President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is also the national chairman of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), has pledged to support musicians by giving them funds and equipment to uplift their talents.
The president, who was in the company of the first lady and Minister of education and sports, Janet Museveni, committed on Sunday while officiating at the launch of the colorful “Museveni Awooma” music album at Kololo independent grounds in Kampala.
The album launch was organized by singer Munamasaka Nsereko Emma.
“I want to congratulate Munamasaka for using his musical talent to promote NRM and development. I first saw Munamasaka in the Mukono area where he was singing indigenous songs but putting in new messages and this is what we used to do in the bush to mobilize people using the Bakisimba and Nankasa times,” he said
“I had a visitor, the president of Sudan but I had to come to support Munamasaka. I want to thank him and the other musicians for singing well and we are going to support them by giving them funds and equipment,” president Museveni promised.
The president further revealed that he will call for a meeting with musicians so that they can agree on setting up a common user facility that will benefit all of them.
“We have started to support some but what I don’t know why they cannot work together because a studio can be owned by all of you not necessarily by one person,” he said.
H.E president also asserted that he would help the artistes to ensure that the copyright law materializes.
“It will help you to safeguard your music and benefit from it because if you compose a song,it should be registered so that no body can steal it,” President Museveni emphasized.
The president advised the musicians not to rely only on singing if they want to create wealth.
“I told you there are four sectors of the economy: this one of singing is in the service sector which includes sub sectors like music, drama, transport, hospitality, salons, the medical treatment, accounting, and auditing, preaching are all in the service sectors,” he explained.
Adding: “You don’t have what to eat that is how we go to the sectors of agriculture, livestock and Fisheries. Some of the Bazukulu must be in that sector of agriculture because if we don’t do that and weste only in service then that means we shall begin to import food from outside and that will be very difficult and yet we have got good possibility of Agriculture.”
“The third sector is industries both big and small and the fourth one is ICT that one there you can be in Kampala and do what we call Business process out sourcing (BPO) with companies in Canada on the internet and earn some good money.”
Mr.Nsereko thanked the president and the first lady for honouring his invitation to launch his musical album.
Additionally he commended the president for transforming Uganda and supporting talents like him.