The management of the Uganda National Theatre which is also the Uganda Cultural Centre have called upon the Uganda government to establish 4 regional cultural centers across the country to beef up the role played by the national theatre in promoting cultural development in Uganda.

National Theatre boss, Joseph Walugembe

Analysts believe that Uganda National Theatre has lost its former glory it enjoyed back in the days when plays at the National Theatre would attract huge number of people.

The reduction in numbers is putting the Uganda theatre industry at stake thus reducing the development of Uganda cultures and traditions.

The Director of Uganda National Theatre Joseph Walugembe told Journalists in Kampala that the National Theatre has suggested to the government in the National Development Plan

Walugembe adds that Uganda National Theatre has also appealed to the Uganda Government to develop the current Uganda National theatre to a better standard.

Uganda National Theatre belongs to the government and its development is likely to propel the development of the theatre industry in Uganda.

By Zacharia Tiberindwa, Ultimate Media

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The National Theatre has honored Uganda theatre legend Wycliffe Kiyingi with a play written by him titled ”Muduma Kwe Kaffe”

The play which will be showing at the Uganda National Theatre every Saturday from 3^rd July to 3^rd August every Saturday and Sunday at 3:00pm and 7pm is directed by Kaya Kagimu Mukasa.

Uganda National Theatre

The play centred on political and economic confusion that has reigned in Uganda since 1945 has a duration of about 2 hours and will be acted by reknown Ugandan actors like Patricko Mujuuka, Joseph Walugembe and a host of others.

The Director of the National Theatre, Joseph Walugembe told Journalists at the National Theatre that Kiyingi is one of the few Ugandan writers of plays that deserve to be honoured.

Wycliffe Kiyingi who was born in1930 wrote vigorous plays in Luganda that were hugely popular in the 1960s and 1970s.

Kiyingi plays are still taught in Uganda schools on the Luganda Literature syllabus.

Earlier this year during celebrations to mark 50 years of the existence of the Uganda National Cultural Centre, Kiyingi was crowned the “Golden Artist” and his written play Mudduma Kwe Kaffe was launched.

By Zacharia Tiberindwa, Ultimate Media

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