Top Musicians dedicate new joint single to Kabuye

Top Musicians dedicate new joint single to Kabuye

BY GEORGE KAGAME&
GLORIA ANYANGO


Top musicians in the country have added their voices in support of Rose Kabuye by dedicating their recent joint track Tuzatsinda to Rose Kabuye, the National State Protocol officer being detained in Frankfurt after German authorities arrested her recently on the orders of a French judge.

Speaking on behalf of the musicians to journalists on Tuesday ahead of the song's release, Sergeant Robert Kabera one of the composers of the song said top musicians including Masamba, Miss Jojo and Channel, Ben Ngabo Petit, Natty Dread among others were concerned about the unfairness of the arrest and wanted their views to be recorded.

"We want to show our disapproval of the people that oppose Rwanda's destiny and those that want to change history to suit them especially France and German," said the renowned former army crooner. Kabera said it is not the first time that Rwanda's top musicians have united their efforts to compile music about major issues affecting the country: "in the past we have combined our talents to sing about the youth and younger children who form 65 percent of the national population today, he mentioned Love to love and Abaana as some of such songs. In our song titled, "Abaana", we employ policy makers to protect and promote the rights of the youth."
The song dedicated to Kabuye is titled Tuzabatsinda and features rhymes in Kinya-Rwanda, English, German, French and Swahili.
Kabera said the arrest of Kabuye at Frankfurt airport is major issue in Rwanda's politics and was an example whereby: "Europeans are very good at turning shame into unreasonable anger and arrogance. Kabuye's arrest is painful for us as musicians and it was important for us to contribute in ways we can to contribute to the process of the rebuilding of the country.


The song appeals to Rwandans of all creeds to unite and assures Kabuye of the support of the whole nation, it also encourages the listener to be strong because Rwanda has faced many challenges in the past and overcome them. Kabuye and Rwanda will be like the biblical story of the rejected stone which later became the chief corner stone: . "We are winners and we are behind you Kabuye even if our enemies so big/like in the bible-where a stone was rejected but later became the chief cornerstone,-we will victor," goes the lyrics of the song.