Nyege Nyege Arts Festival - What you will miss this year

Nyeye Nyege will not take place in September. The war of Fr. Lokodo against a whole youthful country has been put on hold, and by God’s grace or sheer luck, Lokodo has won. So we are going to miss him too.

The partying

In the run-up to previous editions of Nyege Nyege, the former priest follows a template. First, he warns that the festival will not take place because it damages the moral fabric of the country. Then he warns about mass arrests of those who will attend and get down and dirty indecent.

... and endless dancing

As pictures from the festival make their way to social media, he promises an investigation that will culminate in banning the festival the following year.

The unscrupulous lawyer who runs to URSB and registered it as his property must also be wondering what kind of devilry the Nyege Nyege people have. Poor Ezra Nyakuezaibo! Although they were yet to hand over the property to him so they can pay to organize the festival under the same name, he must have been waiting for a green light on his bank account indicating a million deposit made.

Late into the night

Now that it is not taking place this year, he has died in his own movie. URSB had earlier stopped Derek Debru, co-founder of Nyege Nyege from registering it as a trademark because it was deemed offensive. Nyakuezaibo went ahead and registered it as a business and demanded that Debru pay him to own it, in turn.

The games

For the rest of us, we shall miss the kind of debauchery that had never been witnessed before in the country. Remember the skimpily dressed tourists who danced in Entebbe Airport’s departure lounge on their way out of the country last year?

... and more games

They kept singing party after-party, the video went viral and the whole world swore that it was coming down to Jinja in 2020, because Uganda is a party after party. Nyege Nyege is four days of crazy partying at Nile Discovery Beach and the environs.

The catching up

... over drinks

... and more drinks

It is when Jinja pharmacies and lodges really stock up on condoms and morning-after pills. Imagine what would happen in the year we discovered that there was a bunch of fake Lifeguard condoms that had been recalled, and one man had dragged Marie Stopes over it, claiming that he used condoms from the batch and ended up with undesired effects.

High-end vending

Lots to eat

... lots of eating

In June 2021, we would have babies with names like Dorothy Nyege, to remind them that they were conceived through a fake condom at the festival. The marijuana people often consume while there must be feeling lonely already.

all manner of interaction

... And all manner of dances

Pallaso's stage performance was lit

... and so did the other performers

That the festival is sponsored by a brewery giant means you get high on the cheap. That it is also sponsored by a telecom giant means that you get to share pictures and videos while there at a negligible cost.

You can squeeze in a massage

A refreshing swim in the Nile

... or simply channel your animal spirit