Buganda’s Katikkiro (Prime Minister), Charles Peter Mayiga, has issued a directive banning Gravity Omutujju’s music from being performed on Buganda Kingdom’s media shops, together with BBS Terefayina and CBS FM.
Throughout a gathering at Bulange Mengo on Monday, December 9, the place he hosted legendary singer Lord Fred Ssebatta, Mayiga expressed his dissatisfaction with the controversial nature of Gravity Omutujju’s music.
He instructed employees on the two media homes to chorus from airing the artist’s songs, warning that those that defy the directive shall be held personally accountable.
The Katikkiro criticized Gravity Omutujju for producing songs that, in his phrases, “disturb the general public and fail to uphold Buganda’s values.” He questioned the intent behind the artist’s provocative lyrics, asking, “Why does he sing such disturbing songs? Have you ever determined now to desert grooming your expertise to unsettling individuals? What’s the intention?”
Mayiga additionally addressed comparable considerations about one other artist, Yasin Mukasa, popularly generally known as Lil Pazo, whose music he described as equally troubling.
He cautioned artists in opposition to counting on controversy to realize fame, emphasizing that such techniques usually result in fleeting success.
“An artist who features reputation by means of controversial and offensive language dangers a short-lived profession,” the Katikkiro remarked.
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