Kiwani: The Movie

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Kiwani: The Movie
Directed byHenry H. Ssali
Produced byHenry H. Ssali
Starring
Production
company
Ssali Productions
Distributed bySsali Publications
Release date
  • 12 April 2008 (2008-04-12)(Uganda)
[1]
CountryUganda
Languages
  • English
  • Luganda
  • Swahili
Budget16 Million Uganda Shillings

Kiwani: The Movie is a 2008 Ugandan drama film starring Juliana Kanyomozi, Hannington Bugingo, Allan Tumusiime and Flavia Tumusiime and directed and produced by Henry H. Ssali, a Ugandan journalist. The movie tells a tale of cheap tricks used by thieves and pickpocket on the streets of Uganda's Capital City, Kampala, the lives of university students and corporate personalities entangled. [2]

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