Ashburg Kato demands share of Museveni’s Shs5 billion bloggers fund

• Ashburg Kato says he deserves a share of Museveni’s Shs5 billion bloggers fund.
• He claims to be the “godfather” of blogging and TikTok content creation in Uganda.
• Katto says his influence inspired many current bloggers, including Kasuku.

Faded blogger Ashburg Kato has come out demanding a share of the Shs5 billion recently pledged by President Yoweri Museveni to bloggers and TikTok content creators under the association led by media personality Kasuku.

While making his case, Kato boldly claimed that he deserves to be among the top beneficiaries because he considers himself the “godfather” of blogging and TikTok content creation in Uganda.

According to Kato, he was among the earliest online personalities to build a massive following and influence on digital platforms, something he believes helped inspire many of the current bloggers and TikTok creators.

Although he says he has since stepped back from active blogging, Kato insists his impact on the industry cannot be ignored. He even advised Kasuku to ensure that his name appears among the first beneficiaries if the funds are eventually distributed.

“I am the godfather of bloggers and TikTokers in Uganda. My numbers speak for themselves, even though I retired,” Katto said.

Kato went further to claim that President Museveni knows him personally and is more familiar with his name than many musicians in the country. He argued that the president only knows a handful of artists such as Eddie Kenzo, Bebe Cool, Jose Chameleone, and Pallaso, insisting that none of them is more popular online than he once was.

The controversial blogger also expressed disappointment over how he was allegedly pushed out of a project he says he initiated, known as the “Ghetto Structure.” Kato claimed he even coined the name but later felt sidelined and mistreated by those who took over the initiative.

“Even Kasuku joined blogging after seeing what I had started. Before that, he was mainly a TV presenter,” Katto added.

Kato further made the controversial claim that he played a role in weakening the influence of the National Unity Platform (NUP) during the 2021 general elections, arguing that his online influence helped shape political conversations at the time.

Retired blogger Ashburg Kato has resurfaced, stating that he has been excluded from the efforts to secure the UGX 5 billion pledged by the President for content creators, saying that the Bloggers’ Association was his concept. pic.twitter.com/zFexu1KQ2L

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Despite his current low profile, Kato maintains that he still holds significant public influence, revealing that several television stations continue to invite him for interviews because he still “has electricity” in the media space.