Now that a [former] entertainer headlines the billboard charts of opposition politics - and there is possibility of becoming president - the country ought to listen and be more respectful when two artistes feud.
Who knows, our next cabinet could be filled by lyricists and vocalists. [Please do not give me that nonsense that they are unworthy]. Indeed, writing in 1982, Okot p'Bitek would pronounce the artiste as the actual ruler who, through the magic of their tunes and wit of their jokes control consciousness and structure our reflexes towards the world.
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