Singer Ziza Bafana cautioned fellow musician-turned-politician Kalifa Aganaga not to pin his poor election operation on musicians.
In the aftermath of Aganaga’s disappointing performance in the recent Kawempe North by-election, Bafana said he should look elsewhere for answers.
Aganaga, who polled only 239 votes, had previously called on his fellow musicians to support his campaign, hoping to leverage their influence for political success.
However, Bafana believes that musicians should not be blamed for Aganaga’s failure, stating that politics and music are two entirely different fields.
He noted that the political field is unfamiliar to many musicians, and expecting them to contribute significantly to political rallies is unrealistic. He emphasized,
This field (of politics) is strange to many of us musicians. What should we come and say at a political rally? Politics is not music.
While Bafana expressed sympathy for his colleague’s political aspirations, he said, he should not have had high hopes in fellow artists
He said his absence at Aganaga’s rallies had nothing to do with their professional relationship.
I am not a politician, that is not why I couldn’t be at his rallies. There is no music concert that he has ever organised that I did not attend.
According to Bafana, musicians should not be held responsible for political failures, especially when their involvement is not central to the campaign’s core goals.
