East African Business Week

KAMPALA, UGANDA - It was the celebration of Tusker Lager's new look bottle or rather a moment to catch up with some of Tusker project fame's former competitors and well, you guessed Ian Mbugua.
First and foremost, everyone has their own reservations about the tough talking Tusker project fame judge. Some may loathe him; well for others, like Gabriel (TPF) fan think that Tusker Project Fame would be boring without him. "Every time he's about to speak, you can feel the audience waiting with bated breath", says Doe.  Well it's a question of whether your favorite contestant got the wrong side of him or not.
Ian actually told me that he is a very easy to get along with person, that is if you get to know him better. Whatever way you get to know him, is all up to you. First he is a 'difficult' person to deal with, at least that is according to one of the guys who faced his 'wrath'.
But then again there was Davis Ntare, winner of Tusker Project Fame 4, who took the audience through very catchy tunes while at the same time plucking at his guitar.
The vocals were very precise and yes, just that catchy. Davis Ntare recently released his debut single Sheka Sheka recorded by Kenyan producer R-Kay.
His former housemate Steve Nyabwa, also took the audience through a series of his songs before Vampino (Vampino) hit the stage with his usual energetic dance moves.
But the performance of the night goes to Lillian Mbabazi. The former Blu 3 singer showed no signs of rust, more so after being off the Ugandan music scene for long to have her baby. She took the audience through a series of foreign songs, in the process revealing her vocal prowess.
It was only after she sang her latest songs that the audience was moved and many of them started grooving to the Vitamin singer's songs.  
 This was during the launch of the new look Tusker Lager bottle in Kampala recently.
The 'long' neck bottle seems to in vogue as many beers have ditched the old 'euro style' big bottle for this slim and easy to handle bottle. Tusker Lager is no exemption, having had the old euro bottle since it was first brewed in 1922.
Meanwhile, Tusker Lager, the flagship sponsor of 'Tusker Project Fame' is to kick-off the celebration of the launch of its new look bottle with a music extravaganza that will include a reality TV music show and a mega concert dubbed "Tusker All Stars.'
The 'Tusker All Stars' TV show will reunite viewers with eight former Tusker Project Fame contestants competing for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to share a stage with music great Usher Raymond and Keri Hilson at the "Tusker All Stars Concert" slated for the Carnivore Grounds on August 20.
All Stars include: Alpha Rwirangira (Rwanda), Bernard Nganga popularly known as 'Ngangalito' and Patricia Kihoro (Kenya), Hemedy Suleiman and Peter Msechu (Tanzania) and Davis Ntare (Uganda).
Last year's Tusker Project Fame show not only included contestants from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda but for the first time, Southern Sudan was also represented in the house.