East African Affairs Minister Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire has said that while he likes presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s music, he is not his pick when it comes to leadership.
Gen. Otafiire, who was speaking to NRM party leaders from Bushenyi, Rubirizi, Sheema, Mitooma and Buhweju districts at St. Kaggwa Primary School in Bushenyi, asserted that Kyagulanyi can still do a better job in the music industry but politics is not his forte.
“Somebody who doesn’t appreciate the power of debate! Someone who tells people to crowd in the era of covid-19! Excuse me, Uganda deserves better,” the minister said, according to Nrm.ug.
“I like Kyagulanyi’s music but I don’t appreciate his leadership style. He is a gifted musician but as a leader, he is wanting.”
While campaigning to a gathered crowd in Koboko District on Tuesday, the National Unity Platform presidential flagbearer told his listeners to wear masks if they had them and if they did not then it was ok, there is nothing to worry about.
Gen. Otafiire, who is the NRM flag bearer for Ruhinda County, said that Kyagulanyi’s NUP is unknown in most parts of the country and because of this, the presidential candidate was running desperate and delivering messages to call for sympathy rather than support.
“How do you expect to win in those areas when people are not aware you are existing? I appreciate him as a musician but not his leadership style and message,” he said, according to Nrm.ug.
Otafiire said that Kyagulanyi is a gifted singer whose concert he would gladly attend but he wouldn’t back him for presidency.
The Minister asked the public to vote for President Museveni whom he described as an experienced captain who has delivered victory for NRM and the country on many fronts.
