Singer and presidential adviser Eddy Kenzo (Edrissa Musuuza) has renewed debate within the opposition after asserting that he is among the people who helped establish the National Unity Platform (NUP) and should therefore be consulted as the party’s popularity wanes.
Speaking in a recent interview, Kenzo cautioned NUP supporters, especially outspoken grassroots activists to remember his role in the party’s early development. “If foot soldiers are talking about me, they should be careful,” he said. “We are the founders. The tree they are swinging around, we are the ones who planted it.”
Eddy Kenzo’s Remarks on NUP Support
Eddy Kenzo went further to claim that NUP’s national support is declining and that its leadership needs to seek honest feedback from those who were present at the beginning. “They need to sit some of us down … and we tell them how they have gone wrong because they are losing popularity,” Kenzo stated.
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His comments come amid an ongoing rift between him and NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine). Eddy Kenzo has repeatedly said he feels unappreciated by the party he once supported, arguing that he was sidelined despite his early contributions. He has since shifted his political alignment to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), a move he defends as practical and necessary.
In an earlier interview, Kenzo explained that staying close to NUP offered him neither political space nor economic stability. He questioned why he was expected to sacrifice for the party when no reciprocal support was offered. “I have children, a wife, and a family to take care of … Why doesn’t he leave his seat for me and support me? That’s when you know it’s for him, not for me,” he said.
His political shift is also visible through his leadership of the Uganda National Musicians’ Federation (UNMF), which recently announced that artists openly supporting NUP would not receive federation funding because the money comes from the NRM government. Kenzo defended the decision as a matter of consistency rather than political persecution.
While his statements have sparked criticism from NUP loyalists, they also raise broader questions about the party’s internal cohesion and its ability to maintain momentum ahead of future elections. Kenzo insists that listening to early contributors like himself could help the party
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So, what’s Kenzo saying exactly? Is he saying he wants NUP to be popular or what?
perhaps he wants to advice them on how to gain more support
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