Ugandan singer/songwriter and actor Maurice Kirya has not been actively releasing music of late. It seems however that Kirya, with over a decade-long wealth of experience in music has chosen to widely concentrate on other bussiness adventures.

The singer, a coffee enthusiast himself founded the Sound Cup Coffee in 2013 with a mission to use good coffee and great service to bring people, arts, and cultures together.

The bussiness is seemingly doing well as the Sound Cup Coffee is now not only available in Uganda, but to the world, based in The Netherlands & Uganda.

“It has been an incredible journey, and I am very happy to have the world enjoying our coffee, It is wonderful to see how it impacts everyone all the way from the farmers to our happy coffee drinkers,” Kirya said.

“I’d like to thank my team of coffee experts, roasters, specialists, Piz & Pots Agency, and all my friends and people that have walked this journey with me to bring this premium brand to life,” he added.

As a teenager Maurice Kirya, grew up in a humble family that was passionate about music and food, and as a family, they cooked and catered to their community in the streets of Kampala, Uganda.

It was during this time that Maurice fell in love with coffee, and vowed to not only dig deeper into it’s taste and science, but also to use coffee to impact the lives of his community, farmers, and those in the arts industry.

Since 2013, The Sound Cup has used it’s platform to fundraise for various community outreaches, health awareness and research programmes, create employment for the youth, and support music and arts initiatives.

By Baron Kironde

TNS singer Yusuf Ssenabulya, aka Roden Y Kabako has finally been introduced by his long-time girlfriend Jazira Namuddu to her parents in Mpigi.

Kabako couldn’t literally believe his long awaited day had finally come, he got so emotional he broke down and cried helplessly. Unlike the now very common adage that goes “it will end in tears” directed at lovers, for Kabako, it started in tears-tears of joy for that case. It will perhaps make a good ending.

Kabako was very overjoyed to have achieved his dream of legalizing his relationship with the love of his life.

Kabako was so happy and appreciative of her girlfriend for having not disappointed him.

“I’m too happy and overjoyed. Even my brother here knows how happy I am. And all my other relatives and close colleagues. I’m indeed so happy. We come from very far. We come from Butambala. My brother thank you. Am grateful and too happy,” Kabako said.

For the past few days, Kabako has not been having enough sleep as most of time, his mind has been thinking and planning for his marital ceremony. He has been up and down distributing invitation cards himself.

The Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala has expressed excitement upon meeting his long lost Senegalese “brother” from another mother Akon.

Literally born two worlds apart, the two have a striking facial resemblance right from the skin color complexion, and even tone of their smile.

Akon is in the country on a 4-day trip to explore bussiness opportunities, but over the weekend, he spared some time to meet up with Uganda’s former Inspector General of Police, Gen Katumba at Latitude O degrees in Makindye courtesy of Pablo Bashir, the Next Media chief of protocol.

“Another toast to humanity. Finally met my ‘brother’ and a friend to Uganda Akon,” the Army General posted.

It was the first time the two were meeting since both of them were born; two regions apart, one in Senegal-West Africa, and another in Uganda-East Africa.

Gen Katumba’s resemblance with Akon is however logically only God’s manifestation that all humans were born in his image.

Ugandan “Netizens” were nevertheless thrilled by the resemblance of the two and had started insinuating that they could possibly be brothers, others suggested that Gen Katumba who’s older of the two could turn out to be Akon’s real father. When they met, they had a chance to laugh off such claims and had some light moments together.

The vastly differing backgrounds of the two give them no chance at all, or very slight if any to be related by blood.

Akon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 16, 1973, to African parents. Akon’s mother, Kine Thiam, is a dancer,and his father, Mor Thiam, is a well-known jazz percussionist. His family returned to Dakar, Senegal, in West Africa, when Akon was young and lived there until he was 7 years old, when they moved back to the United States.

Gen Katumba on the other hand is the last born of the nine children of the late Henry Wamala and Marjorie Wamala (rip) of Bweeza, Kalangala-Ssese Kalangala. He however only spent the early years as a child with his parents, Katumba quickly fell into the hands of a disciplinarian sister and fatherly brother who took him through school.

By Baron Kironde