The upcoming ghetto musician, Kali Rainbow, real name Bosco Lutwama, has called upon the government of Uganda to rescue street kids and ghetto youth.
In an interview with our reporter, Rainbow said that it’s absurd to see so many children die young while on the streets because of the failure of the government to intervene and extend help to such disadvantaged children.
“What hurts me is that most children on the street die young. The government says that it has UPE schools, but they have no impact on these children. I am educated a little bit because I am a S.3 dropout, but where I am is not because of government school fees but from the help of foreigners who gave me a hand. Most Ugandans and Africans have been helped by foreigners, for example, Hearts Vision, which helps street kids in Katanga, Kivule, and Kisenyi, yet the government forgets them. Street drives crazy; you can enjoy the street and die on the street. The government should remember the street kids plus the ghetto youths,” he said.
Rainbow revealed that he started his music career while still a street boy with his first song, “Byenkola,” which was released in 2013, with the help of his white friends who he met on the street holding a camera and a guitar (Aaron, Jessy, and Jesus—because he looked like Jesus with long hair and a beard).
“Before I started music, I didn’t know that I had a talent. I found some white people moving on the street. They had a camera and a guitar. They told me tomorrow, come, we go to the studio. I woke up very early and went to Kavule in Makerere, a Kampala suburb, went to the studio, recorded the video, and they later went back to the US,” Rainbow said.
In 2015, he met German friends who he introduced himself to as Rainbow, a child who lives on the street but would like to go back to school.
“They asked me, What do you want? I told them that I just want to go back to school. They asked me if I could manage to study. I told them, if God says so, then everything is possible. Just take me to school as long as you enroll me in the boarding section. They took me to Kalinabiri Primary School located in Ntinda, where I joined the P.4 class. At the end of the day, I became a good child and even became a leader in charge of the boarding section. They paid for my school fees until senior 3,” he narrated.
He lauded Producer Tension, who recognized his talent and produced for him a song tilted “Today Is My Day,” which is loved by many people in the ghetto. He added that he has learned a lot from the streets but also made very many friends and enemies.
The 25-year-old said that discipline has made him reach greater heights and that his dream is to have music collaborations with artists like Vinka, Fik Fameica, and Feffe Bussi.
Rainbow has songs like Ghetto Esobola, Zzina, Mysterious Girl, and Kinago. His motto is “From Street to the Ghetto, from the Ghetto to the World. He believes that as street kids, they can become better citizens.
