Former presidential aspirant Reuben Kigame has urged cartoonists in the country to depict him in a casket.
In a statement on Friday, January 17, Kigame asserted that such illustrations would not cause his death.
The musician further claimed that it was foolish for anyone to be abducted over sharing an image of an individual in a coffin.
"To prove to you how stupid it is to abduct our children because of a casket cartoon, I publicly encourage every cartoonist to draw me in a casket. It will not kill me. It is like calling me a dog and expecting that the sound of your voice will turn me into one," Kigame stated.
His remarks come after former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua questioned why anyone would fear seeing their image depicted in a coffin.
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Speaking on Sunday, January 12, Gachagua argued that such acts should not justify abducting those responsible for creating the images, noting that portraying someone in a coffin does not mean they have died.
"And the matter of being put in a coffin, how afraid are you of death? You will die one day. You make noise that you have been put in a coffin. Even if your image is put in a coffin, have you died? What is the problem? So even if you fear death, death is a natural thing. It will come," Gachagua remarked.
On January 10, President William Ruto alleged that some politicians were funding the youth creating images of him and other leaders in coffins.
The Head of State cautioned the youth against being used by politicians in pushing the images on social media, claiming that the coffin images would push them towards evil acts of killing others.
