Mubarak Munyagwa had his own way of supporting King Saha’s Kololo concert without actually stepping into the crowd.
The former presidential candidate says he planned to buy a table at the “Tondeka E Kololo Festival” and have cameras capture him doing it alongside Saha.
His goal was to make his support visible and, as he put it, “tap into his masanyalaze,” a metaphor for talkability and public attention.
I told you guys to bring cameras with King Saha so that I buy his table and people know that I bought it, so that I also tap into his ‘masanyalaze.’
There was a simple reason Munyagwa did not want to sit among the thousands of fans.
He says he has a phobia of crowded places, despite believing from the start that Saha would attract a massive audience.
I told you Saha would fill Kololo with people because he is a good artist. That is one of the reasons I never attended because I have a phobia for people.
Munyagwa believes Saha has built that pulling power through his music and his connection with audiences.
He also points to the singer’s political side as another part of his appeal.
For him, Saha now belongs among the Ugandan artists capable of filling a major venue, alongside names such as Pallaso and Alien Skin.