Feffe Bussi Distances Self From UNMF Funding In His Concert

Ten years in Uganda’s music industry is no small thing. The landscape is brutal, the competition is real, and longevity in this space is genuinely earned, not handed out. Feffe Bussi knows this better than most. And on May 16, Feffe Bussi is marking that decade exactly the way he’s apparently lived it, on his own terms with a concert.

The Concert Is Happening. With or Without UNMF

The self-styled “smallest rapper” in Uganda is bringing his show to Lugogo Cricket Oval next month, and by all accounts, preparations are moving along nicely. Tickets. Logistics. The whole machinery is already in motion.

There’s just one thing missing from the picture, Uganda National Musicians Federation support.

While other artists have visibly benefited from UNMF backing at recent events and concert, Feffe Bussi says he received nothing from the body. No funding. No assistance. Nothing.

His response? He reached into his own pocket and started making calls to sponsors who believed in what he was building.

“I have not received support from UNMF. I am funding the concert myself together with sponsors who believe in me. Nevertheless, we are fully prepared, and it will be a success,” he told a local television station.

A Milestone Worth Celebrating Either Way

Strip away the UNMF angle for a moment and what remains is actually a compelling story on its own.

This will be Feffe Bussi’s first-ever concert at Lugogo Cricket Oval, a venue that carries serious weight in Uganda’s live music calendar. Pulling that off independently, after a decade of grinding, says something about where he stands as an artist right now.

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Ten years. One milestone venue. Zero handouts. If that’s not a concert worth showing up for, it’s hard to say what is.

May 16. Lugogo Cricket Oval. Mark it.