What lesson does the music industry, country draw from Mowzey’s death?

The music industry and the entire country still mourns the untimely passing of exceptionally gifted singer and songwriter, Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio, who was allegedly beaten into a comma at a local bar in Entebbe. In consideration of this, perhaps this is a difficult conversation to have, especially now. However, I think it is a necessary one. Shall we?
The deceased Radio’s fight is not the first and unfortunately, unlikely to be the final ugly bar brawl we will hear about. Musicians Eddy Kenzo, Jose Chameleon, Bebe Cool, Pallaso, Gravity Omutujju and many others have all been reported to have been involved in bar fights at some point before.
Now whereas these men still live (and we praise God for it), others, including Radio have not been lucky.
Emmanuel Mayanja Hummerton (AK47) was found bleeding on a bathroom floor in Kansanga back in 2015. He later passed on. Police report and some family members indicated that there was foul play as his body had cuts and wounds. Bar fights are not a new occurrence.
So here are some questions: Since these incidents often happen in bars and clubs, is it the environment that breeds violent behaviour or are our publicly revered stars also mere mortals with a few dark moments that might push them to make bad decisions?
When we find answers to this question, then we can decide whether or not closure of bar premises hours later is a viable course of action. These people have family, although they spend much of their time in studios, at performance venues, and on planes to other countries to perform, and even in bars with their managers.
In between that fast lane workload away from their loved ones who would ideally be a grounding force, what happens to the pain, the ‘beef’, and troubles they have. When do they address these? How? And if they don’t, what ways are these troubles likely to manifest?
Security is a big concern here as well. Sometimes the people whose task it is to ensure our safety at the bar/club act fairly, other times not. So perhaps it is only right that investigation is carried out. But in so doing, it would be deceptive to overlook circumstances that led the bouncer to have to act at all. Was it a standard security personnel’s judgement call or was an act of malicious unreasonable force?
Did he panic when things were getting out of hand? All these questions require answers and we hope that the police set out to find them, not because Radio died a tragic death, but also because a Ugandan died an easily avoidable death.
As we also find ways to castigate the hospital, can we talk about our ailing health sector in general? How possible is it to accessibility an ambulance, for example, in case of an accident? Do our hospitals have adequate and fairly motivated staff working 24 hours to save lives? What is the cost plan for emergencies if one does not have the Shs30 million goodwill of high up officials?
Most importantly in this case is the question on the conditioned idea of proof of masculinity display.
Whereas the bar brawl involved a person we know, one who has changed our lives with his art; fights whether in bars/clubs or elsewhere, are not a new occurrence. Almost all of us have witnessed at least one before. Why are men more inclined to physical violence to settle scores? What are we going to do to undo the notion that masculinity comes with ability and readiness to use fists to express disagreement?

Ms Ninsiima is a digital communications specialist