Uganda: 35 Years Later, Diplock's Soka Omunonye Still Kicks the Gown

6 February 2018

It is not known if Diplock Ssegawa had given up on vigorous performing before 2013. During a light moment at the National Theatre, one comedian dramatised a story of the singer, apparently, after returning to Kampala after staying in London, during a wedding Ssegawa was attending, they played his song Sooka Omunonye to get the bride searching for the groom and boom, he discovered he was still a star.

The artiste himself has however never confirmed the comical story, though as he goes on with his daily work at his office that has for years been stationed at the theatre, it is clear music is one thing he has not only lived with for life but one that still influences him.

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