Arua Hill Chronicles

Arua Hill (Sports Club) Football

Fixtures, Results (and Commentary)

2024 Startimes Uganda Premier League Season:

• Season ends on 18th May 2024

• FUFA withdraws Arua Hill license due to failure to comply with Club Licensing regulations on Tuesday 23rd, pending appeal before Monday 29th January as 2nd Round fixtures resume on 1st February 2024...

• Arua Hill 0, Express 1 (Game brought forward from my birthday which will be on Sunday 7th to my dad's 77th birthday on Wednesday 3rd January 2024)

• Kitara 7, Arua Hill 1 (Coach quits and is hired by Vipers while three players including Wahab leave as 8-man Arua Hill bravely suffers its Worst Loss this season and historically in a game brought forward from Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to Thursday 28th December 2023)

• Arua Hill 1, Maroons 3 (Leopards score first but can't stay in the lead on Wednesday 20th December 2023)

• URA 4, Arua Hill 1 (David Obua's Tax Collecters trump the Leopards on Sunday 10th December 2023)

• Arua Hill 2, Wakiso 2 (Tuesday 5th December 2023)

• Bright Stars 3, Arua Hill 1 (Another loss on Thursday 30th November 2023)

• Arua Hill 2, UPDF 0 (Kawawa gives the Leops a first half lead on the way to their first victory in 8 games though remain rooted at the bottom with 4 points on Friday 24th November 2023)

• SC Villa 3, Arua Hill 1 (All goals scored in 2nd Half on Thursday 9th November 2023)

• Arua Hill 1, KCCA 1 (Leopards register their first point in six games against ten men after Peter Magambo exhibited kungfu and was redcarded on Tuesday 31st October 2023)

• Mbarara City 1, Arua Hill 0 (Mbarara gets its first win of the season against winless Leopards at Kakyeka Stadium in a tie brought forward by one day from Thursday 26th October 2023)

• Arua Hill 0, Gaddafi 1 (Four losses at the start of the season like KCCA. Two days after Kawawa's birthday and one after Mbabazi's, this bottom of the table game is postponed briefly at Arua Hill's alternative Paridi Stadium in Adjumani due to heavy rains on Thursday 19th October 2023)

• Arua Hill 1, BUL 2 (Another home defeat making it 3 straight losses after John Rogers aka Okumu levelled with a header before halftime from a Wahab corner on Sunday 1st October 2023)

• Vipers 2, Arua Hill 0 (2nd defeat in the 2nd game of the season puts the Leopards in 15th place on Thursday 21st September 2023)

• Arua Hill 0, Busoga United 1 (Actress Mona's birthday ends with an opening day loss for the Leopards but Trossard ensures an Arsenal win at Goodison Park on Sunday 17th September 2023)

Beaten 2-1 in a pre-season match...

In July 2023, Arua Hill confirms sell of 49 percent shares to Cayman Global Ventures...

2023 Uganda Premier League Season:

• Arua Hill 1, Wakiso 0 (Coach Livingston Mbabazi thanks the entire Arua Hill Family for a successful Top 4 finish after the final game of the season that starts at 2pm on Saturday 27th May 2023)

• Bright Stars 0, Arua Hill 1 (The Leopards get back up from their Worst Home Loss in an away game postponed to Tuesday 23rd from Saturday 20th May 2023)

• Arua Hill 1, Busoga United 4 (Tuesday 16th May 2023)

• BUL 0, Arua Hill 0 (Stalemate at the FUFA Technical Centre on Wednesday 10th May 2023)

• Arua Hill 4, Express 1 (The Eagle couldn't survive the forest in their 4th-straight defeat to the Leopards while rain clouds hovered above Arua during Matchday 24 of 30 on Wednesday 3rd May 2023)

• Onduparaka 2, Arua Hill 2 (The 4th Arua City Classic between Green v Red ends in a draw with rain falling on Friday 28th April 2023)

• Arua Hill 0, Vipers 1 (Leopards beaten (read bitten) by Vipers in a game postponed from Sunday 5th March to Tuesday 25th April 2023)

• Arua Hill 2, Gaddafi 1 (Innocent Media scores twice for the Leopards who end the weekend in 5th place with 31 points while I attend a memorial for my Tara grandfather; this game was brought forward from Monday 24th to Saturday 22nd April 2023)

• Villa 0, Arua Hill 1 (Revenge is best served cold and the same way; Innocent Media scores the lone goal as Leopards beat record champions and tabletoppers The Jogoos away on Wednesday 19th April 2023)

• Arua Hill 0, URA 0 (Points shared with the taxcollectors in a rainy game postponed by one day to Joel Aita's Easter Sunday birthday - unfortunately also my 3rd cousin Bob's murderous final day on Earth - Sunday 9th April 2023)

• UPDF 3, Arua Hill 1 (Matchday 21 ended in defeat on Tuesday 4th April 2023)

• Arua Hill 2, Blacks Power 0 (Arguably the heaviest sunset rain in the month falls after this game where Goalie Anyama does a lot of work stopping goal attempts from the opponents on Thursday 30th March 2023)

• Maroons 2, Arua Hill 0 (A goal in each half without any reply from the Leopards characterises this game postponed by one day to Tuesday 21st March 2023)

• KCCA 3, Arua Hill 2 (The 2nd half of Arua Hill's season starts but Leopards fight hard in vain on Thursday 24th February 2023)

Jimmy Kanakuly (goalkeeper), Gibson Adinho Wande (free agent midfielder) and Dickson Niwamanya (forward) join the Leopards during the transfer window

• Wakiso Giants 1, Arua Hill 1 (Thursday 22nd December 2022)

• Arua Hill 2, Bright Stars 1 (My lovely mother Liza Dramani departed from Earth in Kyebando on her 75th birthday, a day before this home tie and was buried on Monday 19th December in Maracha but she is still a bright star in my existence because she gave me the paintwork that got me the gate fee cash to watch my very first Kongolo game during the pre-UPL Big League on a Sunday; her coffin arrived in Anyafio Village from Kampala in the middle of the night some hours before sunrise on Saturday 17th December 2022)

• Busoga United 0, Arua Hill 1 (Reagan Mpande scores before halftime to inflict a fifth home loss for 2nd-last placed Busoga while Kongolo goalkeeper Rogers Omedwa performs wonderfully against his former side as Arua Hill climbs to 6th with 19 points on Monday 12th December 2022)

• Arua Hill 0, BUL 1 (This is the 2nd home loss of the season but 5th overall just before Africa's last hope Morocco with penalty-shootout-saves from goalkeeper Yassine Bounou aka Bono knocks Spain out of the first World Cup in Arabia following a goalless extratime on Tuesday 6th December 2022)

• Express 0, Arua Hill 1 (A single goal from Isaac Ogwang in the 14th minute earns three points for the Leopards at Muteesa II Stadium in Wankulukuku on Friday 2nd December 2022)

• Arua Hill 2, Onduparaka 1 (Reagan Mpande comes off the bench to score twice in the 3rd edition of the Arua City Classic. Arua Hill moves back to 7th place with 13 points - only five points behind table leaders Wakiso Giants; what a cheerful day from seeing Shaphan, Simon and Philip at Church and Johnnie (boda) who shouted my name while riding towards the Mt. Wati Avenue presidential junction plus Isaac (another boda) to getting calls from Sylvia who has a very sweet voice like Pamela the Musoga, almost equivalent to stereo soprano - music to the ears of the heart! The Leopards don their new red home kit with white tapemarks on the sleeves and a white-line leopard motif around the right abdomen on Sunday 27th November 2022)

• Gaddafi 2, Arua Hill 0 (The Leopards drop from 7th to 10th out of 16 after their deadly fourth loss in a row on Wednesday 23rd November 2022)

• Arua Hill 0, SC Villa 1 (Third defeat, but first at home from a handball penalty during the FIFA World Cup Qatar eve on Saturday 19th November 2022)

• Vipers 1, Arua Hill 0 (Second away defeat with 10 points and 7th place looming on Tuesday 15th November 2022)

• URA 1, Arua Hill 0 (First away defeat of the season after Kigongo goal conceded in the 78th minute on Saturday 12th November 2022)

• Arua Hill 3, UPDF 0 (Wahab Gadafi nets the third goal from a penalty in the 4th minute of additional time after Magandazi holds the ball in his box as Leopards sit briefly in 2nd place on the table then 6th four points behind leaders BUL but with two games in hand; Bright Vuni is sent off in the last minute on Friday 4th November 2022)

• Blacks Power 0, Arua Hill 0 (Arua Hill drops its first 2 points out of a possible total of 90 in Lira during matchday 3 on Friday 28th October 2022)

• Arua Hill 3 Maroons 1 (After First Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba speaks to West Nilers at the Arua Golf Course about his desire to be their next president when his father's term ends in 2026, the focus shifts to Barifa Playground at 4pm, also Arsene Wenger's birthday and the last day I saw my mother, on Saturday 22nd October 2022)

• Vipers v Arua Hill (Postponed from Friday 14th October 2022)

• Arua Hill 3, KCCA FC 1 (Opening game for the Arua club brought forward from Sunday 9th to Saturday 8th October 2022 ends in favour of the purring hosts led by South Sudanese captain Rashid Toha who shares his birthday with Uganda. He gets the 2nd goal from a penalty like a pre-birthday gift after Isaac Ogwang opens Arua Hill's season while another Rashid [Kawawa] finishes off the garbage-collectors from Kampala with the third; KCCA's consolation is a late 90+3 minute own goal by Bright Vuni... On the opening day of the season [Friday 30th September 2022], Arua Hill prepared to kick off its 2nd season in the top flight with a 2-0 friendly win over Adjumani Town Council at Barifa; Sat in 10th place out of 16 without playing UPL in Matchweek 1)

2023 Squad: 1. Martin Ssenkoto (GK); 2. Farouk Musisi; 3. Richard Matovu; 4. Isaac Okello; 5. Innocent Maduka; 6. Yusuf Mafabi; 7. Reagan Mpande; 8. Allan Mugalu; 9. Brian Ade; 10. Gadafi Wahab; 11. Rashid Kawawa; 12. Rashid Toha (Captain); 13. Paul Musamil; 14. Junior Andama; 15. Geriga Atendele; 16. N/A; 17. Denis Andama; 18. Rogers Omedwa (GK); 19. N/A; 20. Jacob Kamwesiga; 21. Steven Kabuye; 22. Kachanchu Gadafi; 23. Samuel Ssekamatte; 24. Rashid Muhammad; 25. Ivan Eyamu; 26. Isaac Ogwang; 27. Noah Sabir; 28. Jafari Kerepi; 29. Innocent Media; 30. Bright Vuni; 31. Ibrahim Faizul; 32. Richard Anyama (GK); 33. Abdallah Salim; 34. N/A; 35. N/A; 36. Ibrahim Musa

2022 Uganda Premier League Season:

During the Pilsner StarTimes Uganda Premier League Awards in June, goalkeeper Richard Anyama and left centreback Bright Vuni made it to the Best XI of the 2022 Season...

• Arua Hill 1, Express 0 (Rain falls heavily after midday to set the stage for the final match of the season that kicks off at 4pm [Arua Standard Time], the free entry game serves up a one-goal victory courtesy of a blonde-haired scorer for the hosts who end their maiden UPL Season in 5th place with the same statistics [30 Matches Played, 14 Won, 10 Drawn, 6 Lost, 52 Points] as 4th-placed BUL FC who only edge them on goal difference as well as head-to-head; Alfred Leku [Best Player of the Season] walks away with a land title worth 5 Million UgX while Rashid Kawawa [Best Young Player], Gadafi Wahab [Goal of the Season] plus other achievers each win 500,000 UgX on Saturday 21st May 2022)

• SC Villa 2, Arua Hill 1 (The Jogoos score their winner five minutes from full-time in a game where Leku receives a yellow card on Friday 13th May 2022)

• Onduparaka 0, Arua Hill 3 (Two goals from Kawawa in each half and a first for Maduka in-between paints Arua and West Nile red in the enyasa affair between two jo ejeles [neighbours]; the Leopards register 49 points on the table boosting their chances of a Top 4 finish with two games left. The 2nd Arua City derby is well-attended on Friday 6th May 2022)

• Arua Hill 2, Mbarara City 1 (Game is played through a drizzle from start to finish as Muslims wait eagerly to sight the Eid El-fitr moon that ends Ramadan fasting, Leku nets a game-winning belter to complete the comeback on Labour Day - Sunday 1st May 2022)

• Arua Hill 2, Busoga United (Jinja SSS) 0 (Leku scores the second goal off a rebound from the goalkeeper after 90 minutes of normal time, coinciding with steady Lado lightning in the sky, then rain falls immediately after that as if perfectly programmed for the ending of the match on Tuesday 19th April 2022)

• KCCA 0, Arua Hill 0 (Kasasiro is shared in Lugogo on Monday 11th April 2022 as the Leopards remain 5th)

• Arua Hill 1, Gaddafi 1 (Vuni puts the Leopards ahead in the 36th minute but the visitors equalise through a penalty in the 2nd minute of second half stoppage time)

•  URA 0, Arua Hill 0 (Hardfought away draw on Wednesday 30th March 2022)

• Tooro (Soana) 0, Arua Hill 0 (Kongolo is 12 points adrift from top and still 5th but same points as 4th team with eight matches left after a game postponed to Friday 25th March from Saturday 26th February 2022)

• Arua Hill 1, Soltilo Bright Stars 0 (Bright Vuni scores just before halftime for the 5th placed team on Super Tuesday 15th March 2022)

• UPDF 1, Arua Hill 1 (A hard-fought 87th minute equaliser by Kabuye earns one valuable point away from home for the West Nilers on Wednesday 9th March 2022)

• Arua Hill 4, Wakiso Giants 2 (A first half hattrick by Kawawa [4th, 14th, 38th] and one goal by Leku [7th minute] after Rashid's opener in the 2pm kickoff encounter gives the Leopards a pulsating victory at Barifa on Wednesday 2nd March 2022; this six-goal thriller is Arua Hill's Biggest UPL Win. It is followed by heavy rainfall before sunset plus night wind)

• Arua Hill 2, BUL 2 (A penalty for the visitors three minutes from full-time denies the Leopards a revenge win on Wednesday 16th February 2022; game was brought forward from 6th May 2022)

• Vipers 3, Arua Hill 1 (Leopards drop to 6th place in a Kitende game brought forward to Saturday 12th from Tuesday 15th February 2022)

• Arua Hill v Express (Postponed from Wednesday 9th February 2022)

• Arua Hill 2, Police FC 0 (The Leopards register 28 points on Matchday 16 [five behind Vipers at the top] and start the 2nd round of their maiden season the same way they kicked off the 1st round with two goals after announcing a 1.5 Billion three-year partnership with Kansai Plascon Paints (#PaintingAruaRed); Game was brought forward to Saturday 5th February from 19th March 2022)

• SC Villa v Arua Hill (Postponed from Tuesday 1st February 2022 to a later date)

• Police FC 0, Arua Hill 0 (The Leopards end the first round of their maiden UPL season in 5th place, only 6 points behind table leaders KCCA who have a game in hand and start a three week break on Sunday 9th January 2022)

• Arua Hill 1, Vipers 0 (Leku powerfully heads in the lone goal of the game from a cornerkick around the 10th minute after getting an early yellow card for complaining and devenomises the mighty Kitende outfit in 2nd place [5 points ahead with a game in hand]; goalkeeper Anyama was very effective in stopping Vipers and the win sparked off various memes across social media of a leopard fighting against a snake on Tuesday 4th January 2022)

• BUL 4, Arua Hill 0 (Biggest-defeat-ever for the Leopards suffered while visiting the 3rd placed team which is based at Kakindu Stadium in Jinja on Tuesday 28th December 2021)

• Wakiso Giants 1, Arua Hill 2 (Gadinho despite his height scores a rare headed goal with a lofted assist by Leku who later scores the winner skillfully utilising a half chance on the turn after the hosts equalised from a freekick at Kabaka Kyabagu Stadium, Wakisha and replace them in 4th position - 8 points behind the Tabletoppers on Wednesday 22nd December 2021)

• Arua Hill 2, UPDF 1 (The Leopards replace their opponents in 6th place with 18 points - only nine behind the table leaders on Saturday 18th December 2021)

• Arua Hill 2, SC Villa 2 (New black and orange Kongolo bus registered UBK 136W appears at Barifa with amazing branding; Leopards come back from behind against the Record-Champions to draw with goals from Leku in 42nd minute and Media in 79th; Game was rescheduled from Match Day 2 to Tuesday 14th December 2021)

• Soltilo Bright Stars 0, Arua Hill 0 (Friday 10th December 2021)

• Arua Hill 3, Tooro United 1 (Goals from Leku in 2nd minute, Ssekamate in 54th and Media in 90th +3 give the Leopards a comfortable win on Sunday 5th December 2021; Tooro gets its consolation in the 13th minute of additional time though 8 minutes are added)

• Busoga United 0, Arua Hill 1 (A 62nd minute winner from Leku is enough to clinch three points in Jinja-Njeru; AH is in 8th place on the table)

• Arua Hill 0, KCCA FC 1 (Substitute for  the Garbage-collectors heads in the lone goal of the match 17 minutes after coming on; Captain Toha remarks after the match that though disappointed by the loss, they will continue doing the same things to try and win again)

• Gaddafi 1, Arua Hill 0 (Freekick deflects into net off Rashid Toha)

• Arua Hill 3, URA FC 2 (The Comeback win that propels AH to 4th place for a moment then 6th involves two goals from Samuel Ssekamate including a freekick before halftime and penalty equaliser in 2nd half plus the winner shortly after from Alfred Leku before he is sent off for a second bookable offence on Tuesday 2nd November 2021)

• Mbarara City 2, Arua Hill 1 (Alfred Leku scores a 73rd minute consolation goal in the first loss by The Leopards on Friday 29th October 2021)

• Arua Hill 0, Onduparaka 0 (the first-ever Arua City Classic in the UPL on Tuesday 26th October 2021)

• Arua Hill v SC Villa (Saturday 23rd October 2021, not played because opponents are not yet registered)

• Express 0, Arua Hill 2 (Robert Eseru [62nd minute] and substitute Rashid Kawawa [86th] score in the Season Opening Match on Friday 15th October 2021)

2022 Squad Lineup (retrieved from the official club website: www.aruahillsc.ug) : 1. Erick Kibowa (GK), 2. Fred Okot, 3. Richard Matovu, 4. Junior Andama, 5. Innocent Maduka, 6. Yusuf Mafabi, 7. Gadafi Gadinho, 8. Allan Mugalu, 9. Brian Ade, 10. Gadafi Wahab, 11. Rashid Kawawa, 12. Rashid Toha (Captain), 13. David Ndihabwe, 14. Sharif Ssaaka, 15. Aggrey Atandu, 16. N/L, 17. Geriga Atendele, 18. Rogers Omedwa (GK), 19. Alfred Leku, 20. Jacob Kamwesiga, 21. Patrick Matovu, 22. Robert Eseru, 23. Samuel Ssekamate, 24. Rashid Muhammad, 25. Ivan Eyamu, 26. Ibrahim Magandaazi, 27. Noah Sabir, 28. Jafari Karebi, 29. Innocent Media, 30. Bright Vuni, 31. Ibrahim Faizul, 32. Richard Anyama (GK)...

2021 Uganda Big League Season:

• StarTimes FUFA Big League Final: Arua Hill (Elgon Group) 1, Tooro United FC (Rwenzori Group) 0 (Rashid Kawawa scores winner in 25th minute with an assist from his skipper Caesar Okhuti who retires from football after the match on Tuesday 17th August, Richard Anyama wins Goalkeeper of the Season award for 9 clean sheets in 13 matches)

• Arua Hill 4, Paidha Black Angels 0 (The Invincible Leopards win their Elgon Group unbeaten and qualify directly for UPL with goals from Gadinho, two from Kawawa before and after Captain Okhuti on Sunday 13th June 2021)

• Gaddafi 0, Arua Hill 0 (Wednesday 5th June)

• Arua Hill 2, Calvary 0

• Arua Hill 2, Mbale Heroes 0 (Mugalu scores early while Baden nets late on Thursday 26th May)

Aiko (Cartoonist), an Express FC (Red Eagles, Mukwano Gwa Banji) fan since the 90s, wellwisher of Arua-based teams, Bayern Munich supporter, Diehard Gooner enlightened during 1998 FA Cup Final, Madridista by Y2K and Messi fanboy since 2009, gestures outside Barifa Playground a few days before Maroons FC visits [Photo by David Banduyo]...

• Arua Hill 2, Maroons 0 (dreadlocked Kawooya who puts up a vocal Man of the Match performance and Mugalu score 1st half headers, drone camera films the action in the stadium, Godfrey "Papa Wemba" Atiku entertains the crowd at half time after returning from Kampala to attend the swearing in of Ayivu East MP Geofrey Feta at Parliament, Baden is lively with encouraging dribbles and Dan puts in his shift despite his height compared to most opponents in all-yellow, Gadinho hits the left post with a freekick late in the 2nd half, Coach Hussein Mbalangu thanks fans for the tireless support on Sunday 23rd May)

• Mbale Kataka 2, Arua Hill 2

• Blacks Power 1, Arua Hill 1

• Paidha Black Angels 0, Arua Hill 2 (Substitute Rashid Kawawa scores twice late in the game on Sunday 25th April)

• Arua Hill 2, Gaddafi 2 (Equalisers conceeded twice on Thursday 22nd April)

• Arua Hill 1, Calvary 0 (Sunday 18th April)

• Mbale Heroes 1, Arua Hill 1 (Okhuti finally scores away on Thursday 15th April)

• Maroons 0, Arua Hill 0

• Arua Hill 3, Mbale Kataka 0

• Arua Hill 3, Blacks Power 1 (Opening Game, third Strike by Emmanuel Mutebi [shirt 22] was my Goal of the Season on Thursday 25th March 2021)

2021 Squad Lineup: 1. Franco Oringa (GK), 2. Onega, 3. Dan Birikwalira, 4. Isaac Okello, 5. Samari Ajobe, 6. Oscar Agaba, 8. Allan Mugalu, 9. Brian Ade, 10. Mujahid Baden, 11. Rashid Abdulahi Kawawa, 12. Sabir Edema, 13. Rashid Yakin, 14. Paddy Muhumuza, 15. Aggrey Atandu, 16. Rajab Kakooza, 17. Rashid Agau, 19. Alfred Leku, 20. Benard Aleni Sunday, 21. Patrick Matovu, 22. Emmanuel Mutebi, 23. Sabir Simba, 24. Idi, 27. Innocent Ronald Media 29. Caesar Okhuti (Captain), 30. Yashir Mimosa, 31. Telvin Maina Irungu, 32. Richard Anyama (GK), 42. Rashid Muhamed, 66. Aggrey, 87. Mike Kawooya...

Driwala [Freedom]

Aru-a means "in prison" when translated from Lugbara and it was the name given to the hill that had a Belgian colonial prison at the top. Was it just a fenced meteorological station? Kickboxers used to train near the floor remains. Arua Town was established on 14th June 1914 and Arua Hill SC (formed in 2010 as Doves FC) got promoted to UPL for the first time on the eve of Arua's 107th anniversary. If you support Arsenal FC from London, then it can be relatively easy to drift towards Arua Hill because of the red and white jersey design; also have blue in it. Arua City and District got their names from this hill with a GOD engineered 7-star, 360-degree panoramic view of the entire locality. A very strategic spot for security cameras with zooming capabilities, this place is like an Eye in the Sky plus the source of the small but amazing Osu River and other springs. The hill is visible in the background during Arua Hill SC matches at Barifa Playground. The Arua Hill Stadium & Business Park is located at the northwestern foot of Arua Hill on Plot 1 Pakwach Highway...

Kakaparaka or Kakapati?

After Onduparaka took Ugandan Premier League football by storm in 2016, who knew that there would be another club from Arua City with a similar effect in 2021, something like "Kakaparaka or Kakapati [Lugbara Translate: Maize-stem or Maize stalk]", if not bigger? Jinja is adventurous, KLA City has class, Rwenzori is wonderful but Arua is the Sweetest Place (on Earth) since 1914, tasty like mango juice concentrate, no sugar added. With the motto "Tualu ama kongolo [Lugbara Translate: Together we are strong], I guess the time is ripe for Arua Hill Sports Club (previously called Doves All-Stars before Joel Aita bought 100 percent shares) and the "Hill of GOD" to shine more. One of the villages in Arua Hill Division [Gombolola or Subcounty] is called Anyafio which used to be reserved for Whites; it's part of Mvara Ward where the Anglican Mission is located. "Anya fi yo" means "No millet seeds" in Lugbara and was probably named that way because of no big farms in the concretised area. However, maize (like Operation Wealth Creation's Longe7H variety) is planted in the small homestead gardens around the 3 wards (Awindiri, Bazaar & Mvara); kaka ripens for anybody by GOD's grace: Kaka fi ci! One very funny thing about Arua Hill Division is that you can go to Kenya, Zambia, Sudan, Congo, (N)Sambya plus (the) Coast without leaving the Gombolola, heehee! Many zones in the rest of the Arua Area are actually named after famous destinations including Tanganyika Ward, Dubai Village, Malaba, Kampala Market, Casablanca, Makutano Junction, Mutukula, etc. Arua Hill Gombolola used to have "Hotel California" but now renamed to Hotel Arua. The 3rd Agofe of Lugbara Kari (His Highness Culu [Mr.] Jason Avutia) resides in the division which is also the location of the Presidential Lodge, Heritage Park and Courts, Oasis Inn, Crane Resort, Borderlands, Westnile TV, Desert Breeze Hotel, Golf Course (one of the 22 cells of Arua Hill in 2018: Maize is actually planted in the 9-hole green course with a diagonal boulevard after the Spring rains start in March), Emmanuel Cathedral and many other places of interest. Osu River starts from under the foot of Arua Hill, flows northwards adjacent to Osu Village and then bends eastwards before Ombaci. The top of Arua Hill [read Heal] is the place I go to sometimes when I want to chill, relax or reset. Welcome to United Gombololas (UG)! Arua is African, refreshing, unchained & amazing...

Arua 'Be (wereari) [Lugbara Translate: Arua Hill]

MUNGU ni ambo! Distrikiti Arua dri woro esu ima ru 'be werea 'di si; 'be nde agaa ndua kilili. Eri vini onyiru ambamba; agu ka tu 'bua 'dale, eco angu ne re pere Oluko-a, Pajulu-a, Onduparaka-a azini Ewuata-a. Azirisi angu ni ambi 'be dria ndriza azini ozoo ni e'de 'ba dria, te etu ni vini 'ba ve ra. Indrika pati eti ni kanisi jo. Aria esele karakara ekile gaagaa, amamu, 'bi'bia, ohelu, aria were eka, kolikolia, yuku aziri pibe onga 'be dria ongo be o'du driasi. Voice Of Life (VOL), Nile FM (okalamvu aluri-a Bornfree Technologies Network TV tro), Access (Arua City) FM, National Water, Hilltop Hotel, (Muljibhai) Arua Hill Primary School, Rocks & Roots, Arua Full Gospel Church azini mulongoti kampuni-simu-ni ndundu 'be ma dria kani ageia ci. 'Di YHWH [MUNGU] ma 'Be...

United Gombololas (UG)

Brown & Grey...

United Gombololas (UG) is a joke book compiled by Aiko to make you giggle or smile. It contains some of the funniest, ribcracking, two-sentence ideas I have heard, seen or thought in the Pearl of Africa, accompanied with the tune of "Falling" by ALLAN TONIKS ft. FILLE...

Why do you always go to church? To eat JESUS bread, drink HIS wine and ask GOD for food.

Which European country is a Black person? Monte-negro.

Why was Elijah taken to Heaven? Because Queen Jezebel wanted to play him like Naboth.

What advice would you give the youth in your former school? Just be yourself but wear deodorant!

Which banknote reminds you of Leila Chandiru (singer)? Embeleke [50,000 UgX].

Are you keeping up with the Kardashians? No, am keeping up with the Kagutas.

What did Daddy Andre tell Nina Roz? Tugende mu Church [Let us go to Church]! 

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy! No it makes him a very skilled worker.

Why did Italy win Euro 2020? Because it's coming to Rome.

If Express is the Oldest Football Club in Uganda, then which is the newest? New-press.

If GOD is the Father of JESUS and JESUS is GOD, then who is HIS grandfather? GOD the Grandfather.

Why didn't Eddy Kenzo play Adam and Eve with Rema? Because she gave the forbidden fruit to another man.

What's worse: Being broke or having HIV? Having HIV while broke.

Why do leopards have too many spots? Because of chicken pox got from eating stolen chicken.

Noah built the ark but who built the Ark of the covenant? Noah's descendant.

What's lion pupu used for? To make lion soap.

Imagine Arua was a drink, what would it be? Arua juice.

If men go to Mengo, then where do boys go? Wobulenzi.

Where do girls go? Kawaala.

Your friend is boring! No, you're the one who does not understand his entertainment.

Why did you join MTN? Because it uses the NRM colour.

Where do loners go to ride in a bus? Barcelona.

Which animal would win Miss Curvy pageant? The hippopotam-ass.

Who killed Captain Alex? Wakaliwood.

What hairstyle did Navio tell the barber to fashion on his head? A clear cut.

If JESUS fed 5,000 men with only five loaves and two fish, then how come the disciples collected 12 baskets of leftovers just like HE fed 4,000 men with seven loaves and seven baskets of leftovers were collected? It's called additional mathematics.

Which professionals should not enter heaven first? Soldiers, prostitutes and tax collectors.

Can money buy love? It depends on how much love costs.

Why did Delilah betray Samson? Because he had more hair than her.

Is that black babe from Tennessee? Yes, she is the only 10 (ten) I see.

Who is the only man who can drink a bucket full of porridge? Golola Moses of Uganda.

What do sengas really do? They teach women how to pee and men how to make women pee.

Why are universities called "places for higher education"? Because scholars smoke weed.

Name an American actress who is not a fruit! Halle Berry.

Which Ugandan town is alcoholic? Kasese.

Do you believe in women's rights? Yes of course and lefts too.

Can money buy true love? No, but it can buy a wedding ceremony and divorce papers.

Twenty20

GODisgreat! A Picture speaks a Thousand Words, but a Logo summarises the Message to about 100 Words. Personally, I believe there are three basic Types of Logos: Mark, Typeface and Illustration (or Combination); a Logo System can be derived from these. I fancy descriptive Logos, but non-descriptive ones are also good. Art is amazing because you can create anything you want from Blankness; if you want to do Business with Aiko (Cartoonist), then just call +256-781-345712 (MTN) or +256-751-650276 (Airtel) or email: aikoug@gmail.com! Below are some of the Logo Design Gigs I have done. It's my Life, 25 Hours a Day. Welcome to my Logo Gallery:

55 Foundation [Use your Fingers and Time]

Adam & Eve

AikoGraphics [Custom-tailored Design, Art @ 1st Sight]

Arua Cartoons [Free your Imagination]

Block Owners [Crest in the SMACK League for my Old Yearmates, the Class of 2002]

Destiny Funeral Services

Federation of Uganda Clearing Agents & Freight Forwarders (FUCAFF) [for Uncle Jad]

Gender Equity [Women and Men have different Needs]

halo, a real Queen of Beauty

Leopard UG [Forgiveness]

Lugbara Translate

Maracha View [Rock my World!]

oneway, Ch.39 [If you have a Problem, then just look up to Heaven...]

Paint-mixing Diamond

Pearl of Africa

Procurement Classroom [valued at 100 US Dollars]

Procurement Initiatives Asia-Pacific [for Jorge Lynch in the Philippines]

Rats Network Investment Group (RNIG) [for Andrew Muhimbise]

Sprout Investment Club [commissioned by my Big Brother]

Uganda Clearing Industry and Forwarders Association (UCIFA)

Y-Corner [Either you go left, or go right...]; and so much more..

#GODisthegreatest...

Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem! (In the Name of GOD, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful!) Assalamu aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu (Peace be with you plus the Mercy of GOD en HIS Blessings!) If you walk through an uninhabited Desert Valley en find Artworks in a Gallery smack in the Middle, will you reason that they came into Existence by a sudden Cosmic Explosion? Is that how our Planet en the Universe came into Existence or were they created by GOD? The latter is my Design Theory. Sometimes you want to scream to GOD for Help, but (it's like) HE cannot hear you, you start to imagine that HE has forsaken you. I have never seen GOD (maybe just Engels disguised as tall Men with Blood en Bone like during Lots time) nor heard HIM speak to me in an audible Voice, nor felt HIM hug me, nor have I memorized the exact trademark Fragrance of HIS Presence but despite all my Psychosis, Hypocrisy, Sins, Blunders, Abnormalities, Iniquities, Imperfections, Miscalculations, Shortcomings, Problems, Errors, Weaknesses en Mistakes, I believe HE is the paramount Reason I remain irie. We are all born potential Sinners, but like everyone else I try not to be devilish.

Walt Disney once said, "Happiness is a State of Mind!" That's Real Talk - Life's a Gamble, it's discovering that GOD's Will is better than our funny Plans en Freedom is trusting that only HE can shelter us from Iblis, the Devil like a Mother protects her Baby from Snakes. GOD's Will be done! Satan en his Demons MUST Burn in Hell! We can resist or stab the devouring Beast but cannot kill it. We do not wrestle against Flesh en Blood but unseen Spirits. Fortunately, Isa (Jesus, the Messiah) is Superior! He'll be back like a Superhero, returning to save the World with a Sword from his Mouth (Neither Man of Steel, Wolverine, Zorro nor Deadpool match this), maranatha!

Money can buy Happiness but it's just a Number and mere Pieces of Financial Paper, multiplied here, deducted there; in fact, We trust in GOD, HE comes first. "If you have a Problem, then just look up to Heaven!" During an Argument with my Baba en Ma in 2003 concerning Campus Admission, I learnt from them that, "You do not have to waste Time crying over spilt Milk", drink Water! Or get more of what you want, GOD provides!

A Sorceress from Mombasa kept blaspheming GOD until one Friday Night when she almost fell on abandoned Razor-sharp barbed Wires in a Pit. She cried to GOD for Forgiveness en Engels held her.

One suicidal homosexual Thief named Dagon went to a Club, sat at the bar Counter drinking Spirits en smoking Tobacco grown in Hell to ease his Depression while cussing loudly, "GOD doesn't care, HE has failed me. If YOU freakin' exist, come get me out of here!" After a short while, a macho Guy wearing a black T-Shirt emblazoned with the Word "SECURITY" approached him en spoke, "Get out of here, GOD was too busy, so HE sent me to bounce you!"

Mendez, a proud Animist was lost in the deep blue Sea during a Storm that destroyed his Escape Raft en for the first Time, he begged GOD for Help. He was running away from the Police who wanted him for Drug-trafficking. Within two Minutes, a Man rowing a small Boat made from Banana Stems came by but he refused to board saying GOD would help, "He's supposed to come in a big Boat since he claims to be BIG." Later, a dark, big, stinking DDT Pesticide-spraying Helicopter lowered a Rope en the Non-believer again told the Pilot that he had alerted GOD to come save him. A Boy on a Jet Ski also passed by but the Pagan retorted the same Words. Then a (Legion) demon-possessed Great White Megalodon Shark in the dark Tide came en swallowed him. After Death, he asked GOD why HE didn't show up. GOD replied, "I sent the Boat, Air Rescue plus Jet Ski, but you stubbornly refused to be grateful."

In this Mirage of Life, I'm glad I discovered that "There is only oneGOD to fear, the Alpha en Omega (YHWH, JEHOVAH, MOST HIGH, MUNGU, THE GREAT SPIRIT, GOTT, ALLAH, ELOHIM, KATONDA, JAH, RUHANGA, DIO, DIOS, DEUS, SHANGDI, ALA, ZHENZHU, etc), may HIS Kingdom come..." Astaghfirullah! (Forgive us our Sins, GOD [as we ignore the Things that piss us off en save us from Hellfire]!) Alhamdulillah! (Thank you, GOD! [TQ; Danke; Asante; Webale; Yebare; Xiexie; Gracias; Dios bo'otik; Merci; Grazie; Afoyo; Tack; Ngiyabonga; Murakoze; Arigatogozaimashita; Gomabseubnida; E dupe; Na gode; Spasibo; Dekuji; Multumesc; Dziekuje Ci; Dyakuyu; Koszonom; Shukraan; San Kyu/ 39; Awadi 4 or Awania!])

Cheers!

YESU Mag: Homosexuality is an Evil Spirit...

The first week of October 2008 was awash with fresh news that homosexuality is contaminating a few born again churches in Uganda. Whether this is fabrication or gospel truth, all I know is that it’s all supernatural. I was in a single sex Catholic school for four years (1997 to 2000) and even the altar boys were accused of forming a homosexual group commonly known among peers as STC. Twenty students one year ahead of us were expelled due to this perversion. One notorious classmate though in Stream C was finally expelled during our Senior 4 simply because he was reported to have peeped at a Senior 1 in the latrine. During our Senior 2, he had tried to grab my ‘willy’ one Saturday morning but I woke up fast and chased him away like a nightmare. My earliest encounter with a homosexual came when some kid from the neighbourhood wanted me to be a ‘bitch’ and he tried to snog me but when he said our ‘willys’ should touch (like Frottage), I said ‘No’ and chased him out of my room. He even tried to steal my toy helicopter bought for me as a Christmas gift but my observation instincts were way ahead of his perversion. Tell Angela that I don’t love Ben (like a Homo); I can only love Esther, Ruth or Delilah!” Despite lusting for girls during childhood, I fought my battles well. I never gave in to homosexual thoughts even if people practiced the vice. Many verses in the Quran condemn Homosex and one of them Surah Al Araf (Chapter 7) says in Verse 80, "And remember Lot when he said to his People, Do ye commit a Wickedness, wherein no Creature has set you an Example? Do ye approach lustfully unto Men, leaving the Women? Certainly ye are People who transgress all Modesty."

Flashback 24th June 2000: In the night from Friday evening to Saturday morning, I got up from my bed and went outside the dorm to pee in the loos. While outside, I saw a student walking slowly. He was coming from either the Kakoozan or Mugwanyan Senior 3 and 4 wing. I ignored him for a moment but when I looked at him again, I saw him walking towards the door of our Lourdelian Senior 3 and 4 wing. I couldn’t figure out the appearance of his face because it was dark. However, I noticed that he was wearing black trousers and jacket and he wasn’t short but rather of a medium height. After this, I went to class where I met J. Nkosa and R. Muliika (We nicknamed him the ‘First Black Pope’). At about 20 minutes to 4 AM, Nkosa left the class after telling me to wake him up and R. Kazibwe as well (at 5 AM like I used to wake up guys as Timekeeper the previous year). Muliika followed him at around 4 AM. Because I was the only guy reading in 4A and also because I was fearful that I couldn’t protect myself if foreigners invaded the school, I decided to go to Senior 2B which is at the safer end of the Administration Block. (We were robbed on Independence Night - 9th October 1997 - while in Senior 1 adjacent to Senior 2B - My beloved Longman Dictionary was taken from Muliika’s unlocked desk, saw it on sale at Nasser Road, Kampala - and also during our Senior 4 despite the presence of Group 4 Security but this time nothing of mine was snatched). I read for only 50 minutes and at a few minutes to 5 AM, I switched off the lights in 2B. While going down the steps outside 2B, I met Lugemwa and Mutex who were proceeding to our stream. I only bypassed them without a greeting. At the quadrangle gate, I met Ssekitto who was also proceeding to class and I talked to him for a short while. When I stepped onto the verandah of our Lourdelian Wing, I heard people’s voices. Because I was curious to know what was going on (Curiosity killed the cat – I must have had the Eye of a Leopard), I stopped, turned to face the Kiwanukan showers and saw a number of people moving towards the verandah on which I was standing. They seemed rare persons in the dark but I never wanted to believe that they were non-SMACKists, the tall P. Nyanzi could have been among them. I tried to recognize their voices but failed. They drew closer to me at a constant and slightly quick speed. What would you do if you saw the cursed pirates who had turned into ghosts in the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean” drawing closer to you like they are about to attack anything in their way? When the mob reached a certain murram path in front of the dorm, I became afraid and thought that they were coming to attack me so I ran towards my bed on the extreme end of the Senior 4 wing and just sat while gently placing my books on it. I didn’t even try to pretend that I had been sleeping. Immediately, the dorm which I had found quiet milliseconds ago became alive. The mob wielding sticks shouted for the lights to be put on because I hear someone had been trying to rape a Senior 3 Mugwanyan and ran into the Lourdel wing. Can you imagine a rape in a single sex Catholic school (with boys only)? We lived in a quadrangle. The only way out was either the single main gate or the forbidden “Air France” (through the glass windows) and over the fence. Now where had the guy passed? He must still be inside, the mob reasoned. Someone bravely came up and said the guy had passed near my bed, probably stepped on my blue metallic trunk (case) which was on the floor and gone through the window because he heard footsteps towards my bed. Wondering what would happen if the guys believed that it was me and suddenly lynched me, I walked out courageously as if I had just woken up to pee. When I came back I told guys what had happened and why I had run in. “I was scared” was all I said and the dorm quietened. These guys knew that I had always tried to portray a “saintly” disposition and such a thing would be unheard of in my profile scrapbook. I wasn't sinless, but I made effort to achieve Regeneration Holiness. [In fact, exactly 17 days before that night, an ancestral dragon of pretended holiness had been cast out of me by a brotherhood of born again Pentecostals led by Ray', a Senior 4 classmate in the B Stream and PL, the outsider who owned some businesses at our school.]

Homosexuality is simply an evil spirit. I heard that there were evil spirits roaming around our college; I’m not saying I was a Homo before the exorcism but who exactly was the culprit that night? The assault scandal took one week to evaporate and all along this time I was very worried what my family would think if I was falsely charged with attempted rape of a boy, of all humans, a boy and then suspended, expelled or imprisoned. Close to the end of the critical week while returning from the showers, I heard a classmate tell his buddies that he had no doubt it was me. Whether this was a joke to make them smile or not, I took it as one. You will never catch Aiko trying to rape a boy; NEVER! Another Friday Night in Senior 4, as I headed for the usual weekly Prayers for Bornagains behind the SMACK Library, a Schoolmate in a lower Class (probably S1 or 2) walked a few Metres infront of me towards the same Venue. Behind me leaving his Office Area was the Headmaster (Brother Edward Bukenya). I sensed he was following the two of us as I bypassed my Class at the End of the Block, but pretended that I had not noticed him. So when I reached behind the Library, I quickly told the Youngman to go pray on the extreme End of the Library. I waited on the nearer Corner for the Headmaster to try and ambush us. As he peeped, I watched him but was very glad I had thought ahead. He arrested us immediately and took us back to his Office accusing us of wanting to practice Homosexuality in the dark while other People watched Movies. (I knew the Entertainment Prefect in Senior 3 and the VHS Movies he usually picked were from the same Video Library in Bukoto on Kisaasi Road where I also rented Tapes. I had seen many of them during the Holidays, so I skipped most Movie Nights). Brother Bukenya commanded us to write Sorry Letters confessing the Sin we were planning to commit in the dark, but in defiance, I wrote that we were praying and if he expels us for nothing, GOD would "punish" him. When he read my Note, he let us both go.

Thank GOD none of the seniors at SMACK ever approached me to appease their lusts. Maybe I was too ugly, thank GOD for that! Do you see cocks jumping on cocks, bitchdogs sleeping with bitchdogs, or bulls mating with bulls? Homosexual marriage is unnatural; forget the instances in some lizards. Bum-drilling is taboo. There is no Problem with "philia" (Brotherly Love) or Sisterhood but taking it to the next level is just gross, you have to play by the Rules not the Game. Even if all the Women on Earth rejected me, I cannot become a Homo! Leviticus 18: 22 says, "You must not lie with a Man as with a Woman. This is a hateful Thing." Also, Leviticus 20: 13 adds, "The Man who lies with a Man in the same Way as with a Woman: they have done a hateful Thing; they must die, their Blood shall be on their own Heads." During Senior Five (Advanced Level), there was a bi-spectacled guy who liked holding my hand, but I abhorred it, so most times I withdrew my hand but courteously tolerated him as a brother from the next class. He used to call me "Guti" like the good-looking Real Madrid player in the early 2000s and visited my combination class regularly to see me plus others. When I learnt that he had been expelled from Macos for homosexuality, I believed it even though he never spoke about it to me. I just didn’t like the way he was fond of me yet we had just spoken for a few months. His gay history at Mwiri was also revealed at morning assembly. I wouldn’t have given in if he ever asked but there are people who do just because of financial constraints. I hear Homos have money and they enjoy recruiting desperate "scoobies". Being a homo doesn't make you rich. As Ugandans, we need to know how much Money we really need or want to avoid traps that will unbowel us simply because of the Love of Donor Money! Being dead broke is the Root of All-Evil, so get Good Money or die unpolluted but get rid of this Alternative Lifestyle! Some suggest it is a Family Planning Method, but it isn’t okay even secretly. Parents shouldn’t pressurize their unemployed children to get jobs and money; it might drive them into such activities. Be content with whatever GOD gives after you tithe in Church, Mosque or Synagogue! What we need is to be entrepreneurs and job-creators! I'm not claiming to be holier than homos; I have my Iniquities too, but all the major Scriptures condemn Homosexuality, which means it’s either done out of Rebellion or Ignorance.

GOD created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve nor Amanda and Eve. It is not good for a man to marry a fellow man. Moses married Zipporah, not a man. A man cannot be a wife, neither can a woman be a husband.

"Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; and overthrew those cities; and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities and what grew on the ground. But Lot's wife behind him looked back and she became a pillar of salt..." - GENESIS 19:24-26

"Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of GOD? Do not be deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor HOMOSEXUALS, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the Kingdom of GOD..." - 1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10

I have never been a homosexual and will never be even if it costs me everything, but I know about demons influencing sexuality. Every animal has chemicals that will make it desire to mate. I'm not an exception, but I only fancy females. In Primary 7, I was told that I had a dirty mind. Truth be told, my secret dream was to set up Uganda's First 24/7 Hardcore Pornography TV Station like in the Netherlands, whether on registered cable or forbidden underground. Porn is powerful, it can make you do evil things by making them appear glorious like fornicating, adultery, oral sex, gay sex, anal sex, bondage sex, cunnilingus and masturbation - one of the ways homosexuals please their partners. But even if you masturbate yourself or your wife does, it is still evil. In Matthew 5:28, Jesus says, "...everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart." The 7th Commandment given to Moses at Mount Sinai also says: DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY. So how can masturbating be right? I first jerked off in January 1997, two months before joining the only all-boys school I have ever enrolled into, and a certain bewitchingly clean Black girl was on my mind. Straight Talk Newspaper even wrote that it is not evil. However, I prayed to GOD that if I did it 100 times, HE must kill me. I even once heard strange laughter from the top of a tree while doing it at night, maybe it was a demon. In P7, we only had male teachers, but in Senior 1, I got to see female teachers again. In the first English lesson, I do not remember why the teacher called us to the front, but I went and touched her butt while she was standing behind the table. She then gave us a paper for writing our names and while I was writing mine, she came and stood behind me to read what I was writing. I bet mine was one of the first names she could remember. I later found out that her husband is actually my namesake. I was always eager to answer her questions even if some classmates weren't interested in her lessons, I did not care afterall she was a woman. It's not that I wanted to sleep with her but I had an affinity towards certain women. I was in the chapel choir (which I quit without regret after third term) but I just did not understand why my hormones couldn't shut up: I drew naked women. I felt uneasy in my spirit, and even my eldest sister once said that I must be possessed because of the disrespect in my tongue, but never believed demons could reach me until one night in 1997 when I was alone in class after midnight. I sat in the third column out of four in our class, somewhere in the middle rows and suddenly, the desks in the second row began jumping from front to back. It's like a giant serpent passed under them. Immediately, I fearfully packed up my books, padlocked my desk locker, switched off the light and ran to the quadrangle. In the last week of second term, I got a constant pounding headache that would only ease up when I closed my eyes. I got tinted spectacles during the holidays until I lost them in 2002, defects were blamed on watching too much TV and bright lights, but I felt it was all demonic. GOD probably allowed them to punish me for my lust and other sins. I even had a number of X-rays for complaining about constant chest pressure and pain but all results showed that my heart and ribcage were shaped okay. On Tuesday 2nd December 1997, I asked Jesus Christ to come into my heart and get rid of any demons before they drag me to hell. Another time, I ran from a darkened chicken house feeling an evil presence coming towards me, hit an avocado tree with my head and fell down backwards but got up immediately and bolted again.

I did not see wet dreams until 2001 (at age 17). Naturally, sperms accumulate in males and after sometime, they find a way out to leave room for new sperms. I read somewhere that Missionary sex in marriage (male and female partners facing each other) is the Holiest Way to expel sperms. Doggystyle is even reserved for Prostitution because it's animalistic. Nevertheless, wet dreams also expel sperms but are brought by fallen spirits or witches involved in astral sex. Do you remember the 200 angels that lusted for women on earth in Genesis, Book of Enoch and Jubiless? 20 of them were allowed to roam after the flood while the rest were locked away. There are also female marine spirits or mermaids. As a kid, we used to be warned of a red merman at a school near home, Lake Victoria was just hundreds of metres behind it. Some beautiful women in public places might be that kind. Engels actually walk on earth (Hebrews 13:2 and during Lot's time). When you open the door through pornography for a succubus (or incubus for women) demon angel to come into your life, it will seduce you because of its vast knowledge and experience. If you do not masturbate, fornicate or commit any other sexual sin, it will rape you when you sleep until you exorcise it [Check out http://www.yourghoststories.com/]. This is not fiction, many people hate masturbation (or fornication) but find themselves doing it because it is forced sex caused by a stubborn sex-obsessed demon which you cannot see but can feel [Check out Music Videos: "Omuzimu Gwa Nankya" by MERCY CROW (Ugandan) or "Karishika" by FALZ ft. PHYNO & CHIGUL (Nigerian)]. Some pastors, stand-up comedians plus health publications encourage masturbation but it is totally wrong. Hungarian Eudoxia Varga testified that she saw a vision of hell in which an unbelievably beautiful demon cast spells and convinced humans on earth to practice masturbation. Pornography makes masturbation irresistable because it turns you on. It is important for males to get circumcised early so that the temptation to masturbate wanes especially when they are washing the inside foreskin on their uncircumcised penis, my undoing in 1997. Masturbation is wicked, it is like onanism (coitus interruptus). Onan was the grandson of Jacob talked about in Genesis 38:9. The LORD showed a Zambian Lady called Inonge Mushala a section of hell for those who masturbate. It was dreary and desolate. She saw a woman chained with large shackles on a chair on which she was sitting burnt beyond recognition. Her gray and charred body looked like ash. She was in agony and was there because of masturbating during her earthlife. 1 Corinthians 7:9 says, "Get married instead of burning with passion (or lust)!"

It's funny that gays also have fashion/ beauty pageants too where they dress like women for a prize but real females need to cover their bodies properly, it helps the males. Muslim attire sets an example, but there are many other decent fashions like North Pole or Russian dressing plus the Nigerian wear with headscarf, to mention a few. As a male, I understand the chemical reaction that exposed breasts and enticing thighs can ignite in a man unless he resists the pleasant attraction. Some women copy the wrong fashions, even trousers were meant for only men in Moses's time. Proverbs 5:19 says that a Man should let his wife's breasts satisfy him at all times, but not every woman is your wife. Therefore, women need to avoid exposing cleavage both infront and behind to every Tom, Dick and Harry! Do you see men walking around with their balls showing teasingly? Men also need to avoid "balancing" (sagging trousers or pants). Those are things that pimps and prostitutes (hoes, harlots, sluts) do, selling their sacred private parts just to get money for buying expensive hair extensions, weaves, wigs, perfumes and acidic cosmetics. Adam and Eve were created naked, but when they fell, GOD made for them clothes because he knew what could happen. Even native cultures that used to dress half naked had limits, but covering is very helpful. Unbelievably, some African women still dig in the garden barechested. The first campus girl I fell in love with caught my attention because of her scent and peaceful way she carried herself, but she had nice brown boobs too. I wanted to marry her and she wanted to finish her university studies. I never planned to ruin her studies and believed we could stack up the grades together (At least, having studied English seriously, I felt I wasn't too daft in academics), but we only related for 14 to 15 months before we grew apart when I took one of her many paper photos without permission. I had tried too hard to make her mine but growing apart made me ponder the difference between love and lust. Someone once told me a circulating rumour that girls would show me their thighs and I would do for them their courseworks yet it's just that I was not selfish with the little I knew. The rumours were not factual. For two consecutive nights though, I once had a totally decent Marketing discussion by invitation with six female classmates. Those two nights, when I got back to my hostel, I slept like a baby, no dreams, no nightmares, nothing, just smooth peaceful sleeping till dawn, but woke up with nocturnal emissions. How they happened, I cannot explain but appreciated the power of the mind even if you program it to do the right thing. Women are not sex objects, its an image planted in our minds by our fallen bodies. One wife should be enough for any man. While going to school in Jinja, I used to buy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles chewing gum from a store on Main Street owned by the parents of a demon-possessed (so they said) Muslim friend of mine. His mother was so beautiful that I asked myself why a Muslim hajj needs a second wife when he already has one like my friend's mum. Problems can arise naturally in the real world, but if it is lust, you need self control that only the Holy Spirit brings. I feel sorry for convicted rapists and arrested sex offenders or defilers like the one I met in jail around February 2005. He told me and another jailbird that the 14 year old girl who accused him of defilement actually asked for sex, then denied asking for it. True story, young girls can be quite touchy but you have to resist the temptations or end up in jail. If only brideswealth, dowry or marriage fees were cheap, then so many sexual sins in the world might be minimised. Men also need to renew their minds. Humans can still breathe without frequent sex, they are not ferrets.

Sex frequency is overrated; It should be reserved mainly for procreation and bonding between married individuals, not just recreation. Why should something so wrong make us feel so right? Prostitutes, gigolos and call girls will run out of business and save themselves by doing alternative trades. Fornicators, adulterers, rapists and defilers should also control themselves, Holy Spirit can help! We need to keep asking, seeking and knocking. Male homosexuals can marry and enjoy female partners instead, there is German juice and Ugandan juice in the east, west, north and south. Why lust after a fellow man? Why does money and lust mess us up like this, or is it just invisible devils? Anal sex and masturbation are evil and demonic. There are so many alternative things to think about on earth instead of gay marriage or gay rights (like America since 2015 and some European countries). Only GOD can judge LGBTIQs, but HIS Law says homosexuality aint holy nor wise. Like Michael Jackson (who was being accused of sodomising young boys) sang in "Stranger in Moscow", LORD have Mercy! We are talking 'Danger!'...

Animation in Uganda

One of the Most Complicated and Painstaking Visual Arts is 3D Animation, a Twin Sister to CGI used in Movies. Before the Turn of the Millenium (2000), many Ugandans, such as US based Solomon Jagwe (Soreel Graphix); UK taught Yunus Sebyala (X-Toons Animations); Richard Musinguzi (nicknamed the "Walt Disney of Uganda"); Isaac Oboth (C.E.O. of Media256 and Winner of the Young Achievers Award in the Film and Technology Category 2011); Swansea Metropolitan (now University of Wales Trinity Saint David) graduate David Masanso (Crossroads Digital Media); Andrew Cara, my Old Boy from Upper Primary (1995 to 6, who uses the avatar AndrooPCP on YouTube - I admire the Levels of Skeletal Rigging he has reached); the versatile and incredibly undisputed Maurice Kaweekwa (nicknamed Wekwes, signs his Oil Paintings as MKaweekwa); the alchemic Agwau Otim (Oparaah); New Vision Cartoonist Kato Richard; self taught Phizy Pwoch (I learnt from him that "Better Work is the ultimate Strategy"); Sidney Sengooba (of Brand Media Uganda) and females like Sarah Alego, Catherine (Kathryn) Mirembe plus others (even though not listed) had started experimenting with 3D Animation and Motion Graphics. A Journey of a thousand Miles always starts with one Step. Even the Longest River starts from a Source. Like South African Freedom Fighter Nelson Mandela once said, "It seems impossible until it's done..."

Animator David Masanso during the first annual Crossroads Animation Days on Thursday 13th (to Saturday 15th) December 2012 at Uganda Museum (Kampala)

A new Dawn and Era has come for 3D-CG in UG; I call it Uganimation. Check out the animated Squirrels drumming to a Nandujja Song courtesy of Crossroads Digital Multimedia Ltd! Another good Animation is the Uganda at 50 Years Montage plus the realistically rendered Imitate Video featuring a Hat-seller waking up to ride his Bicycle to the Market. On the Way, he battles with Monkeys. This Video won the inaugural 2013 UCC (Uganda Communications Commission) Film Festival Award for Best Animation. David recommends that encouraging young Ugandans to take up the Art Form early can sustain the Industry. Following this Success, his Company (Crossroads) is working with a UK Organisation to build a 3D Computer Animation Incubation Centre and Studio. This will empower Ugandans with Skills to compete for outsourced Work and animate African Stories. Also, in a Programme that supports Entrepreneurship in developing Countries, David was chosen to work with the Chief of Entrepreneurship at the United Nations.

Ugandan Broadcasters, most notably the veteran UTV (now UBC), ballistic BTN (in Arua), hot NTV, very modern Urban TV and Pastor Robert Kayanja's sumptuous Channel 44, etc wonderfully expose Youngsters to Animation by running Cartoon Programmes, despite mainly foreign ones. Nevertheless, the End justifies the Means! By 2011, the Animation Industry in the Pearl of Africa was regarded as "young but growing fast" and it will never die despite the Challenges. I remember in the 1990s, there was a Privatisation Campaign brilliantly animated for TV. I wonder where it was done! One of the major Challenges in UG though is Production Capital, not only monetary but also technological Skills. If upcoming Animators and enthusiastic 3D Artists keep trying new Tricks, more improved Work can be produced. Learn from the Best! Tra-Digital Animation is also recommended by Experts. It blends both the old and new, traditional hand-drawn and digital like in The Princess and the Frog (Disney Animation). TDA takes the Best of Both Worlds and explores new Possibilities in Storytelling. We should never think that the Medium alone, in this case 3D Animation produced using 3ds max, Maya, Mental Ray, Blender, Vue 7, Poser, ZBrush or LightWave (used to make 300, Iron Man and Finding Nemo) tells the Story. TDA is also a great Supplement, and so is Google SketchUp Pro used to design Google Earth Maps.

In 2010, Makerere University Kampala and Digimation UK entered a Partnership to conduct Digital Animation Courses in the well facilitated Faculty of Computing and I.T. Meanwhile, Artfield Institute was also founded (in Naguru near Kembabazi Catering) to offer Courses in 3D Animation and Graphic Design.

Some notable Animations featuring UG Themes include the robotic Sadolin Paint Tinman walking on a Street and into a colourfully interior-decorated Home; the MTN "Yori Yori" Caller Tunez TV Commercial (by Phantom in Nsambya), is it really from RSA?; the Superman-like Warid Pesaman (now Airtel's Mr. Money after the Merger - "You smell..."); Daily Monitor (Independent Journalism) at 20 Years (1992-2012 and beyond); “A violence-free Childhood is everyone’s Right!’’ goes a TV ad starring Froggie, the amusing cartoon Mascot used by Raising Voices, a local Women and Children’s Rights NGO in its Multimedia Campaigns that also feature real life Ugandan Celebs like Sarah Short. Froggie reminds me of some hilarious Frog from way back during RS Elvis’ Variety Show (Ekitobeero A la Carte) where after signing out with his trademark “Cut!” Phrase, the Frog objects, “Wama, don’t cut!” and goes on to say or do something to crack your Rib; Meditex (Kabode) Soap; WBS Television's Superbrands 2013/ 14 Celebratory Dance by a tall beautiful female Character dressed in a yellow Blouse (if outside is shiverishly cold, then stay indoors to watch this hot Animation topped up with a Nigerian Music Score or the Nkoza & Nankya TV Series; Animated Snippets mixed with realtime Video Footage of Youth in "Lwaki (Why?)" by EYEZEE OMUWANDUZI ft. SANDSOUL; the Animated Music Video (AMV) for "You Want Another Rap" by the Most Excellent Rapper SEVO (Uganda's President) produced by Yunus and his Crew that included (NTV) Mini Buzz Cartoonist Jimelux Tashobya; the Twenty23 Parish Development Model (PDM) Sensitization commercial; a Music Video combining human footage with animations entitled "Uganda Yange" by Sweden-based GEROCK; Galiwango: Obulamu Bwe'Kisodde/ The Life of a Gorilla (Luganda Animated Film) by Solomon Jagwe and many more Creations. In a black and white World, true Colours show: I bet the AMV for "Power" by GNL ZAMBA is one of the Most Amazing around here, a Kino Musoke Picture presented by Dragonfly Media Studio 80z. Other notable Animation Studios in UG include Fruity Media, Image Now, DFH Uganda (Multimedia), Bumba Studio, etc.

To become an Animator, you need Knowledge about Skeletons, i.e. Bones, Joints and their Positions; it is actually Skin-deep. That is when you realise that the compulsory Science (Primary 4) and Biology Lessons are very important. I remember during O’Level, there was a real Human Skeleton wired to stand upright near the Entrance to the Biology Lab. Whenever we walked in, we would crack Jokes with the Skeleton Man. Now I know he was truly a V-VIP in the Lab! Lazarus, come forth! A Character Rig is the Digital Skeleton created by Animators inside a 3D Mesh. Like a real Skeleton, a Rig is made up of simple or complex Joints and Bones, each of which act as a "Handle" that Animators use to bend the Character into desired Poses like Prophet Ezekiel (Zul-Kifl) in the Valley of dry Bones (Ezekiel 37). Joints are assembled exactly where they would be in a Real World Skeleton, with one or two Exceptions. In the final Clip, the Pseudo-skeletons disappear. Allow me to drift away, the Quran records incredible Stories of talking Animals, for example: Ants have marvellous Communication Skills at Ground Level (Quran 27:18-19 [The Ants]) plus King Solomon knew the Speech of Birds (Quran 27:16-17), a Hoopoe spoke to him (Quran 27:20-28) just like a Donkey spoke to Balaam in the Bible (Numbers 22:28). A Serpent spoke to Eve while a Burning Bush ordered Moses to take off his Sandals because he was standing on holy Ground. How did all the different Animals enter Noah's Ark (Safina Nuh) in Pairs? Maybe GOD talked to them. Jesus told the Pharisees in Luke 19:40 that even if they made His Disciples keep quiet, the Stones will cry out rejoicing and praising GOD with a loud Voice. According to the Book of Jubilees (Lesser Genesis), Hebrew is the Language of Heaven and was originally spoken by all Creatures in the Garden of Eden. However, the Animals lost their Power of Speech when Adam and Eve were expelled. So Animation is also based on Reality, not just Fantasy. Besides, Parrots can speak sensibly to Humans. About Superpowers or Superhuman Abilities, well: Enoch went to Heaven alive - GOD took him; Moses parted the Red Sea; Joshua marched with the Israelites carrying the Ark of the LORD while seven Priests blew seven Ram-horn Trumpets for seven Days (once for each of the first six Days but seven Times on the seventh Day) until the Walls of Jericho fell though Rahab - the harlot and her Household were saved; Elijah ran faster than a Horse; Samson tore a Lion's Mouth; Solomon enslaved Demons; Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego couldn't be burnt in a fiery Furnace; Mary gave birth without a Man; JESUS walked on Water and did many other amazing Things; Fingers of a human Hand wrote on the Wall of a Palace; etc.

Uganda harbours many Fine Artists and Comics Cartoonists like the incredibly gifted Loukman Ali, my OB Christian Mafigiri, Derrick Dre (PassionateArt UG), Colourist Brian Amanya, Daily Monitor (Newspaper) Cartoonists Mozeh and Chris Ogon Atukwasize, etc who can metamorphose into Animators if they choose. If you want more Fun, then just mark your Calender for IAD (International Animation Day on 28th October, about three Weeks before World Television Day on 21st November) every Year plus check out - http://www.ugandacartoonnetwork.com/

Personally, as the Walt Disney Company's Paperman (Best Animated Short Film at the 2013 Oscars) wonderfully portrays using the (Final Line Advection) Meander Program developed by Brian Whited, I think one Tool that will enhance Drawn Animation is hybrid Software that takes 3D Technology and brings it to the 2D Arena allowing Artists to animate in 3D Space any handdrawn pictures (whether scanned or sketched on Wacom Tablets and Electronic Paper), something like 2.5D. Sometimes, I imagine uganda telecom's delicious Mango mascot, branded in the early 2000s by my Favourite Newspaper Cartoonist Danny Barongo making a Comeback as a Blue Mango! It's all about you!

*Courtesy of Aiko (Ugatoons)

Welcome to Cartoonland 256, at the Heart of Africa!

"Ghost" by MAURICE KIRYA ft. RUYONGA Lyrics
Off his third studio Album (entitled Mwooyo), Maurice Kirya croons about a girl that came into his life and changed his Perception about how he has always chosen to love a Woman. He even starts thinking whatever is happening is not real, it's just an Illusion too good to be true; she is like an Invisible Girlfriend. The Animated Video of this Song creatively rigged by Yunus Sebyala's X-Toons Animations wonderfully illustrates this ageless Conflict. Mwooyo Kirya is truly soulful as usual.

[INTRO]
Ooh, ooh, ooh (Buno obuzimu bwa munno)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, er!

[VERSE ONE - MAURICE KIRYA]
How did you end up in my life?
How did you cast that spell?
Tell me who sent you, oom? Is it Heaven or is it Hell?
[HOOK]
I built a wall so high, a wall that you defied.
But this can't be, ooh!
I never fall this deep. No! No!

[CHORUS]
You're not real, you're a ghost!
This can't be, (Buno obuzimu bwa munno).
You're not real, you're a ghost!
It's an illusion, (Buno obuzimu bwa munno)!

[VERSE TWO]
Listen! How did you end up in my life?
How did you end up in my bed?
How did you get me so in love? No!
Coz without you I feel dead, whoa!
[HOOK]
I built a wall so high, a wall that you defied.
But this can't be, ooh!
I never fall this deep. No, and no, no!

[CHORUS]
You're not real, you're a ghost!
This can't be, (Buno obuzimu bwa munno).
You're not real, you're a ghost!
It's an illusion, (Buno obuzimu bwa munno)!

[RAP - RUYONGA]
(W???? Hiddn Empire! Yeah!)
Ru, it's like: I only see you when my eyes go, closed.
Got me wondering how you got so, close.
Till am on fire for your holy smokes.
To quit you, ama need the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, whoa!
Higher obsessed with me, you're so excessive!
Trying to own me, you're so possessive! But so depressing, ontulire!
Coz you know what you did, here wewandogere!
Creeping in through the mist, crawling through the dark.
Reaching out for my heart, persisting in your call like that whisper
in the wall.
Sliding inside of my bed, with every lie that you said.
I need you out of my head, coz...

[OUTRO]
You're not real, you're a ghost!
This can't be!
You're not reeeeal, (Buno obuzimu bwa munno)!
You're not real! (Buno obuzimu bwa munno),
(Get away from me [2X]), (Buno obuzimu bwa munno),
(Get away from me)!
END

"Power" by GNL ZAMBA Lyrics 
UG’s hip-hop messiah GNL bakes another poetic cake in 2012 and ices it with a fantastic animated music video presented by Dragonfly Media Studio 80z. It's also a Kino Musoke Picture. Shout outs to shinetz.blogspot.com! I couldn’t transcribe the muffled voice of the lady in the chorus that reminds me of the incredible three Singing Chipmunks but here is the rest of the flow (in black and white) from the Lord of Uga-Flow, not just Luga...

[CHORUS:]

[INTRO (GNL Speaking): ]
Power, you want to talk to me about power, right? 
It’s like am in a castle right now. 
And am overlooking Kampala’s bright lights, 
Everybody’s lined up. 
And my car is pulling through the streets, 
Everybody’s saying, “Koombaye!” 

[VERSE ONE:] 
I’m the Lord of the Ring. 
I’m not a slave, I’m a king. 
I float and I sting. 
It’s my rhymes to make your heart sing. 
Feel the pain or the sling or the joy that I bring. 
I was raised in the ghetto but now I shine and I bling. 
When you put your heart to the ceiling, it’s a G you are feeling. 
Hip-hop Uganda now looks up to me for healing. 
In the studio or the stage, I’m looking for the Shilling. 
Every dog has its day, it’s my time for the killing. 
Many try hard, but they can’t stop the G from winning. 
I’m the Best and, as long as the Art keeps spinning. 
I’m evolving and building, it’s not the end (Baboon Forest), it’s the beginning. 
I’m making love to the game, you can call it my Second Cum-ing! 
As a Newton of the game, I’m a magician with the flame. 
When you hate, it’s a shame. 
You’ve been late since I came. 
I’m a god, you’re a pilgrim. Pay your Homage! 
Let me live my dream, just let me get my cream!

[CHORUS:]

[VERSE TWO:]
(Zye, real talk, ah yeh!) 
I remember growing up, sweet dreams were a myth. 
So you know to unman, a nigga had to sweat like Keith. 
Through the cold, I was gritting my teeth with my sis, 
With no accommodation, broke, lying in the abyss (I remember that time). 
I’m the type of nigga radio used to diss, but now am in bliss because am a crown prince. 
Peace to my nigga Emron for the Genesis. 
Coz’ now we pack Greatness like Guinnesses. 
Baboon Forest, we the bubble geniuses, 
Show you how to turn dem poems into businesses. 
I’m not an artiste, am a legend. 
You’re a curtain-raiser, am the main event. 
Don’t you know, am Socrates when I think, am Gandhi when I speak, Chinua Achebe when I rhyme. 
Am a GOD-guided missile, it’s the heat that I seek. 
The Luga-flow Jet Li, it’s like a kung-fu flick, the way I kick.

[CHORUS:]

[VERSE THREE:]
(Zye X4) I did it my way [Aliri mawe], 
So I think I need some Berry-on and Rozelle (eh). 
Tonight, all my troubles seem so far away (yes). 
I’ve seen more drama than Broadway (I did, man). 
In the club, I need a needle in my record play (yes). 
Damn, can you let a nigga sway (What’s up Mckenzie?)! 
I refuse to lose like Mugabe in Zimbabwe (yes). 
Leka nkole ebyange, bakole ebyabwe (hahaha)! 

[OUTRO: ]
Rude bwai music! 
Dedicated to my first love: Hip-hop. 
Zye! And the fans, man. Yo fans, man. The fans. 
I did it my way [Aliri mawe], I think I need some Berry-on and Rozelle, eh... 

The Prophecy (series) is a Ugandan Sci Fi (Science fiction) fantasy web series produced by Acheonex based on the lives of the last living citizens of Uganda after an apocalypse was brought about by an ancient medallion. A genetic mutation occured among the last remaining human beings allowing them to exhibit superhuman strength and abilities. A great evil was awoken during the Apocalypse by the power of the medallion and it is up to the remaining Ugandans to fight for the human race. However, struggles among the survivors make it a battle for power and conquest... [Synopsis courtesy of Phizy Pwoch (Animator)]

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Ugandan Cartoonists
As a Cartoonist myself using the Penname "Aiko" at Uganda Christian University's Community Newspaper The Standard (since 2007 to 2015 and again from 2019) and also the Labels AruaCartoons (since 2014) plus LugbaraToons (since 2019), I took a Timeout to compile a List of almost 100 Cartoonists whose Artwork I have noticed in Ugandan Media especially Newspapers but also Magazines, Web and TV in no particular Order nor Ranking. If there is anyone I have left out who merges Lines and Colours plus Words (or Sounds) to create a whole new World, then please remind me or add to your own List:

B. Danny Toons

NUMBER 1: B. Danny, aka Dan Barongo or simply DB or BD, is definitely my Favourite Ugandan Cartoonist of All-Time. I adore his Colouring and Realism. The War Comics he did for The New Vision in the 90s inspired me a lot: I was amazed that someone within my Country could actually draw Ugandan Events to such Detail and aesthetic Form. He was like a Mentor to me (I actually asked him for Advice in Industrial Area) and he later moved to Daily Monitor. I grew up thinking that good Cartoons and Illustrations only come from outside Countries, but seeing his solid illustrative Artwork in the Papers gave me a lot of Hope...

Mr. Ras, also known as Ras Manyanga (born Charles Onen from Kitgum) is a Veteran in the Business, considered by many as the Best Editorial Cartoonist in Uganda, roger that! His Cartoons usually had male Animals with erect Private Parts. Nevertheless, he is funny and has produced a very huge Body of Work, Ras Studios. He usually dresses smartly, reminds me of the Congolese who pull their Trousers very high above the Waistline. I replaced him for only one Month between 26th December 2010 and 16th January 2011 at Sunday Vision where I had started by writing Letters to the Editor during my Campus Internship Years (thanks to Advice from Samuel Apedel); it was a Dream come true after submitting my Portfolio to Ras in 2005. He advised me to use Ivory Paper and Combo Pens for Longevity instead of Foolscaps and Ballpoint Pens plus make my Cartoon Faces less detailed. Photo Editor Jimmy Adriko was also an Encouragement when I had a Tryout at New Vision coz I could yap Lugbara with him...

Tumusiime Rushedge, other Name Emmanuel - born in Buhweju County of Bushenyi District (on 1st March 1941, died 2008), was a Ugandan Surgeon, Pilot, Novelist, Cartoonist and Newspaper Columnist aka Tom Rush and Old Fox (of the famous Escapades). Some Campus Fellows nicknamed me "Kid Fox", maybe coz I drew Cartoons in my Notebooks. Everybody knows Old Fox's Creation (alongside Ateker Ejalu) named Ekanya which means "Cheeky One" in Ateso, first published in the early 70s and still running, his Wife Rosie plus Son Junior; this Cartoon Family fascinated me in the 90s, I hoped they were from Teso coz I love Bateso. He also created the Comic Strip Bogi Benda while in Kenya...

Tess Rushedge, a humorous Daughter who took over her Father's Ekanya Comic Strip at New Vision. She detests Politics in her Cartoons and prefers mainly Family Issues and Relationships in Homes...

James Rwehabura Tumusiime, Proprietor of Igongo Cultural Centre, Founder of Fountain Publishers in 1988, arguably the Largest Indigenous Book Publishing Company in UG - famous for School Textbooks and Children's Stories, took over the Ekanya Character after 1976 when Rushedge went into Exile in Kenya...

Tom, works for the Teso Newspaper Etop in Soroti and its Parent Publication New Vision in KLA too...

Dr. Stone, I thought he was a Whiteman like the Ugandanised British Writer named Kevin O'Connor, but he's Black like me and raps Luganda fluently, draws his exclusive Sports Toons quite fast. Sometimes, other Cartoonists like Mr. Ras fill his Spot...

Kato FM, his illustrative Cartooning seems like it is all done in Pencil (basically he draws Shades of Grey) but dark enough to be read clearly, he shades very realistic Faces...

JR, funny, Luni, Jokes hahehihohu; I do not know who exactly he is but he has some rib-cracking Lines, almost like Proverbs...

Snoggie FM, aka Senoga or Snoggie's World who moved to the US, been around for quite some Time, colourful. He used to draw the "Leo Kivumbi" Strip too...

Luganda Toons

Joey?, I think he does the Bukedde Newspaper Cartoons, interesting Stuff in Luganda...

Mozeh, Real Name Moses Balagade (died in 2016); my Mass Communication Dean of Faculty at UCU - Mr. Ben Bella Ilakut once advised me to draw thick Lines like him...

Ogon, aka Christoons replaced Mozeh at Daily Monitor as the Main Man and my or my, his Cartoons look crispy on Facebook, maybe because of the brighter Digital Surroundings unlike the somewhat light-khaki Hardcopy Newspaper, but still very well crafted Work. Atukwasize Chris Ogon won the Award for "Cartoonist of the Year" at the 2015 Uganda National Journalism Awards organised by the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME). One interesting Thing I noticed in his Toons is the one Line Teeth Gap, simple but funny, seen! He also works for Ennyanda, another Subsidiary of Monitor Publications LTD. Ogon graduated in 2012 with an Illustration Major Bachelor's Degree in Industrial and Fine Arts from the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts. He worked as an Illustrator at MK Publishers, Longman Publishers and Mango Tree Uganda. At The Kampala Sun, he was the Editorial Cartoonist pennamed Atuk...

Ivan also does some colourful Work for Daily Monitor... 

Spire Cartoons, by Dr. Jimmy Spire Sentongo, a very active Cartoonist who started at Weekly Observer in 2006, teaches Philosophy at Uganda Martyrs University and Makerere University. He studied Art until S4 Term 2 but felt he should use his Art Skills for Advocacy...

Jimelux TV Toons

Jimelux Tashobya, a UCU Mukono Fine Art Alumnus and NTV Minibuzz Cartoonist whose Drawing Process is filmed and then broadcast in Fast Motion. After failing to scoop the Minibuzz Position recommended to me by a Maisha Sound Alumnus Shantos Ssekito, I asked Jimelux to also replace me at The Standard. He used to draw Cartoons for other Publications on the Campus, so I felt he might have the Momentum to take over, but he also had Dreams of making Comics...

Stuart M., one of the Cartoonists who replaced me at the Standard between 2015 after I was let off and 2018 before I returned. He uses lots of Words but that is what I appreciate because many interesting Ideas can be compressed in one Panel. My Managers at New Vision used to tell me to let the Drawings deliver the Message with less (Letter) Words but Wordiness also adds creative Colour to a Cartoon and Stuart excels at that. Personally, I limit the Words by summarising but at the Back of my Mind, I fancy 100 Words in a Cartoon. Meanwhile, the Drawings can speak 1,000 Phonemes, no Problem... 

PK's Toonbook Sketches

PK Toons

Patricia Kelly Kobusingye, aka Pat Kelly (PK), known her since 2001 (Senior 5); I actually drew Illustrations for a Cash-winning Book she wrote in a National Book Trust Of Uganda (NABOTU) Competition. She's a whimsical Lady who reminds me of some Omo TV Commercial in the early 2010s; never made me angry, not even once. She was the Deputy Headgirl and we became Friends unconventionally when she confronted me in our HEL (History, Economics, Literature) Class one Morning because of my dirty, unwashed Shirt evidenced by my brown inner Sleeve End; I was surely at fault and she had the Power to send me back to wash my white Shirt or wear another one. Imagine a Prefect or Policewoman stopping you and instead of punishing you, she forgives and becomes your Good Friend, heehee! I adore her smooth Line Drawings made using a special Pen. I guess that is why her Cartoons look classier and different from mine which are drawn using common Ballpoint Pens. She is simply Art, Design and Prose. I wish TIME Magazine could profile her... 

Harriet Jamwa, is an Illustrator and Graphics Designer who works at Andrew Mwenda's Independent Newspaper printed in Magazine Format. I almost had a Tryout with M9's Newspaper and might have worked with Harriet along the Way if I stayed but did not pass the Vetting, was told to learn more from Illustrators like B. Danny...

Phillip Nsamba, illustrates The Adventures of Babi & Bobi...

Benjamin Buhamizo, illustrates some Stories featured in Toto Magazine, quite impressive Line Drawing and Colouring. Meanwhile Benji, does "Naughty Benji" Cartoons while a Cartoonist pennamed Benjie draws The Senile, a witty Comic Strip which old People would enjoy. Not sure if it's the same Person...

Hyena, some of my Friends in Bukoto (a KLA Suburb) used to call me Hyena coz they heard that I was a Cartoonist, but am not the one who draws those Red Pepper Cartoons. In fact, why would I sleep with so many Women like that in real Life? One Wife is quite enough; Multiple Partners at the same Time, Fornication plus Adultery are very complicated with STDs, Abortion or Bastards and Hellfire waiting on the other Side of the Mountain. I hope it is just Fiction, Fantasy or Wet Dreams...

Loukman Ali, very talented 3D Animator and Filmmaker with amazing Face-drawing Skills. First met him on Bob Marley's 2009 Birthday while we were both being debriefed by Mr. Ras; it was a very special Moment coz I was running away from a Job Disappointment somewhere else. Ali has produced TV Commercials plus Films such as "The Bad Mexican"...

Andrew Cara, a down-to-Earth CG Artist on the Hill; he also teaches. He was one Year behind me at Kalinabiri Primary School when I was in P7, but he could still remember my Drawing Skills more than a dozen Years later. I need to keep improving and he surely inspires with his Animation Projects...

Phizy Pwoch, another talented Animator who has worked on Music Videos too... 

David Masanso, Founder of Crossroads Animations in 2012 is an Animation Icon in UG with unflinching Zeal, actually started an annual Cartoon Festival and teaches interested Learners at his Central Business District Studios near Watoto Church (former KPC) just like Artfield Institute in Naguru. He was the First Black to study Computer Animation at the University of Swansea. "Imitate", his 4-Minute Animation about a Hat Seller, won an unprecedented Award at the 2009 Amakula Kampala International Film Festival... 

Yunus Sebyala like I mentioned earlier, does Cartoon Animations...

Animation Progress on "The Adventures of Nkoza and Nankya (TV Series)" by Solomon Jagwe

Solomon Jagwe, based in the USA, is an Animator known for Galiwango the Gorilla plus "Nkoza and Nankya" TV Series...

Richard Musinguzi is considered Uganda's Walt Disney, at least according to BBC. He created Katoto, a Rukiga-speaking Ugandan Original alongside Humphrey Agaba, Janet and the beautiful Thandi Abasa on his Team. They want Katoto to speak other Ugandan Languages also, hopefully Lugbarati too. Before Crane Bank closed, it had a TV Commercial where Katoto asked his Cow to give him 100 UgX so that he could keep it in a Savings Account, still vivid in my Memory...

John Paul Gremlin Musoke at Cartoon Leaf Channel also has some fine Portraiture Talent...

Kwiz Era, Illustrator and Expressionist Artist. His Studio is set up within Iguana Bar, Kisementi on Sturrock Road, behind Gapco Petrol Station...

Samuel Mukasa Kabali, founder of Tonda Animation is also an Inspiration...

Eugenius, this List would have been incomplete without me mentioning some Arua Artists I have come across. Eugene was among the first Artists to catch my Attention in A-Town while he painted a Mural for Mvara Core PTC next to Mvara Mission on Emmanuel Cathedral Road. He studied Art at UCU Mukono and has great Talent, truly a King Genius...

Ringo Andrua (Fly Graphix, Arua), first noticed his Portfolio via facebook but still impressive...

Pius Hoo, another Arua Artist with nice Mural Art... 

Isaac Mugabi (Skyman) is a 3D character animator, mobile app developer, programmer, digital artist plus gamer who co-founded Pomp Motion Studios in Kampala. He graduated from Makerere University with a Bachelor's Degree in Art & Design plus earned a Certificate in Character Animation from Digital Tutors...

Arua Cartoons (since 2014)

SPECIAL MENTIONS: Romero, Spanish Cartoonist who drew Modesty Blaise Comics, inspired the Word-Balloon Fonts I use in my Cartoons, just added a few Changes. I used to teach myself how to draw Humans seemlessly by studying his exquisite Artwork during my Senior 6 Vacation...

Falk, DePaul and Ryan (sometimes DePaul + Manley), create Phantom Cartoons from Australia relayed to Uganda through King Features Syndicate. I have been reading about this masked, generational Hero since the 90s...

Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey...

Sara, a UNICEF Cartoon conceived in ten different Countries. It took 20 months of research and development work involving 150 artists, writers and researchers from Eritrea and Ethiopia in the north to South Africa in the south (ie Malawi, Zimbabwe and the three main East African Countries). Sara used to appear in Straight Talk and Young Talk Newspapers. I loved the clean Line Drawing and Colouring. There was also a TV Animated Series with her Pet Monkey Zingo. The Sara Character is Proof that Cartoons can be used for Community Transformation...

Gayo Toons

James Gayo, his wordless Kingo Comic Strip is very hilarious; a Friend of mine wanted to turn it into a TV Animation...

Gado, famous Kenyan Newspaper Editorial Cartoonist across East Africa. Godfrey Mwapembwa spent 23 Years at The East African Newspaper before being fired for contestable Reasons including caricaturing the then Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete half nude in a languid Pose. JK was nibbling on Grapes from the Hand of one of seven Beauties who represented the 7 Sins that the Tanzanian Government had been accused of...

Frank Odoi, born in western Ghana in 1948 among seven Sisters, draws The Joker. In the late 1970s, he moved to Kenya to contribute to Terry Hirst's illustrated Humour Magazine Joe. He later inherited Terry's Position at Daily Nation Newspaper. He also helped develop and launch the XYZ Show, a satirical Puppet Show on TV. He died in a Matatu Ditch Accident on 21st April 2012...

Spiderman syndicated Cartoons from America...

Walt Disney, I think he should take Credit for the Mickey Mouse and Goofy syndicated Toons coz well, he invented them and they never died after his own Death in 1966, lived on into the new Millenium...

Zapiro Toons

Zapiro, weird how I do not know any South African Cartoonists, it's almost like Apartheid of the Brain, maybe because they colonised our Minds in UG via the Audio-visual Box (Multichoice, KTV [Kids Television], BOP TV and TV Africa) but not Print Media. Nevertheless, the Best I know (Jonathan Shapiro) makes up for all my Ignorance and I only learnt of him through a Video and the Internet. He's probably the Finest on the African Continent. Kudos to all the rest I do not know...

There is also a Cartoonist for The Rwandan Amakuru with nice facial Illustrations...

Aiko Toons 2019 (Cropped and finally resized in Microsoft Windows Paint but Colours filled using GIMP 2.10 Software)

(E)XTRA TIME/ OVERTIME: Animation is a burgeoning Industry in Uganda, and Animators especially 2D Animation Drawers are just Tradigital or Motion Cartoonists eg Blue Monkey, Creatures Animation (Makers of "A Kalabanda Ate My Homework"), LabRat Animations (who made the Music Video for "Wakayima" by COOPY BLY), etc. They automatically fit in the Uganda Cartoon Network; Book Illustrators do too, it's all about Cartooning Associates like a Cartoon Movement or Toon Nation. Cartooning resembles Writing and Comedy especially Standup; if you attack Individuals brutally, they may as well retaliate, but if you find a middle Ground that can tickle their Ribs, good for you. When Rema dumped Eddy Kenzo for Doctor Hamza, I wanted to draw a Cartoon of Namakula asking the "Sitya Lossi" Superstar - clad in a T-shirt emblazoned on "Mango" at the front - if they could play a Game of Adam and Eve; he would reply: "I don't think so, a little Bird told me you will give the forbidden Fruit to a Doctor", but held back because it was a very Heart-wrecking Situation for someone whose Music I admired, not certain that Joke would be tasty. Of course there are many other Scenarios to explore, but at a Y-Corner (Junction), you either go left or go right! I hope GOD grants Happyness to all the three. In 2001, Ugandan Cartoonists formed an Association called Satire Gang consisting of all Editorial and Humour Cartoonists in Uganda. It was formally affiliated to the international Cartoonist Rights Network that protects Cartoonists since they are not considered Journalists. Dr. Robert Russell, the Director was present at the Inauguration hosted by Uganda Museum. Freedom of Expression must not be abused, Self-Censorship is vital. Every Year on 5th May, four Days or half a Week after Labour Day (May Day), the World celebrates Cartoonist's Day. Then on 28th October, five Months later, the Earth marks International Animation Day set up in 2002 by the International Animated Film Association or ASIFA (abbreviated from its French Name: ASsociation Internationale du Film d’Animation). Maybe that Way, I will also get to know Who is Who? in UG. I cannot exhaust this List; I've done what I could based on my Limits of Knowledge but will keep updating it until I bypass 100 Cartoonists, if GOD wills. In Twenty20 during the Covid-19 lockdown, I had an epiphany that literally renewed my interest in making cartoons; I coined the word Ugatoons to describe the feeling...

Graffiti Skills taught to Me by Imran Azad

"Innovation Katogo" was the theme for the last Wapi Event in 2008 (organised by the British Council plus Silk Events) and I managed to spray paint my very first amateur Graffiti before making my annual Christmas pilgrimage to Arua the next weekend (Didn't even attend my Old Fellow Jona's Wedding).

My very first professional painting was around August 2007 but it wasn't graffiti, just an interior decoration for an old boy. The second followed immediately just before CHOGM.

Imran Azad, the uniquely colourful artist taught me some valuable techniques I applied to produce my 'INOV8RZ' Graffiti piece, maybe you can use them too! Someone said he liked the way I did the Z, I liked it too. Not bad overall but I felt I needed to do much better than I did, paint dripped in some areas even after I started fantastically. I lost my nerve somehow close to the climax and even held my spray-can with two hands. Some stranger who came late and couldn't get a board wanted to help me finish my name smoothly. I let him do it; he advised me to spray once (that is continuously) while creating a letter. Another guy asked me to spray on his trousers, wow! Was that fan courtesy? Naah, I think I was just available. Roland who did a live painting during Kirk Franklin's previous Serena Concert was on my right side. The girl on my left side was also doing it for her first time and told her friends I was quite 'good' despite everything else but the highlight guy whom my second cousin Edwin (holding a videocam) told me to check out was a white painter whose meticulous touch was so smooth that it attracted several watchers. Owl (real name Derrick Muhiirwa) had remarkable stuff near the fence. Imran , my mentor was also loud with about two pieces. The master (who bravely appeared in Desire Luzinda’s song “Bingi” while other men shunned the bare-chested role in the video) painted great stuff too. He later confessed that I did better than he thought I would on my first attempt. I know that everybody has a certain talent but we need practice to perfect our disciplines.

Here are a few guidelines he shared with me before and during the December drill. I have chosen to summarise them into seven entries:

1. Spray from a distance, it may be faint but it prevents the dripping of paint. (Remember to always wear a mask covering your nose to avoid poisoning!)
2. Learn to use the index finger, weaker than the thumb but allows flexibility. The thumb may not give you very good results compared to the index finger (aka second or forefinger)
3. Do not try to rub away paint when there is another colour around, will cause a mixture and result in a new colour
4. Be free (and not uneasy). Don't be nervous, relax, YOU CAN DO IT! (He said that just about the time Obama became the First Black President of America)
5. To create a line that is smooth, depress the aerosol and spray once while making lines
6. To keep the paint mixed, you can turn the can upside down in addition to shaking
7. Start by spraying light colours like yellow first, then add dark ones (As for me, I don't mind the reverse as long as you know your vision)!

(Personal Exploration) Maisha Filmlab Master Class taught on Eid el Fitiri (8th August 2013) by WILLIAM WHEELER [Screenwriter of Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012 Film)]:

''If you have an Idea, write it down! We are all given Ideas. Some of us bring them to fruition, some of us don’t. Don’t say you are not good at this; who cares? Don’t say ‘I’m the most Boring Person in the World’! Forces inside of us come up with Ideas that slow us down yet Stories unite us and change Cultures. A brilliant entertaining Film can take Someone’s Cares away after a long Day at Work. Make Time to write daily, you are most likely to finish! What is the One Thing a Story needs? Characters! The more deeply connected viewers are to the characters, the more they will be interested in the film. Share the Hopes and Dreams of the Person in the Situation; it’s their Life and Reality! Your Characters have no Idea that it’s just a Story. Viewers can connect with the Person even if they do not like them. All Characters possess Traits, Desires and must make Decisions. Character is the Problem a Story solves. Complications take a Character through a Metamorphosis of his Desires from conscious to unconscious for instance in The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Changez was chasing the American Dream, but after the 9/11 World Trade Centre Terror Attacks, he wished for a Pakistani Dream instead. As a Private Exercise, Wheeler advised that you should honestly write about your Problem while answering some specific Questions! In the End, you will have written a Story that obeys the Laws of Drama, Triumphs and Transformations based on the Parts of yourself investigated. Draw Narratives from your Experience!''

In the Afternoon, the Movie screened was “Tootsie” from Columbia Pictures about an Actor named Michael who cross-dressed as a Woman in order to get a professional acting Role that had eluded him for 20 Years. One line that summarizes the Drama in the Story came at the end when the Main Protagonist speaks to Julie, a fellow Cast Member with whom he shared a Dressing Room throughout his Falsehood, “I was a better Man with you as a Woman than I ever was as a Man with a Woman…”

During the Question Session, Maisha Filmlab Founder Mira Nair confessed that she likes the creative Uniqueness of Ugandan English just like Indian English, and narrated an Incident at Makerere University Kampala where a Campuser dressed in Army Fatigue was asked where he was going. His amusing reply was, “I’m going to attack the Library!”