Why Kabuleta poked his finger into the Leopard's nani...

Joseph Kabuleta knows a thing or two about thrusting oneself into the limelight.

As a prominent sports journalist in the 2000s, he lived his life in the fast lane, courting controversy at every turn.

Once while leaving office late in the night, he found his car tyres deflated and the windscreen smashed.

He alleged that a senior sports official, who had been a victim of his witty pen, had orchestrated the move.

Then he sold to Uganda a one Michael Ezra, who had been a breakdance champion in his days but now wanted to reinvent himself as Mr Moneybags.

He assured the world that Ezra had given a sports association a blank cheque to organise its party.

It turns out that there was never a blank cheque and the move was intended to get the wannabe tycoon and Kabuleta in the spotlight.

About five years ago after a long spell in oblivion, Kabuleta emerged as an influential city pastor.

Joining hands with Prophet (is it Profit) Mbonye, Pastor Kabuleta hit the ground running appearing at several crusades and claiming he had been chosen by God to redeem the lost souls.

Next, he kissed Mbonye's feet and the social media went Gaga.

People came down on him like a ton of bricks.

But he savoured every bit of the criticism because it had gotten him what he wanted: the limelight.

So throughout his career, Kabuleta has been a very calculative person.

Kabuleta never opens his mouth before he does the Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) of the likely scenario.

Gifted with his silky writing skills and a sharp tongue, Kabuleta knows how to attract attention and leave one spell bound.

Yet now he finds himself enclosed between four walls at an unknown detention centre, having tried to poke his finger in the Leopard's nani...

Whether he is enjoying every bit of this, we can't tell but one thing for sure is that he has dominated the news and social media platforms.

Kabuleta chose an emotive subject and one that has always sparked the most frenzied of discussions.

Could the Leopard be preparing the young one to take over as head of the jungle?

The personal judgement from The Rogue is that Kabuleta did nothing wrong by revisiting a subject.

We can have debate on the intensity of the language but even then, there is not much to debate. We all express ourselves differently.

I have heard the Leopard refer to some people as emishege (wolves) and past leaders as swine.

I have often wondered why it should be a crime to comment about succession especially when one alludes to the Leopard-Young one.

A senior army general had to flee the country after he pointed out that there was a plot to install one of the cubs as head of the jungle.

Back to Kabuleta, the Constitution guarantees him freedom of speech. Yet what happens after exercising this freedom is not clear.

The Rogue is a satirical column that runs once a week on The Nile Post.

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