"I feel good," he said when journalists asked him to comment on the concert amidst Nwagi's performance.
Winnie Nwagi’s father praises Swangz Avenue, says she shamed haters
Winnie Nwagi's father, Henry Kabiito, said his daughter's well-attended concert offered her an opportunity to get back at people who were hating on her.
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"Look around and see, what can't you see? That means what you've always said, that they don't like her, they like her... there is value in what she is doing... she shamed her haters."
Kabiito, who was visibly in good spirits, also hailed Swangz Avenue, the record label that manages her, for optimising his daughter's talent.
"And I thank [Swangz Avenue] so much for turning her into what she is," and for her to be able to prove her critics wrong, he said.
In previous interviews, the Matala hitmaker has said her father is one of her biggest fans and he is very supportive.
"He is my fan. He enjoys my music a lot," she has said.
When everyone was taking aim at her for bad public etiquette, especially after being chased away from the Ministry of Internal Affairs office because of indecent dressing, her father had her back and he was very firm in media interviews.
"If it was a white dressed like Winnie, would they have chased her? Would they? They wouldn't have chased her... why is it that Winnie can't do what whites can do?" he wondered.
"She's picked her fashion style from traveling abroad. If she learns something new, she brings it to Uganda."
Kabiito said he can't judge his daughter for her fashion choices because she is living in a different world than the one he grew up in.
"I can't judge her dress code. It's the trend of her time. Ours was Gomesi," he said.
At the time, Kabiito's instincts told him that her daughter had people trying to sabotage her career, saying "she is a good person if no one has rubbed her the wrong way."
He pointed out the fact that Nwagi wouldn't have a child if no one took her seriously. Nwagi has said in interviews that she is a single mother and the father of her daughter whom she met while in her senior six vacation abandoned them.
"The fact that she has a daughter means someone saw something good in her," he said.
Henry Kabiito said his daughter understands the realities of the industry she is in and she dresses the part.
"We need to differentiate work and casual dress code. She has clothes designed specifically for her line of work."
Asked to identify his daughter's best characteristic, he mentioned her talent.
"One of her best traits is that she is entertaining the country. People paying to see her perform shows how valuable she is," he said.
Appearing to be joking, Kabiito said that the next time Nwagi is going to the ministry, he will pick for her what to wear.
Nwagi surprised revelers when she turned up on stage dressed in a matronly outfit, abandoning her trademark tight shorts.
Nwagi's daughter, Destiny Mirembe, and her elder sister Juliet Nakabitto were among the revelers.
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