Following a chilling Notice by the Uganda Development Bank (UDB) ordering Ndere center to pay an accumulated debt amounting to 10.5 billion shillings or the assets be confiscated and sold in the next 30 days, members of the public have come out demanding that government takes measures to save the African cultural and historical center that the country has in the center of the city.
The Ndere Cultural Center is an African cultural hub that expands over 9 acres of well maintained African flora and fauna.
in a bid to save the center that now stands on the brink of collapse over a relentless grip of a 10.5 billion accumulated debt,members of public suggest that government goes into a joint venture with Ndere center to jointly develop its projects, give Ndere center time to pay off the debt or intervene by paying off the debt.
This is according to Pastor Martin Ssempa who is championing the public dialogue to pressure government to save the cultural center from extinction.
Stephen Rwangyezi, founder of the iconic Ndere Troupe says he has not failed to pay the un serviced 6.8 billion loan taken from the Uganda Development Bank (UDB) in 2019 but was faced by financial challenges following the outbreak of COVID 19.
He says the COVID-19 pandemic, hindered their plans to expand by developing a resort in Kisoro and a hotel in Bbira along Mityana Road.
Rwangyezi established the celebrated Ndere Troupe in 1984,seated on spanning 3.645 hectares on Kyadondo Block 216, Plot 2872 Kigoowa.
Unless urgent intervention is made to save a cultural heritage site in Kisaasi,Uganda Development Bank (UDB) has given notice,demanding for payment or assets be confiscated and auctioned.
