‘I borrowed money because I'm hard working,’ says Catherine Kusasira

"I used my house as collateral in a bank to acquire a loan for some projects I was pursuing, because most of the time we work to progress... as you know, a person who is not hard-working doesn't borrow... I borrowed money because I'm a hard-working woman so that I can make my life better," Kusasira said in a recent media interview.

"Music has failed, so you have to find a way to survive. As you know my businesses encountered challenges,... I still make cosmetics but at a slow rate... cars carrying them would be chased because of the party I support,... and this affected operations."

Catherine Kusasira Pulse

In 2015, Kusasira launched her cosmetics startup that deals in wide-ranging beauty products. But she says she started encountering challenges during public marketing of her products because of being politically inclined to the ruling NRM.

She said her music career has also been struggling and some of the promises that were made by President Yoweri Museveni to her are yet to be fulfilled.

She was given the position of presidential advisor on Kampala affairs but she has had to go back to school because her employer feels she's not fully qualified.

"I remember they asked [Lucy] Nakyobe, the former State House Comptroller why Kusasira gets a salary,... and [I] didn't have academic credentials... and I realised it's survival for the fittest that side, so Mr. [Fred] Seruga [her husband] advised me to go back to school... when I took mine, they told me I'm allowed to stay in office, but I lack some, and I realised I need to go back to school," she said.

Catherine Kusasira Pulse

She enrolled at Nkumba University this year.

She said these challenges have made it hard to rescue her house, which was used as collateral. She was recently filmed crying during an interview after being asked how she landed into the mess she’s embroiled in.