By Staff Writer

SMACK S.6 Students are crying out over what they call an over-judgemental public. This follows the public’s reaction over Winnie Nwagi’s sensual performance and dabs during her concert in Kisubi.

Swangz Avenue was forced to apologize as a way of calming down everyone. But Smackists are clearly annoyed that Swangz is apologizing over what they termed as a normal performance at the school.

“We don’t see anything wrong. This is how concerts have always been at SMACK.That is how we dance with our female artistes. It doesn’t mean we are spoilt. It is just single boys having some fun. These people on social media just have kajanja. For us we had even already booked Winnie Nwagi for three other shows. We even want Desire Luzinda to do even more when she comes along,” the students revealed to us.

Here is the apology from Swang.

We deeply regret the inappropriate performance by Winnie Nwagi at St Mary’s College Kisubi on July 13th. We have investigated the incident and measures have been put in place to avoid a repeat of the same.

This was a huge error in judgment and both the Artist and the management team acknowledge the pain and mistrust caused by this incident. We apologize to the general public, parents of the students in attendance and the school Administration.

Management,
Swangz Avenue

Described as one of the most prestigious fashion events on the nation’s annual social calendar, this year’s Uganda International Fashion Week will open at a leading tourism destination on 2nd August and climax at Kampala Serena Hotel and Conference Center from 3rd to 4th August 2019.

Hosted by ARAPAPA by Santa Anzo in proud association with The Department of Arts and Culture, The Republic of South Africa, this will be UIFW’s sixth edition.

The event will focus on emphasizing The Business Behind Fashion, to magnify the potential of fashion as a vehicle for swift economic development in Africa.

“Fashion, like Petroleum and Gas, Communication and Tourism, Agriculture and Transport, Finance and banking is a multi-billion industry awaiting to be exploited. Uganda, the time is now!” said Santa Anzo, MD and Chief Fashion Designer, Arapapa. Away from the runway showcases, the three-day event will include highly interactive seminars, discussion panels, knowledge-sharing, mentorship and master class sessions. It will climax with grand showcase on the final day, featuring some of Africa’s finest designers including four South Africans and our home-grown talent; Fatumah Asha, Stella Atal, Abbas Kai, Paula Butagira and Arapapa by Santa Anzo.

Founded in 2003, UIFW has inspired, nurtured and developed the local fashion industry into a vibrant sector, recognized by the business sector, academia, tourism sector, government and diplomatic missions. UIFW aims at encouraging the adoption of fashion as a career capable of absorbing the unemployed in Africa, especially youths and women.

“UIFW is at the forefront of causing socio-economic change in Uganda and by extension Africa, by creating activations of partnerships that promote the fashion, garments and textile industry,” Santa says. The event also promotes and contributes to the promotion of tourism through fashion. To this effect Santa today has officially activated her latest innovation FASHION Tourism. UIFW encourages and promotes the preservation of culture. It is also a platform for designers to showcase their unique expressions and designs to the fashion market. Drawing designers from around the continent, UIFW also gives designers the opportunity for cross- country exchange of fashion entrepreneurship ideas and concepts. UIFW 2019 will be held in conjunction with Kansai Plascon, the leading paints brand in the country and Uganda Tourism Board.Plascon will be launching their 2019 Colour Forecast at the event and display the connectivity between fashion and the interior design industry.

“As a leading paint brand, we want to give our full support by providing colour inspiration during UIFW 2019 through our Colour Forecast which displays an endless combination of colour stories that exhibit a mix of shades that create the feeling of freedom in both interior design and fashion platforms” Koni Lungi, Kansai Plascon’s Regional Manager explained.

“Tourism is no longer about people coming to see wild animals. They want to experience the culture, the cuisine and the fashion. We are glad UIFW is taking a lead in fashion tourism,” UTB’s Marketing Manager Clare Mugabi said.

Entrance to the event will be Shs250,000 for front row seats, Shs200,000 for VIP seats and Shs100,000 for general audience tickets.

By Our Reporter

Western Uganda’s own Kiga Flow sensation, T Bro, showed why he is considered musical king of the region during the ongoing All Star Tour in Kabale. Agaba Center was filled to healthy levels as Uganda’s Fresh and New artists took the stage.

The event got off to a late start but by 10 pm, revelers had showed up in large numbers and enjoyed the party till the wee hours of the morning.

T Bro, was the crowd’s favourite, however, as he took the crowd through all his favourite hits like Duuka, Jazza, and Omukiga.

The Bakiga are known to be avid dancers and they did not disappoint as they indulged in the traditional Ekitagururo dance with other native artists like Jazz and Simple T were among the performers.

The typically cold Western Uganda town received its first show since the tour’s inception that saw Fik Fameica, John Blaq, Nina Roz, Vinka and Bruno K warm the crowd with amazing performances at the indoor venue.

This year’s tour kicked off in Mbarara, went to Gulu and is headed to Masaka on the 3rd of August before finale in Kampala being headlined by Jamaican reggae and dancehall artists, Christopher Martin and D Major.