugandan airwaves. Also, videos to his other bigger STRAKA COZIES hits like Stop Sign, Simple Song and Do Sum’n are receiving lots of love from MTV base and BET Entertainment on DStv. In anticipation of the big day, the offi cial Konshens Live in UP TO GRAVITY Kampala Facebook and Twitter pages are already updating eager fans with a constant stream of news, free downloads and pictures of the musician, with opportunities to win OMUTUJJU related freebees. Watch this space for more updates on this concert, guaranteed to break the fl opped concerts jinx. Woman accosts Pastor Bugembe on stage Aly Alibhai in face-off with Pastor Wilson Bugembe was visibly terrifi ed when an unidentifi ed promotions fi rm over Konshens drunk woman accosted him on stage last weekend in Mukono, It seems the battle to bring Jamaican dancehall star where he was launching his latest album, Biriba Bitya. No one saw Konshens to Kampala come October is heating up it coming, as everyone was busy dancing to the gospel singer’s real bad. We gather that Aly Alibhai, the Talent Africa hits when the woman staggered onto the stage and attempted to CEO, who thought he was assured of fl ying in Kon- Straka carry the pastor. Bugembe gently eased himself from the woman’s shens on his own terms, is facing an uphill task. This, grip, but the woman feigned an attack and fell down on stage, we hear, comes after a bidding war with another Straka Mwezi, known coming off as though she had been possessed by demons, a promotions fi rm willing to pay double the price Al- for having dated the likes of thing that called for bouncers to intervene. But just as they were ibhai was off ering. According to our sources, the fi rm is Sizza Man, Back Summer and Charles whisking her away, the woman lunged and held onto Bugembe’s throwing in a whopping $60,000 (about sh150m) to get Oimuke before and, of course, for her bulky coat, clinging onto it until Bugembe, a pastor at Light of the World Konshens to Kampala, while top promoter Alibhai had size and outlandish hairstyles, is lately cozying Church in Nansana, put off the coat and let her take it. It was until off ered a paltry $30,000 (about sh75m). As you read this, up to new-kid-on-the-block Gravity Omutujju. then that the woman left Bugembe to continue singing, while she Alibhai is not a happy man as Konshens’ club-banging Omutujju is the Lugafl ow voice behind hits like got kicked out of the concert. hits right now make him the real deal for business. Aly Alibhai Walumbe Zaaya and Swagga. The two have been spotted enjoying each other’s company at Club Amnesia in the heart of town. From the look of things, they love every moment of it Kirumira bullies Sarah Nkonge into paying more for CD to bits. Could they be in love?

City tycoon Godfrey Kirumira literally forced his Kwagalana Group colleague Dr. Sarah Nkonge Muwonge to double the amount she was off ering to buy Pastor Wilson Bugembe’s Biriba Bitya album during its launch at Hotel Equatoria last Friday. Kirumira, who had just bought the musical album at a whooping sh5m, protested after Nkonge, a senior presidential adviser on land matters and board member at the National Forestry Authority, off ered sh0.5m for the album. Kirumira, in his usual braggadocio style, took on Nkonge. “Honourable, you are a member in Kwagalana and when we talk money, you very well know we talk millions, billions and trillions, so please add on that money,” he told her to the applause from revellers. It’s at this point that Nkonge doubled her off er. Kirumira then rested his case; just that he still looked unsatisfi ed. However, it was the Bukomansimbi Woman MP, Susan Namaganda, who ultimately Godfrey Kirumira stole the show after paying a whooping sh6m in cash for the CD. Sarah Nkonge Gravity Omutujju