Rachael Magoola

"I joined politics because somebody has got to do it, if you feel you have a reason and you think you can contribute to your community then do it. I thought I could contribute to my community and that’s the only way I can create an impact."

"I don’t think I stole the song because we covered that song which I had thought was a folk song the time we did it. I think it’s gone to heights in ways it would never have done if we hadn’t covered it."

"we don’t earn much in terms of copyright and you know a lot of artists have been trying to fight so that people get paid for their music.If a song plays in radio or in a club and we are earning from it, we should be earning from it but that law is still very week but we are working on it."

"It is going to take a holistic approach for this to get contained because when you don’t address the issue of poverty. teenage pregnancies will continue rising."

"I kept thinking that we can do better and leaders are the foundation of making change."

"Their attraction to education is less because the peers around them are not attending school, kids are not going to school for lack of basic necessities."

"when people start dying, they don't just start dying all of a sudden. It means this problem has been brewing for a few months."

"This is one of the cycle of poverty when families are poor, young children are more likely at an early age to look out to that boda boda rider who might buy her a pair of shoes, or that Hajji who might marry her and give her a house because she is living in a very poor environment with the family."

"There is time for everything. When you are entertaining communities, that is entertainment. When you are playing politics, that is politics. If you mix the two, there is likely to be a clash."

"when you want to entertain people, go and entertain them, let them enjoy themselves. When it comes to politics, let politics be politics."

"There is a breakdown in the way our system is working because you should be able to foresee things."

"must also recognise that music and poetry are key in promoting politics but you cannot ignore the fact that there is likely to be a clash. So as an artist you need to know how to manoeuvre and do the right thing in the place so that you are not misunderstood."