Ugandan government warn 7-year-old rapper of jail term if he doesn't stop performing.
Uganda’s minister for Youth and Children Affairs, Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi, has ordered a 7-year-old rapper to drop music and go back to school or face arrest should he not heed to the order.
The minister made the order to bar the young rapper identified as Patrick Ssenyonjo, alias Fresh Kid from performing owing to his age.
Speaking in an interview with Uganda’s NBS TV, the minister affirms that the young rapper can not keep doing music as the country’s labour law state that no one under the age of 18 should work.
Nakiwala claimed the rapper has been missing school because he has been busy working(as a musician) while children of his age were busy studying.
The minister affirms that police will take action against the rapper and his management, should he continue doing music.
The minister was strongly challenged by Fresh Kid’s manager Francis Kamoga, who in an interview with BBC stated that his rapper only perform on weekends and has only had two shows since the start of 2019.
“I discovered him in a rural village miming some songs, brought him to the city and started paying his school fees,” he said.
The kid rapper goes to school contrary to the belief of many, including the minister. He went further to say that the kid rapper is not working and does not get paid, hence the authorities have nothing on him.
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