Following singer Beenie Gunters return from Abu Dhabi, UAE, where he was from late January trying to save his skin from going to prison, he returned with tales. Detained and arraigned in court after an alleged scuffle with his promoters that got property destroyed, he said that interview he gave Bukedde was misinterpreted; he meant singer Eddy Kenzo helped him as an individual but not the Uganda National Musicians Federation (UNMF) that he leads as president. 

“I didn’t say Kenzo didn’t help me. He contributed sh500,000 but the federation didn’t. Unless you are saying he is the federation,. That’s what I meant. The federation just didn’t care,” he told a media personality via YouTube. 

This follows online reports that he said Eddy Kenzo was very unhelpful and didn’t show any concern for the time he was trapped in Abu Dhabi. 

He named singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine and singer Crysto Panda as the other two people who proved helpful, contributing sh1 million each, part of his over sh5 million bail. 

“I had to pay sh5.2 million to secure bail. Crysto Panda gave me sh1 million. Bobi Wine gave me sh1 million, among others. Then I got out to keep going back to court for hearing.”  

He made his first public appearance at the Lydia Jazmine concert on March 1.