[1] He rose to fame with his movie Mukajanga ("The passion of the Ugandan Martyrs"), a story about the group of Buganda royals who were killed for their Christian faith by the Kabaka Mwanga II of Buganda.
[2] Semwogerere was kidnapped in Kinawataka by unidentified people in 2006, after screening his new play Murder in the City at the National Theatre.
[3][4] His movie Feeling Struggle is believed to be the first feature film in Uganda.
[5] His other films include The Honourable[6] and Murder in the City, a story based on Aggrey Kiyingi[who?]
upon the murder of his wife, Robinah Kiyingi.