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Bands of the Uganda People's Defence Force

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Bands of the Uganda People's Defence Force
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Bbandi z'eggye lya Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) zikuumibwa nga zigoberera ennono z'Abazungu. Empeereza zonsatule (amagye g’oku ttaka n’ag’omu bbanga awamu n’amagye ag’enjawulo) zirina bbandi z’amagye. Zirina obulombolombo bw'amagye ga Bungereza okuva mu Band of the King's African Rifles mu Uganda Protectorate .

Omulembe gw’amatwale

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Bbandi y'omulembe gw'amatwale Band y'ekibinja eky'okuna, KAR ye yali bbandi y'amagye eri Uganda ya Bungereza . Yali emanyiddwa olw’okwambala engoye z’ekinnansi ez’e Scotland nga kilts ku parade ku mabbali ga standard khaki drill fabric ne fezzes empanvu ng’eby’okubikka ku mutwe. Nga basinziira mu kibuga Bombo, bangi ku bammemba ba bbandi eno beetaba mu kampeyini ya Burma mu kiseera kya Ssematalo ow'okubiri . [1] [2] Kabaka wa Buganda era yakuuma bbandi z’amagye mu magye ge ag’obuntu, nganaye ava ku muze gw’Abangereza. [3]

Bbandi z’amagye wansi wa Amin

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Bbandi z’amagye wansi wa Pulezidenti Idi Amin zaakula wansi w’obukulembeze bwe era mukkukiriza kwe. Amin naddala yakula n’asiima engeri bbandi zino gye zaayiiya ennyimba ezitendereza. Kino kyamuwa ensonga okutondawo bbandi y’amagye mu buli bbaalakisi y’amagye ennene okwetoloola eggwanga. [4]

Bbandi zino kuliko:

  • Simba Airborne Jazz Band ( Mbarara ) .
  • Suicide Revolutionary Jazz Band ( Masaka) .
  • Bbandi ya Bombo Barracks
  • Tiger Army Band( Mubende ) .
  • Bbandi ya Poliisi y'amagye ( Making ) [5]
  • Bbandi ya EKO Jazz ( Moroto ) .
  • Masindi Army Jazz Band (Masindi) .
  • Malire Army Jazzy Band ( Lubiri ) .
  • Ekitebe ky'amagye ga Jazz Band ( Bugolobi ) .
  • Bandi ya Jazz eya Uganda Air Force ( Entebbe ) .
  • Bandi ya Eagle Jazz ( Jinja ) .

Bano bonna baali beetongodde ku bbandi za poliisi n’amakomera. Sarah Kyolaba, mukyala wa Amin owookutaano era asembayo, yali mmemba mu kibiina kya Revolutionary Suicide Band ng’omuzinyi. Kyolaba yaweebwa erinnya lya "Suicide Sarah" banne mu bbandi, nga bonna baaweereza mu Mechanized Regiment. [6]

Standard repertoire ya bbandi

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Bbandi y'amagye

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Bbandi eno esangibwa mu kibuga Bombo ekisangibwa ebweru w'ekibuga ekikulu ekya Kampala . Nga erimu bammemba 42, ye bbandi enkulu mu ggwanga. Eyimba ku paleedi z’amagye, emikolo gy’eggwanga n’okukyalira eggwanga mu butongole abakulembeze b’amawanga amalala. Bbandi eno ebadde etera okubeera n’okusika omuguwa mu ngeri gy'erondamu emiziki. Mu kukyala kwa Pulezidenti wa Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta mu Kampala, bbandi eno yafuna obutakkaanya bwe yakuba Kanu Yajenga Nchi, oluyimba olutendereza Kenya African National Union, olukwatagana n’obufuzi obw’ekibogwe obwa Daniel Arap Moi . [7] [8] Mu Gwokusatu 2015, abawabuzi okuva mu kibiina kya British Corps of Army Music baagenda mu Uganda okumala ennaku 10 mwe batendekera amagye ga UPDF Brass Band. [9] [10] Bbandi eno era etendese abayimbi okuva mu mawanga ga Afrika ag'omuliraano nga Rwanda . Mu 2009, bbandi eno yakola okutendekebwa mu ttendekero ly’amagye erya Rwanda Military Academy e Nyakinama . [11]

Leero, bbandi z’amagye eziri ebweru w’ekibiina ekinene kuliko n’ekibiina kya UPDF eky'okuna Division Brass Band.

Bbandi y'amagye g'omu bbanga

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The Air Force Band ye bbandi entongole ekiikirira amagye ga Uganda People's Air Defence Forces . Mu kiseera kino esangibwa mu Katabi Barracks e Entebbe . Uganda Air Force Jazz Band kyali kibiina kya bbandi eno era nga emu ku bbandi ezaatondebwawo wansi wa gavumenti ya Amin. Yeetaba mu mpaka za FESTAC 77 mu kibuga Lagos ekya Nigeria n'okulambula okwenjawulo mu kitundu kino. Alubaamu ya Uganda Souvenir ye LP yokka bbandi eno gyeyali ekoze, ng’omugatte gwayo yalimu ennyimba 20. Endala ezaafulumizibwa zaali za likodi za single. Abayimbi abamanyiddwa mu bbandi eno kuliko Bonny Kyambadde, Simon Kaate Nsubuga, ne Fred Kanyike. [4]

Bbandi y'amagye ag'enjawulo

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The Special Forces Command Band bbandi entongole ey’obuweereza ey’ekitongole ekiduumira ebikwekweto eby’enjawulo mu ggwanga. Nga 18 Ogwomukaaga 2018, okutendekebwa kwatandika eri abajaasi abasoba mu 40 aba SFC Directorate of Band okukola ekitongole ekipya eky’okuyimba. Kino kyali kigendereddwamu kusobizesa matabi gonna asatu okweyimirizaawo mu nsonga z'okuyimba. Okutendekebwa okusinga kwakolebwa bbandi ekwatagana nayo okuva mu ggye ly'omu bbanga erya Uganda People's Defence Air Forces. Abajaasi bano baatendekebwa mu music theory , okuyimba aural . Nga 5 Ogwomusanvu 2019 olunaku lw'amatikkira olw'okussa ekitiibwa mu bbandi eno lwategekebwa ku ssomero lya Sera Kasenyi Training School mu Disitulikiti y'e Wakiso . Okuyozaayoza kwakoleddwa omukiise w’omuduumizi wa SFC James Birungyi n’omumyuka w’omwogezi wa UPDF. [12] [13] [14] [15] Y’emu ku bbandi entono mu nsi yonna eziyungiddwa ku kibinja ky’amagye ag’enjawulo .

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