Ugandan President turns to rapping to scout for votes

Yoweri Museveni is seeking re-election in the February 2011 elections

Politics they say is a crazy game and it can push personalities hungry for power to use all means possible to get votes.

Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has 'released' a rap song with the cliché, “You Want Another Rap?” with a response “Yes, Sevo!” to help in his bid for re-election in the upcoming general elections in February 2011.

The political song has become an instant hit in Uganda enjoying rotations on Ugandan radio and clubs. It has even got a lot of hits on YouTube.

The 'rap star' President opens the song with the line, "I think I can give you some rap myself now," followed by verses in Runyankore, a tribal language in Uganda.

The song originated during a rally in October when Mr. Museveni recited an old folk song while discussing the African roots of hip-hop music.

Days later, at another rally, the president offered a repeat performance, asking the crowd, “You want another rap?”

A local music producer captured that phrase made by the president while addressing the massive crowd in central Kampala.

The producer subsequently added a backing track and mixed in a reply, “Yes, Sevo!” to the question. The response, “Yes, Sevo!” invokes the president's nickname.

The song, many say has brought to bare the fact that Yoweri Museveni, 66, after two decades at the helm of affairs of that country is youthful enough to rule again.

Mr. Museveni has led Uganda since his rebel group seized power on 26 January 1986.

Watch a YouTube video of the song below:

Story by Ernest Dela Aglanu/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana