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October 2007 - Posts

Skies over East Africa

This is just stuff taken as I hopped around East Africa

This is the morning sunrise over Entebbe, over Lake Victoria

 

 

And now over Nairobi the morning sunrise

 

 

 

 Coming into Kenyatta Airport, our plane had a close shave, literally, you can see the wings almost touch

 

 

Over Lake Tanganyika, it is beautiful

 

Graduand speech of all time in LugandaEnglish!

Ba guests baffe mwenna, thank u so much okujja okunsanyukirako. Okusookera ddala byona nebaaza baParents bange abanjawulizaako kumagezi gaabwe nebampa. Actually singa tebali bbo I don't know. I wouldn't even be here to nite.  It is only God, the almighty who knows...

 

Nebaaza Daddy ne Mummy olwo kwelekereza all the good things nebampa sente za tuition ne family friend Jack anyambye okunsasulira sente za hostel. Newankubadde nfunye Pass degree nanye manyi nti yange silinga bano abafunye zi 1st class through thigh power! Nze eyo diguli njeyitira "thigh class" I never used to xerox coursework and I attended all class lectures. Era nze omusomo bwentyo nengukuba oluku mutwe! Audience cheers and claps.

 

Nebaza ba friends bange, Martha, Marbel, Cathe, Viviane, Henrietta, Carol, Vanessa kale nabalala bwe twali mu discussion group. Era simanyi kyakubakolera kubanga simanyi they really helped me a lot. Era namwe nga bwe mulaba bazze wano kumukolo gwange. Her fellow graduands cheer her up!!

 

Allow me at this juncture nkyukire buganda bwage obuto, eno diguli jenfunye siyamwe! Mulina nammwe okusoma enyo mufune ezamwe. Especially kakalikyeejo ka Paul, akatafaayo kubyakusoma. The world is only for the educated era ekalaamu terimba. Nze bwemundaba wano temunegomba! Uhm. The siblings look on in bewilderment.

 

Naye kale okumanya nga nsanyuse nyo, ekutuufu kili nti essanyu lyeli nsanyusiza era ddala namwe mwena ndaba mulibasanyufu olwesanyu era nsanyukidde dala okula ba nga muzze okusanyukilako. Silina bingi byakwogera kubanga olwa leero lwakusanyuka nolwekyo nsanyuse nnyo nsanyikedde dala okulaba nga muzze bangi bwemuti okunsanyukirako. Actually am so happy. Nsanyusenyo olwesanyu lya diguli. DJ baweeyo akayimba....

 

Protect your property

You have probably experienced this, leave your nice shoes outside a hall during a function or if you are Muslim, during Idd/Friday Prayers, and return to find air.  Here is a solution,just remember that Ugandans are innovators second only the Chinese

 

uganda's remotest phone booth

 MTN EVERYWHERE YOU GO

MTN Everywhere U GO

 ENUF SAID

Celtel,Warid,UTL and HITS BRING IT ON

Eat. Sleep. Breathe Big Brother

Rather surprised no one has mentioned our lady Maureen is doing just fine in Big Brother.You can get the details here

 

http://bbafrica2.wordpress.com/uncut/

 

45 years of independence - what has Uganda achieved

I have been thinking...yeah..thinking..45 years on, how independent is Uganda and what is the meaning of independence?

Back then, independence meant that Uganda was getting rid of foreign influence in the decision-making process, and the flag,and power were literally handed over to Ugandans on that wonderful day. 45 years later, we still ourselves waiting for a bureaucrat somewhere in Washington, London, Brussels or Beijing to sign off on whether we can do anything that is groundbreaking,from approving our budget to deciding whether we get drugs for our children.

We continue to send our ministers on begging (read consultative) meetings in the major capitals of the world

We cannot afford to look after our very own in the north and the east, and are still waiting on the WFP

Uganda might be independent but we are independent in word only. 

Toiletless men arrested in Uganda
Police in eastern Uganda have arrested more than 70 men because their homes do not have a pit latrine.

They were targeted as part of home-to-home sanitary inspections in Tororo district, intended to ensure that proper toilets are installed.

Tororo district authorities want to discourage people from the common practice of defecating in bushes.

They said "toilet defaulters" would be freed if they agreed to dig a pit latrine within seven days.

Now I wonder what shall happen when CHOGM comes along and we need to host guests in your hutsSurprise 

the flip side
Everybody knows that bald men make the best lovers. As the hair on the bonce lessens, the flair in the bounce increases.