General Salim Saleh, who heads Operation Wealth Creation (OWC), has confirmed he paid musician Omulangira Suuna (OS) 11.1 million shillings (about $3,000) for a tune selling OWC. However, Gen. Saleh clarified that the fee was for an “advert,” not only a common tune. He even invited folks to check OS’s work along with his personal earlier musical contributions to OWC.
Gen. Saleh is not completely pleased with the outcome. He particularly talked about being aggravated that he’d given OS a script, suggesting he had considerations about how the mission was executed and leballing the tune TRASH. He additionally introduced up OWC music from 2017, drawing comparisons to OS’s work.
This entire factor got here to a head just lately at a public occasion in Gulu, the place Gen. Saleh publicly rejected a tune by OS meant to advertise wealth creation. He expressed his frustration with musicians on the whole, saying they’re gradual and inefficient in terms of contributing meaningfully to OWC. “Musicians, I’m bored with you,” he mentioned, explaining how conferences with musicians like Bucha Man, Ragga Dee, and Odongo have been taking on a lot of his time that he could not even meet with NRM (National Resistance Movement) celebration members.
His frustration is additional evidenced by a handwritten letter he despatched to Eddy Kenzo (President of the Uganda National Musicians Federation and a Senior Presidential Advisor on Creatives). In the letter, Gen. Saleh requested Kenzo to deal with the big variety of musicians visiting his residence in Gulu through the holidays, a lot of whom have been reportedly in search of monetary help.
Cindy Sanyu (President of the Uganda Musicians Association), also called Cindy, has weighed in on the state of affairs. She urged artists to unite underneath UMA and keep away from turning into depending on exterior figures like Gen. Saleh. “Gen. Salim Saleh does not run the leisure business. We, as artists, do,” she said. Cindy emphasised that the music business wants artists to observe UMA’s buildings for sustainable development, relatively than counting on OWC packages. She additionally talked about that UMA leaders stopped visiting Gen. Saleh’s residence a very long time in the past, as there are authorities ministries particularly answerable for the music business, not Gen. Saleh.
It’s value noting that Gen. Saleh has been working with artists and others in Gulu by means of OWC for some time now, specializing in poverty discount and financial growth.
