Lid actor and film director John Segawa has criticized Bobi Wine for using a rude manner while attending to Ugandan artists at the recent funeral of Kato Lubwama.
While his statement might have been well-intentioned, Segawa said artists took the matter with the tone that the musician and opposition leader utilized.
As he advised on what musicians need to do to fight for their industry, Segawa said Bobi Wine voiced like he was “barking” at them, which many found impolite.
“I wish to help him out because he is a fellow artist; the way he carries out his heated political address, when he is talking to us he needs to tone it down,” Segawa said in a recent interview.
“He seems like he is barking at artists; like he is ordering around us, yet we consider him to be one of us. He is expected to come in peace and sit at the table and we discuss. That is where the fireworks started.”
Bobi Wine was blasted ferociously by fellows of the Uganda National Musicians Federation led by President Eddy Kenzo, accusing him of equating them to beggars.
In his comments, Bobi had warned artists about receiving handouts from the Government. He cautioned that such handouts are meant to shift them from requesting better laws and policies that will increase their cause, such as the law on Copyright which the government has delayed passing
He said, “As artists, you don't need handouts; what you need is the government's political will…These shadowy meetings they call you for where they give you 2 million shillings each, which is meant to stupefy you. The government has no interest in seeing you rich because when you are rich you will not need to kneel before Muhoozi or Museveni.”
Kenzo regardless, considered these remarks as misleading and ironic given that Wine, through his opposition party, is receiving money from the same government. He wondered why they received the money and did not donate it.
“Those who call us beggars are included in the national budget every year. They get a monthly salary and they have never donated it…you get your salaries from the government which you say you are fighting,” Kenzo’s statement reads in part.
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