Anne Kansiime has questioned the role of regulatory bodies like UCC in ensuring that art and content not suitable for consumption does not make it on the mainstream media.This comes after UCC effected a suspension on Dynaso Wegoso’s song ‘Mukube Paver’, months after it had become a sensation amongst the youths.Dynaso Wegoso of the ‘Mukube Paver’ songKansiime, while on the Nothing Serious podcast, noted that despite being an artist, she is not widely known for her music because she wouldn’t go the extra mile that commercial artists in Uganda go to sell their craft.She believes the standards have dropped so low that songs like Mukube Paver and Tema Ensingo have been turned into hit songs, eventually affecting the creativity of artists across the country.UCC suspends Dynaso Wegoso’s “Mukube Paver” over public safety concernsThe world doesn’t know that I sing because I’m not willing to do what the commercial musicians on the market have to do to have their music sold.Tema Ensingo can’t go viral and become the biggest hit last year, and you think they will give attention to creating a sensible song about being kind to your neighbour this year. They will come up with songs like Mukube Paver.Kansiime also partly blames the audience for allowing themselves to consume music with such messages and turning it into hit songs.Kapeke’s ‘Tema Ensingo’ is regarded as last year’s best song by manyShe also believes UCC hasn’t done enough to regulate the music before it leaves the studio, something which would have prevented such songs from making it to the media platforms for consumption.It’s the audience itself. This song (Mukube Paver) shouldn’t make it. UCC, as a government body, has the mandate to control what the public is consuming. That song shouldn’t be able to make it out of the studio.We’re supposed to submit our music before release because copyright means registering all our art. Where was such a song registered? Why would it play on the radio in the first place, and the manager of the station remain employed?The post How do these songs make it to radio? – Kansiime questions UCC’s censorship of explicit songs on Ugandan airwaves appeared first on MBU.