22/02/2024
finally responded to the allegation that went viral for the last two days
[Dear Sponsor of L*l Simon Global Tour in Australia]
It has come to our attention of your allegations against L*l Simon (as a brand) and his management!
It has been 3 days ever since you openly wrote about what you termed to be your thoughts and narration of how the entire tour went.
Normally for me to articulate and reply something that looks to be of a defamation on social I do not go less than three days because These are sensitive matters and matters that involve my friends which I dearly term family.
To begin with before our contract engagement,
We got to know you on 16th January when you came to our residence at Kilimani Nairobi after our L*l Simon Live in Nairobi that went down on 14TH Jan that same month along with one of your friends [G*i Longale] a good friend to our team back in the days as well.
G*i brought you home and introduced you to us and by then, you found that we had a contract with NAATH Entertainment has you confirmed.
We engaged in an healthy and productive discussion which ended in you offering us a tour within different states onshore Australia. Considering the fact that we only had signed a contract of two concerts in Melbourne with NAATH Entertainment, we happily accepted your offer.
Moving forward we kept communicating and time came when we were actually engaging as well on bringing an international artist in Nigeria along with a friend you communicated most times. That same friend of yours happened to be part of our team, he later failed to give you back your money( 3000$ ) meant for that said project after its failure. We straight away reacted as a team firing him and till then I myself have never had any business with that person because I feel it a crime if one of our members goes on doing such a thing to our partners even if they know themselves further before us.( that story is between you and him now after I took precautions to claim back your money from him till a point you said you gonna handle it alone).
(Breath In, Breath out readers, itโs about to get ugly ๐).
Before our Visa getting rejected( L*lโs), you showed interested to have actually been the one taking us to Australia for the then trending tour, day and night you could call me if it would be possible for us to terminate the contract with NAATH Entertainment which I confidently rejected because I donโt work under such terms of back stabbing any single person that ever thought of bring us business and building L*lโs brand.
Fortunately to your favor L*lโs visa was rejected and a more merit on your side NAATH Entertainment was actually not interest to go ahead and lodge another one for I and the artist, thatโs when you came in.
When I was communicating with you in regards to L*l Simonโs tour in Australia, I was actually communicating to some more others which had different offers for us as well but all turned down because of our relationship with you.
We came to a point where we fully agreed that we work together and agreed on 14000$ for the entire tour (5 shows in total and possible after parties ).
We discussed and you said you would get a lawyer to do our process however you were not sure whether or not he would have the experience to request that check list that would give us the grant since L*l had been rejected already.
With my connections, had an hardworking brother in mind that would definitely get us through with his lawyer (Lam Tut).
You and Lam never knew yourself,made a conference call connecting the two of you.
Eventually the visa process kicked started with Lam providing a checklist already and with myself getting all the staffs needed together.
From our financials, Medical Checks, Birth Certificates, and our passports that were then studentsโ changed since we were both done with studies.
This time I had mine as an artist manager L*lโs, as an artist.
To clarify sir you didnโt pay for the passport ( I did).
Time came when we would get through the entire process and only Police check was left.
That was when I contacted you and requested so you could book a two way ticket for the artist from Kampala to Juba and back to Kampala.
You did to your best and booked when L*l arrived in Juba, I went lower than the normal hotel that he normally gets accommodated to for from shows coz this was not a show but rather a requirement for a visa process.
I was trying to save you from all the burden that you were to have up next had we started spending too much already.
L*l came and to correct you didnโt spend 500$ on his accommodation but 300$ in total for the entire accommodation and processing his needed documents as well.
On the 3rd November through the help of Lam and his lawyer we got approved from the immigration for the both of us.
Before all this happening, during the visa process you could mention how people were saying the agreed payment we had was high, you nearly complained about this in every conversation we had together.
One moment we were discussing as a team and L*l included,
L*l suggested to us if I could get back to you and ask for what would be reduced by our team if the budget was a burden to you.
On 25th October I called you, and told you what we had discussed and asked you what you think we could reduce, excitedly, you said you were ready to pay every penny we had on that contract.
We were all on the same page this time.
Straight away you booked our tickets for Melbourne and scheduled the first show for 17th November.
We were to leave on 14th and reach on 16th.
You booked us a connection from Kampala-Hongkong - Doha - Melbourne.
It was unfortunate that during check-In in Kampala we all discovered that holders of South Sudanese passport require a transit visa when transiting Hong-Kong.
You insisted I communicate to the Authority at the security check if they can grant us a go ahead in which I gave you a brotherly advice of how it would affect the 17th November concert had we proceeded unthinkably, lucky for us all, you understood the advice.
We went back home and the same night you booked tickets for us again and got a lose for going Hongkong - Doha.
This time you booked us from KโLA - Doha - Melbourne.
Things worked this time and we left the next evening, arrived same day of the show, worked our asses.
To compliment you brother, you did welcomed us well before the all drama.
Took us to an Air BnB apartment for 3 days sir not six ๐..
Lucky for you, I wasnโt only a manager but guided you through the entire process, hats off to you too for using the logo of South Shows,Promoters- SSP.
Unprofessionally you would work in away you invest the money for every show we make to the next and do not want to withdraw and invest on the others.
I advised you as a brother and told you it would be best if you could just organize everything at once and make your money.
You used the money you made in Melbourne show to the Brisbane one and the recur goes own.
This affected you through how the tickets hype in the last minute bookings, you witnessed this when we were going to Alice Spring and from there to Melbourne.
Reached a point when L*l was needed for a community farewell that you had approvedโฆ
Through this late booking myself and DJ Matt had to be left in Alice to come after two days because of how fares hyped and you couldnโt accept to spend more than the money we had gotten from Alice Spring.
Unprofessionally I agreed to your request to go with L*l because as you said most of it we favored you as a brother too.
On us dropping you to the airport that afternoon, I had a meeting with you at the drop off in the presence of Matt and absence of L*l requesting our balance, you raised your voice at me which I took calmly.
We agreed 14000 USD (21,000 Australian Dollars), this you gave us 50% as per the agreement before going to Australia after the visa approval as per agreed on the contract.
Due to all this, I do not think itโs right to paint dark our integrity and reputation on these matters, we have a long way to go, a long life to live, L*lโs relatives and community talked did not talk to him considering we always together, and as far as I know he would never do that. I and L*l didnโt know DJ Matt or Dech or any body before us arriving in Australia. Moreover you are the one that gives green light to any event, there are times we even turned down dinners so we can save the shows because thatโs how we normally workโฆ
Too on our agreement you were supposed to pay the rest before the first show and you make your money which we compromised after the hospitality we got from you in the first three days ๐.
After the first show you ended up only giving us 2500 Australian Dollars which I happily accepted in hopes of your wordsโฆ.
Till the day we left, we had a balance of 8800 Australian dollars and maybe you remember raising your voice on me as well when I reminded you our balance, by that time you were dropping us off at the airport on our departure from Melbourne - Egypt where to now kick start Gordon Koang Unity Tour.
You said you would probably pay us the balance in Nairobi and that you had your company there ready to sign the check once we touch down Nairobi.
Unfortunately again, you booked our tickets through Oman Air and with Egypt Authority( most South Sudanese can attest), they donโt grant you entry if you donโt come via their airline even if you have a visa(so sad). (Melbourne - Bangkok ( we even nearly ran in a sugarcane plantation)- Oman - Egypt ๐)
This time we could not blame you.
We were denied entry and we had no choice but to book the next flight back to South Sudan,
We happily booked our own tickets and transited via Ethiopia that same night! And to correct I see all your article being articulated based on myself being not respected by L*l and him playing a lot of roles alone mostly money ones, well thatโs for me and him to fix if so happens, just donโt tarnish no bodyโs reputation.
You clearly see most roles that I have made from the beginning, from signing contracts, getting all requirements needed for his visa process, those all validate what a manager is ya???
And besides Anything we have or hate from each other, We will rather talk it out, worse or good, itโs gonna end with no social media fightsโฆ.
OKAY
( DO SOME PRESS UPS, WE ARE GOING TO THE NEXT SEASON) ๐
Now to come to Gordon Koang Unity Tour.
South Shows, Promoters- SSP had a huge hand in it and we communicated all through before even we departed for Australia.
With our coordinator Benjie In Ethiopia, Nhial Chatim in Egypt, Jima Jial in Uganda, South Sudan I was coordinating myself and Kenya you said your company got it to handle most things though we had too a team there.
We agreed you give SSP a commission for any show( that commission goes to the members).
You consulted with me every day how the shows would be staged because you said clearly you have never organized such huge events and believe I did to my best, you witnessed itโs fruits during the entire tourโฆ
Egypt was successful with no loss, you left the boys there with nothing.
Uganda you found me there this time and we got closely 8000 $, We went for Kenya and we got more than 13000$
All that you saw was through coordination and every day marketing, everyone who follows me on all my platforms along with other coordinators knows we didnโt skip a day without marketing the tour because that was our main taskโฆ
After all that you only managed to transport me ( on road moreover) and 300$ which your cited to be my up keeps in all the cities we toured.
I ignored all that because I value the life we can have ahead as friends not social media drama.
In Juba, I finally had a meeting with you and when you dodged I called for a meeting for the entire team (inclusive of Gordon and his manager) this time.
It was unfortunate to them ( apologies to them but had no choice) since I raised my concern in the last minute when I already made my decision to quite, went ahead even and booked my ticket to Nairobi because you were only considering to appreciate me as a person yet South Shows, Promoters has a huge team that has worked day and night to make sure the tour is successful noticedโฆ
Through the same tour you donโt know how many threats and enemies that have turned out on my sideโฆ.
Lemme inform people are still calling me up to now if
Fans yโall asked why L*l never turned up for the Gordon Koang Unity Tour.
It all started because all the drama you see up thereโฆ
