Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, has turned the criticism regarding his inability to understand the meaning of the economic term “fiscal policy”, into a song.
There has been a torrent of criticism, especially on social media, following the Thursday television talk show in which he seemed not to know what fiscal policy is and which tools he can use to stem the runaway inflation.
Many critics declared that this was fresh evidence yet that the first-term MP is not ready to deal with the intricate affairs of state, a tendency which probably prompted the talk show host to ask what “fiscal tools” Bobi Wine would employ in containing inflation and unemployment.
A popular musician who took pride in his ‘ghetto roots’ before he stormed parliament following a sensational 2017 by-election victory, Bobi Wine caused a stir when he recently declared his intentions to run for the highest office in 2021. But his answers during the NTV’s On the Spot talk show left moderator Patrick Kamara looking unsatisfied.
Kyagulanyi said he would abolish the unpopular Shs200 ‘over the top tax’ imposed on social media use last year. The member for Kyadondo East also promised to confront the prevailing impunity by arresting army generals like Maj Gen Matayo Kyaligonza.
His supporters however maintained that it is not vital to know economics to manage a country pointing out that if he were to be president, Kyagulanyi would have economic advisors.
Now the MP has hit the studio to compose a song out of the fiscal policy hullabaloo and from the look of things, it could be a hit. The song features MP Francis Zaake and Nubian Lee, the vice president of the Fire Base Crew.
Speaking at a thanksgiving ceremony for Mityana municipality MP Francis Zaake in Mityana town last Saturday, Kyagulanyi said he is just an ordinary Ugandan seeking to help change people’s way of life.
“I’m here because I have come to be the voice of the ordinary person because people on the ground need not be professors to know that they are living in terrible conditions,” he said. “I’m not a professor and anyone who was expecting a professor in me, I want to tell you, you are in the wrong place.”
“I’m not anybody’s saviour but one of you who has come up to do something to change our situation. It is not me who is going to explain why Bank of Uganda is not working, it’s not me to explain why our currency is depreciating but I know that if the right people are given opportunity, things will improve…If we need somebody to explain the economy, we have people like Muwanga Kivumbi (MP Butambala) who will explain these things. Therefore, we have the people who can do the work, only that we have a poor manager,” Kyagulanyi said.
