The East African Diaspora Media Watch (EADM)

Kabaka Mutebi’s subjects in the Diaspora joining hands to develop Buganda

By EADM Correspondent

In Summary: A fundraising drive for Ugandans living in the DFW area to raise money to ship a mobile clinic bus donated to Buganda kingdom has been set for this Saturday, March 18, 2017, organizers of the event announced in Dallas recently. The event is organized by the office of the Kabaka's Representative in Dallas in coordination with the local Baganda association; Kamu Kamu Dallas. The event, dubbed an evening of fun and festivities, will be held at the Barbara’s Dance Studio located at 428 Bedford Euless Road, Hurst, TX 76063 starting at 7:00 PM. Headlining the fundraiser will be renowned Boston-based Ugandan Comedian Charles Bukenya Muvawala aka Chalie Muvax who is expected to keep the audience riveting in free-flowing tears of joy. Veteran DJ Shem Sebugwawo will spin the music while authentic African food and a variety of drinks will be available at takeaway prices. Be there or be square!

Dallas, Texas—A fundraising drive for Ugandans living in the DFW area to raise money to ship a mobile clinic bus donated to Buganda kingdom has been set for this Saturday, March 18, 2017, the organizing committee for the event in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area announced here recently.  The fundraising event is organized by the office of the Kabaka's Representative in Dallas in coordination with the local Baganda association; Kamu Kamu Dallas. The event, dubbed an evening of fun and festivities, will be held at the Barbara’s Dance Studio located at 428 Bedford Euless Road, Hurst, TX 76063 starting at exactly 7:00 PM. Headlining the fundraiser will be none other than renowned Boston-based Ugandan Comedian Charles Bukenya Muvawala aka Chalie Muvax whose trademark brand of streaming a flurry of rib-cracking jokes is expected to keep the audience riveting in free-flowing tears of joy.

Abu Senkayi, Ph.D., Kabaka’s representative in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana

During the event, authentic African food and a variety of drinks will be served as part of the momentous experience, A statement by the Kabaka's Representative in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana Abu Senkayi, Ph.D. stated. The music will be provided by DJ Selectors who promise to keep revelers striking their gigs non-stop on the floor throughout the evening. Savoring all the fun and festivities will cost an entrance fee of $10 in support of the Mobile Clinic project, the statement from the organizers said.   All The proceeds will be used to ship the mobile clinic, a refurbished and ready-to-use bus to Uganda. 

The vehicle was donated to Buganda Government by Mr. Farouk Mutesasira, a long-time resident of the DFW area and the current publicity secretary of the UAA-DFW community. This is the second mobile clinic the Baganda in the Diaspora are donating to the Buganda Kingdom as part of an ongoing effort to extend health services in the kingdom. Ggwanga Mujje of Boston donated and handed the first mobile clinic to the Katikiro Charles Peter Mayiga during the inaugural meeting of the Buganda Bumu North American Convention (BBNAC) in 2015.

The BBNAC was formed by the leaders of Baganda associations in North America together with Kabaka's Representatives in North America.

The vehicle, a mobile clinic for which the fundraiser is being held to ship to Uganda

The Dallas-based organizing committee has also established a Go Fund Me webpage for donors and well-wishers to support the BBNAC Mobile Van Shipping Costs at:

https://www.gofundme.com/2ejqzsng

All the Kabaka's representatives in the USA and Canada are working together under the umbrella of Buganda Bumu North American Convention (BBNAC), a non-profit organization to raise the money to ship the mobile van to Uganda. About $15,000 dollars is required to ship the bus to Uganda. The BBNAC has also produced a video about the raffle tickets that are now on sale to raise funds for the same purpose, the statement by Dr. Abu Senkayi, chair of the Dallas-based committee organizing the fundraising event stated.

Some of the Kabaka’s representatives in North America and Canada

Meanwhile, comedian Charles Bukenya Muvawala aka Charlie Muvaks who is to headline the event has upped the ump and is promising more than just a fabulous time at the fundraiser this Saturday. “I am coming with a bagful of new jokes that will bring the roof down and leave all revelers cracking with laughter, he said in a phone interview with the  EADM on Monday. “I am calling upon all Ugandans in the DFW area to flock the Barbara Dancing Studio for this fundraiser to have a blast,” Charles Bukenya Muvawala aka Chalie Muvax promised. “I pledge that no one will leave the studio feeling the same way they came,” he assured.   He suggested that one need not come with the deepest of pockets but to be present to actively engage in the excitement generated during the course of the auction, partake of the collective fun, and etch one’s name in a historical and noble event designed to improve the health and save lives of our fellow Ugandans.

Charles Bukenya Muvawala aka Chalie Muvax

Charles Bukenya Muvawala, who occasionally performs at Boston theater, said he had been humbled and honored to be invited to serve Buganda outside the Kingdom and Uganda in general.  “I consider this as a personal honor and achievement in my life to work for the betterment of Buganda kingdom while here in the Diaspora,” he said with discernible humility in his voice. But quickly added: “The organizers have not invited a fisherman (read omuvubi) but someone to whom entertainment is second nature,” he said. “I am going to give the best of my best on that eventful evening,” he assured.

Charles Muvawala with former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick

Muvawala said that since he has experience in conducting fundraising activities including auctions of items, he will not disappoint those who put their trust in him and invited him to come and raise money while at the same time offer the much-needed entertainment people seek. “Since I have been to Dallas countless times, I consider Texas my second home and   I am looking forward to competently manage the event and raise some good money for this noble cause of shipping the mobile clinic to Uganda,” Muvawala, also a talk show host at one of the local radio stations in Boston said.

Charles Bukenya Muvawala during a radio talk show in Boston

Headlining fundraising events is no strange territory for the Boston-based comedian. In 2015, Charles Bukenya Muvawala headlined the fundraiser when Katikiro Charles Peter Mayiga officiated at the inaugural Buganda Bumu convention in Boston. “I am confident that I will add value and elevate this event to the highest pedestal on which it is meant to stand,” he said with discernible poise in his voice. Harping further at his record as a skilled fundraiser, he said:  “Even in Boston, whenever you hear of any fundraising event, Muvawala is associated with it.” Charles Bukenya Muvawala, aka Chalie Charles Bukenya Muvawala has been selected to serve as one of the Master of Ceremonies (MC) in Atlanta during the forthcoming BBCN event in May this year, the EADM has learned.

During the fundraiser, attendees are also assured of a sumptuous dinner, courtesy of MS Sarah Nassuna, an evolving household name in the DFW area with respect to her skills to wet and quench appetites. A plateful of freshly home-made African food accompanied with all the sides will be going for $10 at the event is the greatest bargain any party merrymaker would ever dream of. “I am honored to be of service and I am ready to serve to the best of my ability,” Sarah Nassuna told the EADM in a phone interview over the weekend. “I can testify to the fact that Sarah’s food is deliciously tasty and is worth more than the price, JMK; a regular patron told the EADM as Sarah who was in earshot nodded in agreement. I agreed too.  Come hungry to leave both as a satisfied and gratified community member for participating in such a noble cause that is poised to transform lives of millions of our kith and kin in mother Uganda.

Veteran DJ Shem Sebugwawo will be doing what he does best; spinning the music that will keep revelers on the dance floor non-stop. It will be a mix Ugandan-composed of oldies, rap, hip hop, blues, rock and roll, and Kiganda traditional music that has over the years helped to render the previously popular Congolese music not only an afterthought but worse than merely forgotten.

Veteran DJ Shem Sebugwawo

He will be assisted by some youthful DJ who is expected to give the millennials the best of time this spring and send them paka chiini, paka ju! Come and support the Mobile Clinic project. It is a fun-packed evening that you do not want to miss. Be there or be square!