Ever wondered what your favourite people snack on at midnight, who they would swap lives with for a day, or which song they secretly dance to in the shower?
In this Friday’s Totally Random section, Gloria Haguma ditches the serious stuff and gets personal (and a little nosy). No filters, no scripts, just a peek into who they really are behind the spotlight.
If you woke up tomorrow and discovered you were invisible for 24 hours, what is the first thing you would do?
I am not saying I am a thief, but for sure, lots of money would go missing and magically appear in the bank accounts of the people and sectors that truly need it the most.
You are running late but you can only grab one thing; your guitar, your shades, or your coffee. Which one wins?
My guitar always wins. Somehow my relationship with it has attracted lots of free coffees and more, I am just a few strums and sips away to a free car from my fans, I hear Lydia Jazzmen got a car from her fans! Lydia Lydia, nkuyise emirundi emekka?
If your beard could talk, what would it say?
‘Look, there goes his nostrils, let’s get in there and tickle him while he sings on stage.”
If you could teleport to any place in the world for lunch, where would it be and what are you ordering?
Right now, that would be in Europe to have lunch with my daughter Sienna. I would eat whatever she wants.
You can time travel to any concert in history, whose show are you sneaking into?
Michael Jackson, without a doubt.
If Uganda had a soundtrack, which three sounds must be in it?
The Baximba drums, Adungu harp and Choral voices.
What is something you believe in or own that people might find unusual?
I own a pendant that I call ‘The innocence’. It has been around my neck for most of my career, and it reminds me of times when I made music simply to touch lives and inspire people.
When was the last time you did something for the very first time and what was it?
Watching my daughter be born, Yooo!! EH!
What is the one thing you have read about yourself and were also shocked by it?
Some journalists once thought I was a rich kid who grew up with a silver spoon [in my mouth]. It was the total opposite for me, but I was not going to let people know that; I wanted my music to speak for itself and earn its stripes due to the magnitude of its craft and my prowess, not my struggles.
What is the weirdest thing you have ever googled out of curiosity?
I typed ”google” in the google search bar.
How many eggs in your rolex?
Two eggs, one chapati.songs will be written about this combo.
Do you spy on your neighbours through the window?
They spy on me in the day, but at night I have a better view of them, they might need to call the cops on me soon.
What is the brokest you have ever been?
Tell me, what is broker than zero?
You are a hot man, on a scale of one to 10, how hot do you think you are?
I will take a seven; my belly is not what it used to be, gravity keeps pulling it down. LOL.
What would your autobiography be called if you had to name it right now?
The King Of Mwooyo.
What is the most ‘Maurice Kirya’ thing you have ever done?
Being myself.
Do you think oli wakitalo nga bwolowoza? Are you special, Maurice?
Blood, I am who I think I am! In my dreams and in reality.