By Our Reporter
Bebe Cool made a fortune at his “Golden Heart” charity concert which was held at Kololo airstrip early August, it has emerged. We have learnt that the “Azina Aseka” singer made over half a billion shillings from the concert proceeds.
This was revealed by the singer as he addressed media on Monday to unveil his charity organisation dubbed “The Amber Heart Foundation” through which he will conduct his future charity initiatives.
“Because charity events are not taxed, I can can comfortably reveal how much we collected from the Golden Heart charity concert,” he noted, while responding to a question posed during the briefing. “I made Ugx 55o million, but of this Ugx 350 million went towards meeting the costs of organizing the concert.”
Meanwhile, Bebe Cool has also donated Ugx 60 million of the concert proceeds towards facilitating children with heart problems as they travel to India for treatment. This was in fulfillment of the concert pledge in which he promised to use proceeds from the show to cater for the expenses of 5 children as they travel to India to receive heart surgery.