By Seguya Musa
In a recent interview with a Kenyan website, singer Jose Chameleone revealed that LRA leader Joseph Kony loved listening to his music, a thing that motivated him to continue sending a message to the LRA rebels through his songs.
“I once read an interview in which Joseph Kony, Leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army mentioned that he loved listening to my music; this presented an opportunity for me to use it [my music] for a great cause because it meant that he listens to me. I reached out to the American Embassy in Uganda and asked them to use my music in passing a message to the rebels to peacefully surrender and come home,” Chameleone revealed in the interview.
The singer also added that he did his song “Come Home” to send a message to rebels in the bush to stop fighting and come back home. And with help of his wife Daniella who is an Acholi, he was able to translate the song to the language that most of the rebels understood and after listening to it, most of them abandoned life in the bush and have been reintegrated into society.
