Popular Musician turned politician Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has today opened up on his disappointment to fellow artists.
In a lengthy communique posted on his social media page, Bobi Wine made a attacked his fellow artistes that visited Gen Salim Saleh asking for money to help them boost the music industry and economic hardships caused by the Covid-19 lockdown.
According to the post Bobi Wine, he said he is frustrated on seeing fellow artists lining up in Gulu at Gen Salim Saleh’s place begging for money yet they know that money is not given to them in good faith but rather to silence them from speaking out the truth.
“Watching my fellow artistes line up themselves before #DictatorMuseveni’s brother General Salim Saleh to beg for handouts, my mind was taken back to the story of Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator of the 19th century.
I know that all these artists are aware that the entire objective is to silence not just individual artistes but to water down the entire music and creative industry so that it never produces another ‘Kyagulanyi’ kind of artist that speaks truth to it’s face.
The objective is to divide artistes and cause them to fight against each other because Gen. Museveni believes in the divide and rule concept.
No wonder, several artistes are already up in arms questioning the methods and criteria used to select beneficiaries of the few monies dished out every once in a while. Moreover tax payers’ money. ” Bobi Wine posted.
Bobi Wine also added that many of the artistes social media followers may be really disappointed in them because they are really dying of hunger while their tax money is just given out to people.
