‘No one can stop my friendship with Mbuga… I’m an intelligent woman’ - Leila Kayondo

"Mbuga was my friend and there is no one in this world who can stop me from being friends with Mbuga... I may have said them, but... wasn't that in January, when was it? [It was in May]... but that ended,... and we are now friends. He calls me a twin, how are you doing, twin? And I respond, I'm fine, how are you, Sula?... People separate and quarrel all the time," she said in a video seen by this reporter.

"There is no friend who can influence me to break up with someone... I'm an educated woman, I'm an intelligent woman."

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Mbuga and Kayondo broke up in 2016 after she accused him of domestic violence.

Meanwhile, Kayondo who had taken a four-year break from singing due to various challenges, including dealing loss of parents and a brother, said she is now back.

"I'm here with Khalifa AgaNaga, we are very happy, we have enjoyed October, our year has just started," she said.

"I've taken four years without singing and I now have a new song called Singanamanya and I'm doing another song with Khalifa AgaNaga."

Leila Kayondo Pulse

Asked what she missed about the industry, she said: "What I miss most about the music industry is my fans because they tell me what to do... when I go silent, they tell me, where are you?... at the end of the day, it's my fans that drive me."

Leila Kayondo’s musical journey started in 2007 while still at Makerere University.