Haka Mukiga

Haka Mukiga
Haka Mukiga
Birth name	Arinaitwe Rurihona
Born	Kabale District, Uganda
Genres	World music; Folk music;
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer
Instruments	Guitar, Tube fiddle (Endigidi), Adungu (Enanga), Flute (Omukuri)
Years active	2013–present
Associated acts	Undercover Brothers Ug, Giovanni Kiyingi, Suzan Kerunen, Milege

Arinaitwe Rurihona, professionally known as Haka Mukiga is a Ugandan world and folk singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and dancer. He sings in a number of local languages including Rukiga, Acholi, Rukonjo and Rufumbira.

Education[]

Mukiga attended Vincent Alex Primary School in Mukono, Naalya SS, and Kisubi High School for his secondary school before enrolling at Makerere University in 2012 for a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Tourism.^[1]

Rukiga is his mother tongue, but Mukiga also composes music in various traditional instrumentations and languages, such as Acholi, Rukonjo and Rufumbira.^[2]

Music career[]

He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays instruments like enanga,Omukuri, Enzamba, Guitar and various others guitar . He started his professional music carrier in 2015 playing at festivals, scoring films, and many other events like, Pearl Rhythm stage coach and festival. He also performed at the Milege World Music Festival both 2014 and 2015, Nyege Nyege festival, Yella Cultural festival, Ongala festival in Tanzania and the Laba Festival.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

On 13 April 2019, Mukiga played at the official Ugandan launch for the janzi, held by Ssewa Ssewa at Katonga Hall in Kampala.^[7]

Songs[]

Enzamba Egambe
Nyesiga
Kangyerengyere
Kazooba
Omuti Murungi
Otudu Wiye (Acholi love ballad)^[8]

Awards and nominations[]

Awards & Nominations
Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2017	The Uganda Music Awards (TAMU)	Best Regional Artiste (Western) Song:Enzamba Egambe	Nominated	^[9]

References[]

^ "News / Interview: Meet Haka Mukiga, a New Gifted Artiste on the World Music Scene". Chimpreports. Shamim Kawalha. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
^ "Musicians 2016". Milege.
^ "LaBa! festival to take over the streets of Uganda's capital". Music in Africa. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
^ "Kerunen and team do it better at Pearl Rhythm Festival". The Observer. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^ "Pearl Rhythm Festival amplifies Ugandan sounds". Showbiz Uganda. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ "How Pearl Rhythm is redefining the Ugandan sound". Music in Africa. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
^ "Music, a great Platform through which people speak about injustice – Lt. Gen Muhoozi". Africa Tembelea. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
^ "Curtains come down on Stage Coach". The East African. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ "The Uganda Music Awards: Here's the full list of nominees". Big Eye. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

[1] "News / Interview: Meet Haka Mukiga, a New Gifted Artiste on the World Music Scene". Chimpreports. Shamim Kawalha. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

[2] "Musicians 2016". Milege.

[3] "LaBa! festival to take over the streets of Uganda's capital". Music in Africa. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

[4] "Kerunen and team do it better at Pearl Rhythm Festival". The Observer. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

[5] "Pearl Rhythm Festival amplifies Ugandan sounds". Showbiz Uganda. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[6] "How Pearl Rhythm is redefining the Ugandan sound". Music in Africa. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[launch2-7] "Music, a great Platform through which people speak about injustice – Lt. Gen Muhoozi". Africa Tembelea. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[8] "Curtains come down on Stage Coach". The East African. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

[9] "The Uganda Music Awards: Here's the full list of nominees". Big Eye. Retrieved 26 May 2017.

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