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Ugandan DJ, Jerry Okirwoth killed for playing ‘boring music’
ByChinazam Anyaogu
Posted on January 30, 2019
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A Ugandan DJ identified as Jerry Okirwoth, was reportedly killed by concert-goers for playing ‘boring music’.
The Ugandan DJ who was killed in a disco hall in Nebbi District, Northern Uganda, was a part time DJ and student at Parombo Secondary School in Uganda. Eyewitnesses disclosed that he was murdered by the mob for failing to play their favourite songs.
William Bob Labeja, Nebbi Resident District Commissioner who confirmed the incident in a press conference blamed the management of the facility who according to him failed to protect the late disc jockey.
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“As the head of security in the district, I will no longer allow any disco operators to conduct their businesses in the sub-county and anybody who defies the directive will be prosecuted.
All disco halls in all sub counties must be closed because they are causing insecurity and redundancy among the youth,” he told the press.
It was further gathered that even with Labeja’s cries for nightclub closure, the community has tried to stop nightclubs from opening up through laws passed in 2011 that prevented them from receiving licenses to operate. A similar incident occurred in Zimbabwe in 2014, as Zimbabwean concertgoers attacked and killed a DJ – also for playing “boring music.”
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Ugandan DJ, Jerry Okirwoth killed for playing ‘boring music’
ByChinazam Anyaogu
Posted on January 30, 2019
0 Comments
A Ugandan DJ identified as Jerry Okirwoth, was reportedly killed by concert-goers for playing ‘boring music’.
The Ugandan DJ who was killed in a disco hall in Nebbi District, Northern Uganda, was a part time DJ and student at Parombo Secondary School in Uganda. Eyewitnesses disclosed that he was murdered by the mob for failing to play their favourite songs.
William Bob Labeja, Nebbi Resident District Commissioner who confirmed the incident in a press conference blamed the management of the facility who according to him failed to protect the late disc jockey.
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“As the head of security in the district, I will no longer allow any disco operators to conduct their businesses in the sub-county and anybody who defies the directive will be prosecuted.
All disco halls in all sub counties must be closed because they are causing insecurity and redundancy among the youth,” he told the press.
It was further gathered that even with Labeja’s cries for nightclub closure, the community has tried to stop nightclubs from opening up through laws passed in 2011 that prevented them from receiving licenses to operate. A similar incident occurred in Zimbabwe in 2014, as Zimbabwean concertgoers attacked and killed a DJ – also for playing “boring music.”
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