BEVERLY HILLS, December 15, (THEWILL) – A Ugandan singer, Cindy Sanyu, has blasted Nigerian singer, Omah Lay for celebrating a sold out show on social media while home-base artists in the east-central African country are hungry due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
THEWILL had reported that Omah Lay and Tems were arrested alongside their associates for their involvement in an unauthorized concert in Kampala, the Ugandan capital. The singers have also gained their freedom after they were charged to court on Monday.
There appearance in court attracted attention as many Nigerians called for their release.
However, an Ugandan singer, Cindy, seems to be in support of their detention as she put out a video lamenting how COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures in Uganda had made life unbearable for musicians.
She said: “This is Cindy… I’ve got something on my mind and I think I should just say it. So we as artists since the lockdown have been trying to stay quiet for the good of the country because of this whole lockdown during corona Virus situation. And while we are doing this we are the ones who are being ignored the most.
“No more shows, bars were closed and every avenue that an artist could have made some money for lunch, their children, their health, was stopped first. Even up till now artists have totally been ignored so a lot of artists are starving, a lot of artists are in heavy debts right now and it doesn’t have to be me, to feel it because I’m a fellow artist.”
Cindy faulted Omah Lay for performing in a show with a large crowd in the country and “proudly” putting it out on social media while “our artistes starved”.
She continued: “So in all our silence, a foreigner had a concert in this country and actually got a filled up concert where there was no social distancing, there were no masks and this Idiot even posted it online and he was very proud about the fact that he had a successful concert in Uganda.
“So it’s official, I am a hooligan and I am proud because I don’t agree with this. It’s not fair, It’s not right by any standard that you look at it. You may try to put down the positive, try to hide it, but it was a concert and it happened during the lockdown while artistes here are starving.”
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