Word Is got to find out that the duo were unceremoniously shut down by the Bungling Council (BC), which is the government's electronic media watchdog.
Apparently, the Bungling Council mistook Radio and TV for a real radio and television broadcasting station and shut them down after the Big Man (President Yoweri Museveni) complained that instead of going to attend his political rally at Yellow Square, people had voted with their feet and gone to Africana Hotel to listen to Radio and TV," said one ear witness, insisting that we must point out that we didn't hear this story from him.
When the Big Man complained, according to the ear witness, the Chairman of the Bungling Council, Mr. Gofry Mutabaza rushed to Africana Hotel, unplugged and confiscated the singing duo's amplifiers and other electronic equipment, which he mistook for broadcast transmitters.
Intriguingly, the name Mutabaza that translates as "shut the hell up" in some Ugandan languages! It's like his name earned him the top job at the Bungling Council.
"Mr Mutabaza said that Radio and TV were keeping people away from the Big Man's rallies with their irresistible songs, which amounted to incitement against the government, which is a treasonable act," said the ear witness.
Sources confirmed to Word Is that people heading to the Big Man's rally at Yellow Square branched off to Africana Hotel to listen to Radio and Weasel instead when they heard them singing "Bread and Butter".
"I suspect people prefer bread and butter issues to abstract economic figures," one political commentator told The Analyst. According to him, some poor people might even have assumed that Africana Hotel was distributing free bread and butter.
The shutting down of Radio and TV follows similar actions against a number of radio stations which the government has accused of inciting violence, including CBS, Radio Two, Radio Suubi and Radio Sapientia.
It is not clear when, if at all, the Bungling Council will "re-open" Radio and Weasel.
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