Mu gihe abahanzi b’igitsinagore bakomeje kwigaragaza cyane ku isoko ry’umuziki muri Uganda, haravugwa byinshi ku irushanwa ry’indirimbo rishobora guhuza bamwe muri bo, aho bamwe bemeye, abandi bakabyanga burundu. Ubu noneho ijisho riri kuri Stecia Mayanja, umwe mu bahanzi b’abagore bamaze igihe kinini muri uru ruganda, nyuma y’uko nawe atangaje ko yiteguye guhangana n’umuhanzikazi uwo ari we wese ariko ashyiraho igihembo gikomeye: miliyoni 100 z’amashilingi y’u Bugande (UGX).
Catherine Kusasira yanze irushanwa, ahita ashyiraho amazina y’abandi bahanzi
Ibi byose byatangiye ubwo Catherine Kusasira, umuhanzikazi wamenyekanye cyane mu njyana ya Band mu myaka yashize, yangaga icyifuzo cyo guhatana na Sophie Nantongo, undi muhanzi w’igitsinagore ukunzwe cyane muri Uganda. Mu gusubiza, Catherine ntiyagarukiye ku kwanga gusa, ahubwo yagaragaje ko Sophie adakwiriye kumuhatana wenyine, ahubwo ko yabanza akihuriza hamwe n’abandi bahanzi nka Karole Kasita, Spice Diana, Stecia Mayanja ndetse na Maureen Nantume kugira ngo abahangane bose icyarimwe.
Iri jambo rya Catherine ryakwirakwiye ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, benshi babifata nk’ishyari, abandi bakabibona nk’ubwoba bwo kutemera guhatana na mugenzi we. N’ubwo bwose bwari uburyo bwo kwirinda, ryahise rituma izina rya Stecia Mayanja rigaruka cyane mu itangazamakuru, benshi bibaza niba nawe yaba yiteguye kwinjira muri iri rushanwa ryatangiye kuvugwa cyane.
Ubwo Stecia Mayanja yabazwaga niba yiteguye guhatana n’undi muhanzikazi uwo ari we wese, nta kuzuyaza yagize ati:
“Ndi umugore w’umuziki kandi ndi umunyamwuga. Ntawe nsuzugura, nta n’uwo nterera agati mu ryinyo. Uwo ari we wese wumva yashaka kumfata ku rubyiniro, ndi maso. Nta kurobanura.”
Ibi byatumye benshi bamushimira uburyo yagaragaje icyizere no kwihagararaho, atavuze izina ry’umuhanzi uwo ari we wese. Yerekanye ko atari mu guhangana ku by’abana, ahubwo ko ari umuntu uhamye, wemera guhatana ariko mu cyubahiro no mu murongo w’umwuga.
Aho abantu benshi batunguwe ni ku kiguzi Stecia Mayanja yashyize ku meza. Yavuze ko kugira ngo yinjire mu irushanwa ry’indirimbo n’undi muhanzikazi uwo ari we wese, agomba kwishyurwa miliyoni 100 z’amashilingi ya Uganda (UGX), ni ukuvuga asaga miliyoni 32 z’amanyarwanda.
Ati: “Ndashaka ko abantu babanza gusobanukirwa ko ibi atari urwenya. Ntabwo turi mu bibuga by’imikino cyangwa mu mashusho ya TikTok. Iyo ugeze aho mfite izina n’ibikorwa mfite, uramenya agaciro kawe. Igihembo ni ingenzi, kuko niyo sura y’icyubahiro kuri twebwe nk’abahanzi.”
Abenshi mu bafana bamugaragarije ko ayo mafaranga ari menshi, ariko hari n’abandi bemeza ko uyu muhanzi afite uburenganzira bwo gushyiraho igihembo gikwiye bitewe n’inzira ndende y’umwuga amaze kunyuramo. Stecia si umuhanzi mushya, kuko amaze imyaka irenga 15 mu muziki, aho yamenyekanye cyane mu ndirimbo za Golden Band ndetse na Eagles Production mbere y’uko atangira umuziki ku giti cye.
Nk’umugore umaze imyaka myinshi mu ruganda rw’umuziki, Stecia yanatangaje ko adashaka abahanzi bajya kumuhatana ariko bakajya bacika intege igihe ibintu bitangiye gufata ishusho y’irushanwa rikomeye. Yagize ati:
“Niba uje kundeba ku rubyiniro, ujye uzi ko nshikamye. Ntabwo nkina, sinjya nsimbuka ibyo natangiye. Iyo ntangiye ikintu, ndagisoza. Niyo mpamvu uwo ari we wese ubyumva, ajye yitegura bihagije.”
Aha Stecia yashatse kwerekana ko irushanwa atarishyiramo kugira ngo yishimishe gusa, ahubwo ko ariryo afata nk’urugamba rw’akazi, aho umuntu wese uza agomba kuba afite ubushobozi n’icyifuzo gikomeye. Ni gasopo ikomeye ku bahanzi bashobora kugwa mu mutego wo gutinyuka ku buryo bwa siporo, ntibamenye ko baba bari guhatana n’umugore ubifata nk’umurimo w’ubuzima bwe.
N’ubwo atavuze izina ry’umuhanzi uwo ari we wese, amajwi akomeje kuzamuka ku mbuga nkoranyambaga agaragaza ko abashobora kwinjira mu irushanwa na Stecia Mayanja ari nka Karole Kasita, Rema Namakula, Spice Diana ndetse na Winnie Nwagi. Aba bose bafite ubwamamare, ibikorwa byinshi n’imbaraga ku rubyiniro. Gusa kugeza ubu nta n’umwe uratangaza ko yiteguye guhatana na Stecia ku mugaragaro.
Bamwe mu bafana bavuga ko Karole Kasita ashobora kuba ari we wenyine ushobora guhangana na Stecia, kubera imbaraga ze zidasanzwe ku rubyiniro no kuba aherutse no kuririmbira mu bitaramo mpuzamahanga. Hari n’ababona ko Spice Diana ashobora gukubitana na Stecia, cyane cyane kubera uburyo akunzwe n’urubyiruko no kuba afite indirimbo zitabarika zifite umuvuduko wa kizungu.
Muri iyi minsi, irushanwa rihuza abahanzi risigaye rikoreshwa cyane mu kureshya abafana, kwagura izina ry’umuhanzi no guteza imbere ibikorwa bye. Si ubwa mbere abahanzi bagiye bahatana hagati yabo, cyane cyane muri Nigeria, Ghana, ndetse no muri Tanzania aho Diamond Platnumz na Alikiba bagiye bapimwa n’abafana mu buryo bw’ibihe n’ibikorwa.
Mu gihe Uganda nayo ikomeje kwagura umuziki wayo, irushanwa rihuza abahanzi b’igitsinagore ryaba ari amahirwe yo kwerekana ko n’abagore bafite ubushobozi n’igitinyiro kimwe n’abagabo. Stecia Mayanja ashobora kuba ari we mugore wa mbere ufashe iya mbere muri uru rugamba, akerekana ko n’abagore bashobora guhatana ku rubyiniro rwisanzuye.
Mu bitekerezo byagiye bigaragara ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, benshi bafashe ibyatangajwe na Stecia nk’akanyamuneza gakomeye ku bakunzi b’umuziki wa live. Umufana witwa Fiona Nansubuga yagize ati:
“Stecia ni umukobwa w’igitinyiro. Uwaba yiyumvamo ubushobozi bwo kumuhatana, abikore. Ariko miliyoni 100 zishobora kuba zibaye imbogamizi kuri benshi.”
Undi witwa Isaac Mulindwa we yagize ati:
“Ni ukuri Stecia afite uburenganzira bwo gusaba amafaranga ashaka. Ni umugore umaze imyaka n’imyaka adusangiza impano ye. Aho kugira ngo duhore tuvuga ku bahungu gusa, n’abagore bakwiye guhatana.”
Uko ibintu bihagaze ubu, irushanwa ryaba rihuza Stecia n’undi muhanzikazi uwo ari we wese riracyari ku rwego rw’inkuru n’ibihuha. Nta kiragenda ku mugaragaro cyangwa ngo hatangazwe itariki runaka. Gusa, iryo tangazo rya Stecia rihagije kugira ngo rikangure abategura ibitaramo, ibigo by’ubucuruzi bishora mu muziki, ndetse n’abafana gukurikira hafi iby’iri rushanwa rishobora guhindura isura y’umuziki w’abagore muri Uganda.
Stecia Mayanja agaragaje ko atari gusa umuhanzi w’indirimbo, ahubwo ari umugore wiyiziho agaciro n’ubushobozi. Kuba yiteguye guhatana n’umuhanzikazi uwo ari we wese ndetse akanasaba igihembo cya miliyoni 100 z’amashilingi, ni igikorwa cyerekana ubunyamwuga, icyizere no kwiyubaha. Iri rushanwa, niryaba ribaye, rizaba intambwe ikomeye mu kongera isura y’abagore mu muziki wa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba.
