As the Nyege Nyege Festival in Jinja (September 15-18) thrilled the 4,000 Kenyans who travelled to Uganda to attend it, another team of seasoned tour operators from there was combining business and pleasure elsewhere. The team tracked gorillas, had a safari drive, as well as wined and dined during a week’s familiarization tour. “We are […]
Mr. Sserunya was arrested on Saturday morning at the Nyege Nyege festival that took place at Itanda falls in Jinja. Security personnel got hold him over exhibiting fictional wounds without informing the police which was on duty. His acting scene that he concluded at the Red Cross tent took Police and the first aid team […]
The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has directed the cancellation of the planned ‘Nyege Nyege’ music festival scheduled to take place Itanda falls in Jinja. The three-day festival was scheduled to start on September 15th and run to September 18th, 2022. However, Among says that parliament cannot allow the festival to take place because it promotes […]
Nyege Nyege is back in 2018 with an even more massive line-up. North, West, South and East African are all sending their underground music legends to come and represent the best of what contemporary African music has to offer: kuduros, kwaito, Afro house, hiplife, Tuareg rock, cosmic synths from Niger, Arab tech, Morrocan bass, zouk […]