"I lost 70 million shillings in that show," 'General' Mega Dee reveals as he talks about his Kanida Akabadi launch at Hotel Africana earlier this year, which turned out to be a mega flop.

"A lot of it was my money. When doing business, you should expect the very best and the very worst. In business, it is never a straight curve and only someone who didn't go to school or doesn't know business can expect it to always be good."

He rejects claims that his launch was a total failure. "If I hadn't got any people at all, I would be in prison now. My show got some people. But not the number we wanted. It is a setback but I have not been in this business of music for ten years for nothing. I will be back with a bang," Mega Dee declares.

Mega Dee is on the defensive because he feels that, lately, "There are some people who are fighting me. They are trying to use that launch to say that Mega Dee is finished. I'm not finished. They are trying to fight my image and make me into something I'm not. I have never had a bad boy image and they are nurturing this for me. I have worked for too long to allow them to destroy what I have built."

Mega Dee's anger is also partly in reaction to allegations that apart from the current state of his musical career, his personal life too could be descending into shambles. There have been claims that all is not well with his marriage.

"It was my wife actually who brought me the Red Pepper saying that our marriage was in trouble and asked me 'What is this? They are saying there's a problem.' Yet there is none. They are just trying to tarnish me," Mega Dee defends himself.

That Kandiba Akabadi show loss cost Mega Dee more than just pocket change. It also cost him a chance to invest in bringing Beenie Man to Kampala this December. But while he may be down, Mega Dee is not about to accept that he is out. He has instead decided to fight back against those he feels are using it as an excuse to witch-hunt him.

"I'm a human being and I do not turn the other cheek when you slap me."

Perhaps as an acknowledgement that beef is the hottest selling cake in Ugandan music right now, Mega Dee says, "I'm dedicating my next album to all those young boys who are after me." It is an album already with a title Jejerebu Outta Mi Way.

Four tracks are already done. The biggest of the four already attracting attention is a collabo with Bobi Wine, Buchaman, Caesar and Woods titled Ina di Dance. The others are U don't bother me, Merida and of course Jejerebu which is still receiving finishing touches. The songs are recorded at his Afande Records and in them Mega Dee sees his musical comeback.

As for those lingering claims that Mega Dee kicked out Red Banton because that singer was making fun of his failed launch, well he did. Although Mega Dee paradoxically claims, "I don't have a problem with him," he goes on to reveal that he told the person who had originally brought Red Banton to Afande Records that, "Your friend is no longer welcome here."

He does say, though, that he is willing to work with him sometime in the future if he apologises and stops "trying to bring me down with him."