Kingdom Kampala management has issued a statement responding to complaints following Mesach Ssemakula’s ‘50 Years of Greatness’ concert on 13 November 2026.
Management says its role was to provide the venue, while tents, seating, ticketing, food, beverages and event security were the organiser’s responsibility. It denies banning tents or rain cover, saying the restriction concerned removing paving stones.
While expressing sympathy for affected concertgoers, management says it fulfilled its agreed venue obligations.Read the full statement, dated 15 November 2026, in the attached image.
Many attendees have raised their voices on different platforms, claiming that even after paying UGX 150k (USD 36), they failed to get a seat and had to stand throughout the concert, amid the heavy downpour.
Mesach Semakula states that he invested over UGX 300m (USD 72,000) in organising the concert and everything was going according to plan until the last minute.
He acknowledges that the downpour at 3 PM disorganised so many things, and some bad elements then took advantage of the situation and started selling chairs to attendees.
“I am here to apologise, to thank you, and to clarify exactly what happened. Amidst the disappointments, people turned up because of the love they have for me. I disappointed you; it’s true. I take full responsibility, but none of that was intentional.” Mesach Said
“I have organised this show with love because I waited for it for a very long time. However, seasons have changed, and November is now rainy. I am in pain too that, after proper organisation for months, this happened.” He Added
“I invested over Shs300m in organising this concert, and I couldn’t have done that to exploit my fans. The 3 PM rain disorganised everything.”
Mesach Ssemakula Added “But the team did its part, and we went on with the show.The number of chairs at the venue was similar to the number of tickets we prepared to sell, but with the disorganisation caused by the rain, some bad people took advantage of the situation and started selling chairs.”
“I was on stage without any knowledge that chairs were being sold to the attendees.” the statement added
