Singer Catherine Kusasira has opened up about how her involvement in politics negatively affected her businesses and music career.

She revealed that she was once making between Shs16 million and Shs20 million every weekend from musical performances before things took a dramatic turn.

Speaking about her experience, Kusasira explained that her weekend bookings significantly reduced after some clients became politically divided based on the political parties she and other musicians supported.

“Personally, politics affected me in a way that back then, every weekend I would make a sum of between Shs16 million and Shs20 million through performances at functions, which is no longer the case now. It’s all because the clients became politically motivated and were influenced by the parties we support.”

Kusasira also revealed that her beauty products business, which she had invested heavily in, suffered a similar fate because of her political affiliation.

She recalled starting a beauty cream business that included Vaseline products, which initially attracted many customers.

However, she claimed that some people eventually stopped buying her products because of her political associations.

According to the singer, the situation resulted in huge financial losses, with some of her products expiring before they could be sold.

She also disclosed that she had invested in four vehicles as part of the business before eventually shutting it down.

“I had injected a lot of money into the business, put in four vehicles, and then I found my products getting expired. It affected me so much, and I closed the business.”

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The singer further clarified that she does not consider herself a politician but rather an entertainer who should be free to work with people across the political divide.

She maintained that her profession allows her to perform for supporters of different political parties, including NUP, Democratic Front (DF), PFF, DP and NRM, whenever she gets the opportunity.

Kusasira added that she does not understand politics deeply and believes politicians are often dishonest, insisting that she prefers to speak her mind rather than pretend.