Ziza Bafana has fired back at Nalongo Lewis and Susan Namakula over remarks they made about men during Bad Black’s Beauty Beyond Scars event over the weekend.
The Ugandan dancehall singer took issue with comments from both women, accusing them of allowing their anger toward men to overshadow their arguments.
“Madam Susan Namakula and Nalongo Lewis, the anger you have is going to expose you that even your brains are very small and shallow,” Ziza said.
His strongest response was directed at Nalongo Lewis after she called on the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) to arrest men who fail to provide child support for their children and the mothers of those children.
Ziza disagreed with the suggestion, arguing that a man who has plans for his future should not abandon his own children.
“Nalongo Lewis, the issue of calling out the CDF to arrest men who don’t give child support to their children like the way he arrests others. Lewis, I want to tell you this: it’s you who birthed from the man but you didn’t get to understand it,” he said.
He went on to argue that the responsibility lies with the individual man who fails to take care of his children, rather than men generally.
“You’re the one who birthed from a stupid man who doesn’t even have a future. A man with plans and a future can’t deny his own children and even fail to take care of his children,” Ziza added.
Ziza also challenged Susan Namakula over advice she reportedly gave young women about relationships and marriage.
Namakula had advised the “girl child” against falling in love with or marrying a man who is still renting, a position Ziza described as reckless.
“Madam Buggingo Namakula, that statement you made advising the girl child not to fall in love and get married to a man still renting is very reckless,” he said.
For Ziza, a man’s current housing situation should not automatically determine his value or future prospects.
The comments have now added another layer to the ongoing public conversation around relationships, financial responsibility and expectations between men and women in Uganda.
Rather than letting the remarks pass, Ziza chose to enter the debate head-on — and his response was anything but subtle.