Reuben Kigame recalls writing a hate song against God because he was blind
By Paulette Mboga, September 27, 2026Musician Reuben Kigame has recalled writing a hate song against God during a difficult period in his life, saying his blindness made him feel that God had favourites and that he was not among them.
Kigame explained that he had started writing songs as part of a music band that was made up of a few students and people from outside school. He said his involvement with the group later became one of the things that damaged his life before he got saved.
“I got saved when I was about 16, but I had already damaged my life, and one of the damages was because I was a member of a music band mostly made up of a few students and mostly a few people from out of school,” Kigame said on Saturday, September 26, 2026.
He recalled meeting one of the people from the group, Hassan, who later told him that he was sorry for misleading him. Kigame said many of the people he played music with later died from alcohol abuse and HIV, while he was also part of the group.
“I met one of them called Hassan, and he said, ‘ Reuben, I repent for misleading you,” Kigame said.
The song he wrote against God
Kigame said that while he was part of the group, he began writing songs, including one that was directed against God. He described the song as a hate song because of the way he viewed God and the suffering he saw around him.
“A lot of those guys that I played with died of alcohol abuse and HIV. As part of that group, I began to write some songs, and one of the songs that I wrote was against God,” Kigame said.
He explained that he blamed God for the evil in the world at the time. Kigame said his thinking was also shaped by his feeling that God had chosen to favour other people while leaving him out.
“It was a hate song because I was charging God for being responsible for all the evil in the world,” Kigame said.
Kigame linked those feelings to his blindness, saying it affected how he viewed his place in relation to God. He explained that he believed God had favourites and felt that he was not one of them.
“And maybe because I was, you know, blind, and I thought God had favourites, and I was not one of them,” Kigame said.
His recollection comes as he spoke about his life before getting saved at about the age of 16. He said his experiences during that period included his involvement in the music band and the writing of the song against God.