In mid-March, Kampala City Hall court granted permission to comedian Alex Muhangi to settle his copyright infringement dispute with musician Moses Ssali aka Bebe Cool out of court.
Grade One Magistrate Nicholas Aisu issued the orders following a request by Muhangi’s lawyer, Robert Rutaro, to allow his client to resolve the dispute outside court.
However, this morning, Alex Muhagi, through his lawyers, told the court that the mediation with the Gagamel boss had failed as he did not turn up for a meeting.
Robert Rutaro, the lawyer for Alex Muhangi, explained that Bebe Cool made them wait for a very long night and failed to show up even after repeated promises.
"Your Honour, I am informing the court that mediation with Bebe Cool has failed. He made us wait from 6:00 PM to 4:00 AM as he kept promising he was coming for a meeting and did not show up. So, mediation or reconciliation has failed," Robert Rutaro said.
The dispute between the two centres on allegations that Muhangi distributed Bebe Cool’s musical performances on YouTube without permission.
The musician claims that Muhangi uploaded over 15 videos between December 2017 and December 2024, making them publicly available and allowing users to extract hard copies.