By Ashraf Simwogerere
Asalaam alaikum warahmaturahi wabarakatuh.
Letter to my “son”,
JOSE CHAMELEONE MAYANJA.
Dear Jose hope this latter finds you in a good shape. We last met sometime back at Fairway hotel. I remember you had been confined in a wheel chair after that accident in Tanzania. Haaaaa that was the time when the law of diminishing returns in entertainment was still very far from acting on you. Reaching you was not easy but you managed to extend a hand to greet me as an elder. I admired and appreciated you for that.
Up to today, I have to confess. Valu valu is my best song even if I don’t understand a single word. You showed the power of lyrics in that songs. Thanks a lot son.
Having said that, I was very much impressed when you decided to come out openly and fully join politics. As an artiste myself, I will always support a fellow artiste who declares his intention to join politics. Even if politically we may not agree, ideally dad Ashraf will support any artiste being NRM, DP, FDC, PEOPLE POWER, ETC. Artistes who have participated in Politics have given our industry milage, for we were nobodies in this country. If lawyers, doctors, teachers, priests, soldiers, business ppl, agriculturists, etc join politics why not artistes?.
However CHAMELEONE, politics is not like music where one time at Africana hotel in a concert you jumped high from the stage and fall into the soft hands of the audience. In politics when you jump high in air, any mistake you do while up there will cause the audience (read supporters) to run away for you to land on the hard surface. Hajj Ssebagala has the best story. Lord mayor is struggling in air to avoid the hard fall.
Number 2, in politics, your history will either run before or after you. Yours is no better. In anyway your history is going to run after (against) you.
Your historical basket is full of rotten eggs. A good politician will not deny ownership of his rotten past. But he/she will use them to boost his/her support. Read Obama when he was accused of smoking weed. He did it perfectly. Your negative past should not be a reliability but make it an asset to gain votes.
Starting with your nick name; 1.”CHAMELEONE”. On many occasions you have acted like that “ka” animal. You are the guy who change any time. In art, many times you have been paid in advance and reluctantly fail to turn up.
2)’ You deceived Moslems that you converted to their faith, only to chameleon back to your religion the following day. The moslems are already insinuating that Catholic DPs have brought a moslem catholic CHAMELEONE, to fight Latif and Erias (Moslems) for mayorship. 3). We all know that at one time my “son” you used dangerous drugs. 4).There is also that story of some man who was killed in your compound under unclear circumstances. 5) Fighting has been part of your celebrity life.
I repeat all this rot shouldn’t threaten you but make it your challenges of life.
Chameleone you have a tendency of talking any how to disgust your listener. Please your status has changed look up for a respected political manager to manage your oratory and movements. And please respect your manager. Otherwise this is not music where you sacked your managers every week.
Desist from being used to fight other people’s wars otherwise your political carrier will be destroyed. For example already people are saying that DP is using you to fight the Load mayor. Always use your consciousness.
Most important my “son”, remember you are carrying a big and heavy mantel for artistes, your family and yourself. Your failure will haunt us all. You successfully carried this mantel in music for 15yrs. Will you carry a political one successfully?. The ball is in your hands.
I wish you the best.
Stay good.
Dad Ashraf Simwogerere.
Asalaam alaikum warahmaturahi wabarakatuh.
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