Dan Mugula

Who is Mugula?
Mugula was born in July 1946 to the late Eresania Kaggwa and Yunia Nabatanzi with four siblings, Mugula being the fourth child. Due to financial constraints, Mugula did not go far with education, but only went as far as Primary Seven.

After he dropped out of school, Mugula moved to Kampala to look for any source of income. However , a career in music was
top on his priority list since he believed he was talented enough.

Alhough he did not have any external support, Mugula was so determined and hopeful to take his music career a step ahead.

Just like most musicians, Mugula started  his music career by singing in bars and restaurants. Through this, he earned enough to record his music albums, which he only did from Nairobi, Kenya because they were no recording studios in Uganda until in the late 1980s.

Other songs and inspiration
Though uncertain about the number of music albums he has produced, most of his songs have inspirational messages.

His song titled Enkomelelo, one of the oldest advises the followers to love and believe in God because he is the only one with ultimate authority about one’s life and no human being has authority on one’s life.

It also prepares believers for judgment day. His song Nvako Ndimufumbo that talks about marriage and adultery is another
knockout that builds faith, trust and love among married couples ,where he explains how important love is in marriage.

Omulimo Ogumu, according to Mugula, has various lessons for everyone to learn. At 67, and with countless albums under his
name, Mugula seems to be more vigorous and hopes to change his genre of music to suit the current trend so as to beat the stiff competition.

Marriage and family
Although he did not disclose the name of his wife and number of children he has, Mugula is a husband and a father.

However, he spends much of his time in the village with his family and only comes to Kampala once in a while for music concerts and other business.

Challenges
Just like any other careers, Mugula has faced numerous challenges.

Mugula says changes in various aspects of life have made his social life and music career quite hard since he has to involve himself in the contemporary lifestyle to get the best music for his fans.

He also adds that weak laws on music pirating in the country has affected him so much.

“It is the street vendors who earn from our music because they freely reproduce and sell them without no one to censure them,” he laments.