Parliamentary swearing in turns comic on Pablo live

With the elections and swearing-in ceremonies winding down, we can now laugh at the light side of them. And Pablo Live poked fun at parliamentarians and councillors who have a poor command of the English language.

The headline act of the night Laptop and OJ blew the audience away with a Kiganda dance while donning tunics. The duo mastered the first few lines of the oath taken by the councillors and dwelt on that to crack up the auditorium that was bursting at the seams. The word is ‘solemnly', but many pronounce it as "solomonly". At the centre of the duo's jest was non-English speaking legislators, but they did not mention any names.

The comedians went on to debate on how water is better than fire and got lost in deliberation complete with opposing and proposing. This sent revellers reeling in laughter.

Their wit in churning out anecdotes and narratives kept the audience spellbound. One of the acts was of women being spoilt for choice in her wardrobe; right from hair to eye lashes and hips all being fake.

The comedy was punctuated with entertainment from Teens Club, a dance group that awed the audience with their dance moves and beat boxing voices.

Other acts of the night were Daniel Omara who had a family joke about his father who is a Born-again Christian with an affiliation to science. He talked of when he once asked his father about sex and was referred to Church where the father's friends would hold talks to teenagers in church.

Talking about bad English in school was when one Tanzanian national went to the school canteen and asked for "give me one an egg". He threw a few jibes about a girlfriend who wakes up in the middle of the night sobbing and when asked what is wrong she says; "I dream about your ex and she was abusing me" to which he asks why she is crying yet it was her dream and not his.

Living Thomas, an upcoming comedian from Kabale, did a few tribal jokes from Rwebujuju.

Introducing the acts was Pablo who serenaded his followers with his humour. He talked of Chinese soon inventing mobile phones with nail cutters and bottle openers; such that in the middle of a phone conversation, one can cut one's nails or open a bottle. 

It is one comedy session that is free of vulgarities and a fun way to crack your ribs.