Drama at Paul Kafeero's burial
HE loved his guitar and it did not come as a surprise that even in death, he would want the instrument by him. Local country music supremo, Prince Paul Job Kafeero, was buried with his guitar, fulfilling a demand in his will.
By Nicholas Kajoba
HE loved his guitar and it did not come as a surprise that even in death, he would want the instrument by him. Local country music supremo, Prince Paul Job Kafeero, was buried with his guitar, fulfilling a demand in his will.
Kafeero, 38, a band leader of Kulabako Guitar Singers, died last Wednesday of malaria at Mulago hospital. He was buried at his home in Nkonkonjeru, Mukono district on Saturday.
The burial did come with some drama. A group of fans kept yelling that the fallen musician should be buried with a bottle of alcohol.
Some of them broke through the tightly guarded graveside and poured alcohol into the grave but were later roughed up.
More drama was witnessed when the leader of the Forum for Change party, Dr. Kizza Besigye, Democratic Party chief Ssebaana Kizito and musicians Chameleon and Ragga Dee arrived.
A stampede ensued as people struggled to catch a glimpse of the four public figures and in the process, a branch of a tree near the grave where people were perched, gave way.
The thud of the broken tree scared some mourners at the graveyard who scampered for safety fearing for the worst.
President Yoweri Museveni and Besigye each contributed sh1m to the bereaved family. Local musicians coordinated the burial arrangements.
The thousands of mourners, many of them clutching bottles of Uganda Waragi, had to be controlled by local defence officers as they struggled to see off their hero, whose songs like Walumbe Zaaya, Omwana Muvubuka Munange, Ekijjankunene, Kalenda y’Omukwano, Dipo Naziggala and Kamapala mu Kooti, they loved.
Clan leaders said Kafeero was survived by 10 wives and 27 children and dependants.
HE loved his guitar and it did not come as a surprise that even in death, he would want the instrument by him. Local country music supremo, Prince Paul Job Kafeero, was buried with his guitar, fulfilling a demand in his will.
Kafeero, 38, a band leader of Kulabako Guitar Singers, died last Wednesday of malaria at Mulago hospital. He was buried at his home in Nkonkonjeru, Mukono district on Saturday.
The burial did come with some drama. A group of fans kept yelling that the fallen musician should be buried with a bottle of alcohol.
Some of them broke through the tightly guarded graveside and poured alcohol into the grave but were later roughed up.
More drama was witnessed when the leader of the Forum for Change party, Dr. Kizza Besigye, Democratic Party chief Ssebaana Kizito and musicians Chameleon and Ragga Dee arrived.
A stampede ensued as people struggled to catch a glimpse of the four public figures and in the process, a branch of a tree near the grave where people were perched, gave way.
The thud of the broken tree scared some mourners at the graveyard who scampered for safety fearing for the worst.
President Yoweri Museveni and Besigye each contributed sh1m to the bereaved family. Local musicians coordinated the burial arrangements.
The thousands of mourners, many of them clutching bottles of Uganda Waragi, had to be controlled by local defence officers as they struggled to see off their hero, whose songs like Walumbe Zaaya, Omwana Muvubuka Munange, Ekijjankunene, Kalenda y’Omukwano, Dipo Naziggala and Kamapala mu Kooti, they loved.
Clan leaders said Kafeero was survived by 10 wives and 27 children and dependants.