Nyege Nyege' festival

2022 - 9 - 6

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Uganda Parliament Wants To Halt Nyege Nyege Festival (Clash Magazine)

The Ugandan parliament has moved to halt Nyege Nyege Festival. The festival is due to kick off in just eight days, with thousands of music fans travelling.

Does she also realize Nyege Nyege is also a “breeding ground” for many people to make gainful money through honest employment in this economy? In response, Nyege Nyege organisers have commented: “Let’s hope we shall soon trend for creating jobs, boosting tourism, improving the creative sector in Uganda and sharing Ugandan arts and culture to the world. Tororo Woman MP Hon Sarah Opendi has led opposition to the event, which she claims “is a breeding ground for sexual immorality”.

Ugandan Govt Cancels Nyege Nyege Festival Beloved by Kenyans (Kenyans.co.ke)

The decision was made by the Ugandan Parliament on the premise that the annual festival is rife with immoral behaviour. The motion to cancel the event, which ...

- Revealed6 September 2022 - 6:23 pm There is no genre in which Kenyans are not breaking new grounds," read a statement from the event's organisers on August 4. [annual social event](/node/49218)scheduled to take place next week in Jinja.

Parliament Stops Nyege Nyege Festival over 'Sexual Immorality' (softpower.ug)

Parliament has stopped the 'Nyege Nyege' festival, an annual social event scheduled to take place next week in Jinja city, over claims of immorality at the ...

You are trying to promote tourism at the expense of our children?” she said. Akello Rose Lilly, the Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity, informed the House that they had given some conditions to the organizers of the event if the it is to happen. Efforts by the Minister of State for Tourism, Hon Martin Mugarra, to defend the event as a hub of tourism met resistance from the House.

Parliament Stops the Nyege Nyege Festival (capitalradio.co.ug)

Parliament has stopped the 'Nyege Nyege' festival, an annual social event scheduled to take place next week in Jinja.

You want to advance tourism at the expense of our kids, right? You are trying to promote tourism at the expense of our children? We are not going to allow this function to take part.

Parliament stops Nyege Nyege festival (KFM)

This followed a concern raised by Tororo Woman MP Sarah Opendi who argued that the event is a breeding ground for sexual immorality. Related articles ...

Uganda Parliament Moves To STOP Nyege Nyege Festival 2022 (Mbu)

After almost a 3-year hiatus, the return of Nyege Nyege Festival is in doubt after Parliament ordered its stoppage over morality concerns.

“We are talking about the morality of this country; we are talking about our children. Sarah Opendi’s submission saying that the promotion of Tourism should not happen at the expense of children’s morals. You are trying to promote tourism at the expense of our children?

Speaker Among Moves to Block Nyege Nyege Concert Over ... (chimpreports.com)

Speaker of Parliament Hon Anita Among has said parliament will not allow the upcoming annual Nyege Nyege Concert to take place as scheduled next week in the ...

As we speak now over 8000 foreigners have already paid tickets and booked to come and sleep in the county,” he said. Hon Mugarra revealed that tomorrow Wednesday, his ministry together with that of Ethics and Integrity will be meeting police and the event organisers to agree on the parameters to be followed. Hon Among was speaking in response to Hon Martin Mugarra, the Minister for State for Tourism who took to the floor of the house to assure members that all stakeholders will be meeting to ensure that there will be no immorality on show at the festival.