By Spy Uganda
Songbird
Sheebah Karungi is one of the numerous Ugandan musicians whose already
booked shows, especially those that had
been organized during the Easter season, were cancelled because of the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown.
Currently,
several musicians are crying foul ever since president Yoweri Museveni announced a ban on music concerts, closure of
bars and night clubs, prohibited parties, mass weddings and other public gatherings,
as a way of avoiding the spread of COVID-19.
The directive
saw many artistes lose millions of shillings as a result of cancelled bookings,
while those who had received deposits are currently being put on tenterhooks by
promoters to refund the money.
On her part,
Sheebah has since resorted to prayer and asking the almighty God to intervene
in this dire situation before things go
out of hand.
She recently
tweeted thus about the lockdown; “More Days?!!! In the same damn place?? ??!!
Still Not working but spending?!! What kind of life is this?! This is so frustrating. Pensive face, weary
face. Lord have mercy on us!”
It should be
recalled that around the time President Museveni announced the lockdown,
Sheebah had just split from Jeff Kiwanuka’s Team No Sleep (TNS) and launched
her own label called ‘Sheebah Establishments LTD’, which she hoped would
accelerate her music career by promoting and marketing her new songs.
However, all
her music projects have since stalled, yet she had pumped a lot of dime in
shooting and promoting her music videos but all this has since gone to waste,
since she cannot perform any of her new songs anywhere due to the lockdown.
