EYES OF THE MERCILESS

With hands folded crossing each other, eyes had turned red and all over the face where signs of sorrow and disgrace. I had sat on a three-decker metallic bed looking down. On my left lied an empty suitcase and a small Jerry can besides it.

On the far side, sat two boys and the taller one was called Alfred. The guy was tall, black and wasn't from central Uganda. Unfortunately after one year he was expelled.

"Are you ok man?" a question from another boy whom I recall to be Brian. "No, my matress, blanket and everything were stolen.  I replied with tears about to break through though am a man.

BEFORE 

One year back I had joined Mbogo mixed school for S5 and S6. Mbogo mixed is located in metres away from Kampala-Bombo road but along kawanda road.

 It was neighbouring Kawanda agricultural research centre and surrounded with gardens plus teachers' quarters facing the main gate.  So escapism was never in our minds.

At the close of the  term, there was a tendance of keeping the students' property in case you wanted. I was among the few who were interested since no one was there to pick me from school. 

That term I left both the suitcase and matress in the hands of the school for safety. But it later turned into a regret as I lost almost everything. 

So on returning for a new term, I was shocked to find an empty suitcase and the matress couldn't be traced since it had no tracking device.

Immediately the matter was reported to Mr.Ziwa the then warden. Together we moved checking each and every dormitory whereas property was never retained. At that moment things became unfavourable.

I got into my allocated dormitory and I recall it was marked Kampala on the outside.  They were named before countries and capital cities. 

I sat on  a three-decker metallic bed unhappy but there was nothing to do.  Later in the evening I was called in to the warden's office and he gave me a small matress of about one inch.

I spent a week checking to see whether I can get my property but I later came to know that it was the work of the guards to steal and sell our property at low costs.

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THAT GIRL AT THE STALL

Close to 8pm. Doctors advised me to eat in time but my timetable restricts me. Pain felt in my stomach.  With no time I rushed to her stall for a new life.

On a daily basis, Mum Golola stations her stall near the taxi and bodaboda stage. She does it iin the evening since KCCA can't accept during day.

The number of unmarried in Uganda is high with me inclusive though am about. So most of them access evening meals  from these stalls.

A table together with two benches, Mum Golola sells tea and food to the many customers. And she mostly gets taxi drivers and bodamen.

Really those ladies play a major role in our country where many fear to marry due to reasons that am about to address with time.

So this lady (mum Golola) doesn't work alone. She ever employs girls who help her deliver food and tea to the customers in a distance from the stall.

There is this girl, she is black in colour but from Fort portal district. I hope you know the tribe  from that side. She was silent at the beginning, calm and well behaving.

Activating a smile was the most she could do for the customers who used to talk beyond business. She was serious takung the words of her parents at ease.

The good girl is no more. She has now turned into a corporate prostitute. Every after work she is  picked by one of the customers who is willing to crush her. Many are interested.

Joining the bad groups of girls within the area influenced her negatively hence gaining the beast life. Now she is no longer royal to mum Golola, her boss.

I have witnessed many girls taking the wrong side of the road. Though we try to advice them, we are taken for granted.

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THE CONFUSION

Am sure you are not going to understand this. It's aim is hidden and it will take you time to grasp the meaning.

In the right corner, stood a short refrigerator whose white colour had started to wash away. On top of it lied unfolded clothes but clean and down near the refrigerator the dirty clothes were placed.

Green polythene bags containing cabbage and carrots rested on the right close to two pairs of shoes that had spent unclean for long.

In the left corner,rested two piston rings of vehicle plus rags that were displayed on the floor to trap rain drops in case it rains. The sheets had holes in them.

Up there were big air spaces bringing in alot of coldness making it hard to sleep, so they were covered with boxes and polythene bags.

Within the room, opposite the door, lied a folded matress that seemed to had served for decades. The blanket was nasty and the bedsheets were unpleasing.

The colour on the walls had wiped off and the floor contained small debriss for the walls.

Surprisingly he was living here. He had five rabbits in number and these could feed on cabbage and carrots.

He was happy and had no claims of the life he was living.  "I eat well, sleep with no disturbance and fear" he said.

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WORSE THAN MEN; from the hands of a heartless

Kenyan policeman in action

The heavy thunder made me escape the blanket making my heart to access abnormal impulse. 

The second thunder was heard, there was a momentarily pause as I thought the world was ending. Hurriedly prepared and rushed out for work. 

Within a stone's throw from home, the rain started. However much I like sleeping but going back was a sign of future poverty. 

So taking cover at the nearest shop was the only option.After 10 minutes, Shafic parked his Toyota Raum and saved me from the coldness. 

Shafic is a very good transporter working for different motor companies. He transports cars for his bosses from Mombasa port to Kampala and sometimes to Kigali. 

A regional cultural and economic hub, Mombasa has an extra-large port and an international airport, and is an important regional tourism centre.

 Located on the east coast of Kenya, in Mombasa County and the former Coast Province, Mombasa's situation on the Indian Ocean made it a historically trading centre,and it has been controlled by many countries because of its strategic location.

For the three years he had spent transporting, Sharif narrated to me how God saved him from the hands of a heartless woman.

HE SAID;-

After clearing all the required bills, 9am caught me starting the Toyota Land Cruiser TX that I was to transport to Uganda. 

All along the owner was on my neck due to the unusual delays at the port. It was dark green in colour, still working well and  one step was enough to unlock the wizard speed. 

Everything was ok till Nyayo stadium.It is a multi-purpose stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. It is located near the city centre. The stadium was built in 1983 for a capacity of 30,000. It is currently used mostly for football matches.

Here it had rained, I stopped for refreshment, a lady covered with a Muslim dress but wet and shivering, brown in colour and seemed to be from the swahili tribe, came to the car as I was about to take off.

"I have a patient in Kerito but I have no transport. Help and drop me there God will bless you" she said but in swahili. Ketiro is a town just after Nakuru.


Beyond the guidelines I helped her. She used the extreme behind sit since the car had three.

There are various check points along Nairobi-Busia highway and this is to control robbery along.

Viewing through the driving mirror, the lady had already replaced the Muslim attire with some other. 

She started making calls to different people in a language that wasn't Swahili and laughing loud.  So I couldn't understand. 

But on every check point, the lady could hide herself and policemen failed to see her while checking. She did it on two check points and this scared me.

On the third, same trick. Then I couldn't hold apart from informing the police. She was arrested, found with a bag containing every type of knife plus chains.

She was on the wanted list among the highway robbers. From the police records, over three people were marked dead by her.
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That's how God saved my friend Shafic. From that day, he sweared never to go beyond the guidelines. 

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NO CONDOMS, NO AIDS

Your not 100% protected

I had spent 25 minutes observing Diana, her beautiful face carving out to the two women who were sitted in front of her. She looked stressed. 

Diana was a half-tall  girl from Rwanda, she was brown with a spear shaped nose. Her eyes had turned red due to the long hours of grieve she had faced. 

Diana's round behind was covered in a pair of black leggings and she was the girl you couldn't wish your eyes to miss.  Her hair was plaited and black in colour. 

She had been sitting at the reception of the health centre for almost her entire morning and she seemed to be thinking heavily. 

Mutoni, as she preferred to add to the Diana name,looked uncomfortable as I pulled myself near her for a conversation. 

"I have tested HIV positive but I don't know how this has happened yet I couldn't allow any man to sleep with me minus a condom" she reacted to my question. 

She went ahead to recall the two incidents where the condom busted during the process and she was suspicious though proving became hard. 

I comforted her and moved out to make a phone call to Dr.Boogere and inquire more about the matter. 

Dr.Boogere told me that it's true most of the condoms are weak which results to their destruction during sex.

"Also having rough sex can destroy them since they are not resistant to friction" added Boogere. 

He went head to explain that here the chances of getting HIV are 100% and they have received many people infected through the same process. 

Fahad a friend, also told me that he has ever experienced such a phenomenon which resulted in to unexpected pregnancy. Assume if one was infected. 

My conclusion

The presence of condoms has kept us with AIDS. A soldier with a body armour never fears to enter the battle but he forgets that the armour is not 100% protective. 

So our people are like soldiers, they trust condoms to a large extent. Many fake condoms have emerged on to the market and some are supplied freely. 

If we had no condoms, people wouldn't bother sleeping with each and everyone due to fear of the outcomes. But they attack with full faith in those rubbers which turn them down.

You may argue but wait when it happens to you.



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MARKING POINTS; On that Old Boy

"They will know us by the work of our hands and we act as examples to them"

2yrs back I knew him as a very good boy. He was humble,well behaving and too respectful compared to the other boys we used to associate with.

Me and Henry first met 7yrs ago at Wankulukuku stadium where I scored Henry's team  2 goals and since that day we became friends.

Fortunately we were even staying on the same village hence enhancing our friendship.

After high school,  Henry went ahead to join Makerere university Business School at Nakawa, kampala and me I decided to join the hustle of working since there was no money to push me far.

But my friend Henry changed so much from the old boy I knew.  From clothing to walking and from talking to bathing.

Dealing with beautiful and classic girls became his character and calling me fake, is what seemed to be the best to him.

He changed from "oh my God" to "fuck" as his phrase when something seemed funny.

Henry calls the school dropouts loosers and all his plan involve us working for him. May be he doesn't know that we already have high paying businesses.

Henry is taking his second year, meaning remaining with one year to step out of the imaginary life.




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NO MORE GOOD DOCTORS IN UGANDA

All along I had kept silent about this matter but this is yielding more and more negative results everyday. 

Many Ugandans have lost their lives and money not because we have no doctors and medical attendants, we have in plenty but most of them are not qualified and others are money oriented. 

The heart of helping people is dead. Now medical centres focus more on money and competition than patients. 

Unqualified doctors and nurses have occupied every medical centre,they don't even differentiate the signs and symptoms of diseases so they just treat anyhow. 

Am going to provide you with examples of people who have suffered due to the existance of these fake doctors. 

Myself; 

In January I felt not well and visited a one medical centre for treatment.  The doctor told me that I had malaria and he gave me expensive and strong tablets that nearly killed. On seeing no change, I visited another centre. The doctor there told me that the fever was due to a neck pain which I had. And it was true.

The second time they made me swallow tablets for malaria yet it was ulcers disturbing me.

My mum;

After taking days passing out heavily and frequently, she was taken to a one big hospital in Kampala whose name I will not disclose. They gave her medicine for ulcers and they also claimed that she had high blood pressure. 

She got no change. Taken to another centre, they told her she had abdominal cancer and she was referred to Namirembe hospital. 

At Namirembe, after reading the signs and symptoms, she was given treatment for typhoid and she is now ok.

Rashid;

My man was seriously sick and he was surprised by the doctor's actions. The doctor drafted two budgets of treatment for him, one was cheap but could take long for him to recover. And another one was expensive but the best.

Rashid was so amazed to see a doctor who had intentions of money rather than catering for his life.

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Unqualified doctors are due to our poor education system that focuses more on theory than practical hence good grades but less activity. 

Another thing is examination malpractices where people pass with copying and cheating. They study just to go through the system. 

Corruption and sex are also major reasons for the Unqualified doctors and nurses. For the boys, they buy high grades using money and girls use their bodies if necessary. 

The days of good doctors have come to an end and we are facing danger if nothing is done to save the situation. 

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TRUMP'S HOPEFULL SPEECH AFTER VICTORY

The Republican vowed to build a country for everyone in his address to fans in New York City.

He walked on stage with his entourage, family and wife Melanie to a full orchestral score, savouring every moment.

Here is what he said;

""Sorry to keep you waiting. Complicated business.

"I’ve just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us, it’s about us, on our victory and I congratulated her and her family on a very very hard fought campaign. I mean, she fought very hard."

"Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division"

"Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.I mean that very sincerely."

"Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division. We have to get together."

"To all Republicans and Democracts and Independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people. It’s time.

"I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be President for all Americans and this is so important to me."

"For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people, I’m reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so we can work together and unify our great country."

"As I’ve said from the beginning, ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and great movement made up of millions of hard working men and women who love their country and want better brighter future for themselves and for their family."

"It will be a movement comprised of people from all races, religions, backgrounds and beliefs who want and expect our government to serve the people - and serve the people it will."

"Working together we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream.

 "I have spent my entire life in business looking at the untapped potential in projects and in people all over the world.

"That is now what I want to do for our country. Tremendous potential. I’ve got to know our country so well. Tremendous potential. It’s gonna be a beautiful thing.

"Every single American will have the opportunity to realise his or her fullest potential. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.

"We are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals. We’re gonna rebuild our infrastructure which will become, by the way, second to none and we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it.

"We will also finally take care of our great veterans who’ve been so loyal and I’ve got to know so many over this 18 month journey the time I’ve spent with them in this campaign has been among my greatest honours. Our veterans are incredible people.

"We will embark upon a project of national growth and renewal. I will harness the creative talents of our people and we will call upon the best and brightest to leverage their tremendous talent for the benefit of all. It’s gonna happen.

"We have a great economic plan. We will double our growth and have the strongest economy anywhere in the world.

"At the same time we will get along with all other nations willing to get along with us.

"We will have great relationships. We expect to have great great relationships.

"We will double our growth and have the strongest economy anywhere in the world"

"No dream is too big, no challenge is too great."Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach. America will no longer settle for anything less than the best.

"We must reclaim our country’s destiny and dream big and bold and daring. We have to do that. We’re doing to dream of things for our country and beautiful things and successful things once again.

"I want to tell the world community that while we will always put America’s interests first we will deal fairly with everyone.

"All people and all other nations. We will seek common ground not hostility, partnership not conflict.

"First I want to thank my parents who I know are looking down on me right now. Great people. I’ve learned so much from them. They were wonderful in every regard.

 I had truly great parents. I also want to thank my sisters Maryanne and Elizabeth who are here with us tonight.

"And my brother Robert, my great friend. Where is Robert?They should all be on this stage but that’s OK. And also my late brother Fred, great guy, fantastic guy. Fantastic family. I was very lucky.

"To Melania and Don and Ivanka and Eric and Tiffany and Barron, I love you and I thank you and especially for putting up with all of those hours. This was tough. This was tough. This political stuffis nasty and it’s tough.

"... We have got tremendously talented people up here and I can tell you, it's been very special. I want to give a special thanks to our former mayor Rudy Giuliani who's unbelievable. Unbelievable. He travelled with us and he went through meetings and Rudy never changes. Where’s Rudy? Where is he?

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ON EARLY PREGNANCY; Irene back to the village

Irene had spent two days off my site and I was tempted to ask Maggie her workmate Whether she knew Irene's whereabouts. Maggie told me that Irene was impregnated by her two years lover who later disowned the pregnant and the poor girl had to get back to Mityana village.

Really Irene is beautiful, she is a half tall with a black-brown skin. A lavishing smile is what she  never forgets and colouring her lips was like breakfast to her.

2yrs back Irene fell in love with a one doctor called Sailus who works with some hospital in Kampala whose name I will not disclose.

So Sailus is married but he kept on promising Irene heaven and earth.  Irene was staying with her big sister yet well sure that Sailus one day will rent for her a good house.

Attending each and every football match for Uganda Cranes at Nambole was compulsory to Irene since Sailus had whatever it takes.

But tragedy came after the uncountable times Sailus slept with Irene. She got pregnant.  Sailus became rude and disowned the pregnant claiming that Irene was sleeping with some guy else but not him.

The poor girl decided to get back to Mityana her home village ending all the good dreams she had in Kampala. Irene is 18yrs old.

WORDS OF ELDERS

Dr.Kenneth Boogere of Dalon Medical Centre says "many young girls conceive at an early stage and the people responsible always turn a death ear".
He continued to say that most of the men who distruct the lives of young girls are married men because they have money.

Dr.Kenneth Boogere

Ms.Sarah of House of Health says,"lack of girl child education has done much in taking our girls to a wrong direction. There are parents who still believe that there is no need for educating girls.

Mr.Andrew Kaweesi of Classic Foods ,attributes early pregnancy to poverty and rape. He even narrated to me a girl who conceived after being raped.

Many young girls like Irene are suffering with unexpected pregnancies and they are now living poorly. There dreams ended and a new chapter of becoming mothers set into their lives.


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THE BLOODY MORNING

On the morning of 23/3/2016 I received a phone call from Tom that Musoke a boda boda rider and a friend was found unconscious after being hit on the head with a hard metal along Wakaliga road;

Boda riding is a good job and can make someone earn atleast earn $15 per day. But it is also the most dangerous job both to the users and the riders.  

A week can hardly go without registering a case of bodaman being hit and then his motorcycle taken. 

It is believed that people who kill them are fellow Bodamen who plan their way out through grabbing the motorcycles and lives of others. 

Back to the date above, Musoke left his home at around 5:30am as it was his usual act of starting early to collect enough money for the day.  Bodamen have stages so Musoke's stage was along Masaka road in Nateete, Kampala. 

So as Musoke was heading to his stage,  he met two men along the way who wanted him to make them reach the old tax park as faster as he could. Without hesitating, he told them to jump on the boda and take off.

As they reached Ssekabaka a town along Wakaliga road, one of the men told  him to stop. Before he decelerated the motorcycle to zero, he was hit hard on the head with a metallic by one of the men.

Musoke landed down and shouted "take the motorcycle but spare my life". May be they got sympathy and decided to take his motorcycle leaving him on the ground bleeding. 

He was saved and rushed to the hospital. God helped he is now still alive. Many have lost life and we don't know when will this massacre end.

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THE SCARING WINDS; Left with his business

Some vendors lost their property to wind

2/11/2016, 6:59pm, I was sitting at one of the shops in Nateete as a heavy wind stormed the area. Immediately power went into hiding.

It was by surprise, I hope you remember the recent earthquake that caught us unaware. It was the same story with this wind.

People started running as if there was some one eyed giant coming after them. Irrespective of age and colour. And being fat is something very bad.

Some people are funny, in one of the schools in Kampala the security guard started ordering students out of school  telling them to go and die from their homes. May be he got confused.

"Is it the end of the world? " some chocolate skinned and big bummed lady asked me. I just told her to be calm and strong since she was near the crusher.

There was this street vendor nicknamed as Swahaba because of his religion (Islam). Swahaba is somehow tall and ever happy guy. He owns a stall along the street dealing in ladies' merchandise and children's balls plus some playing stuff.

Am sure most of the things that ladies use on their faces and hair are less than 500gm in terms of weight.  So it was very easy for the wind to take off with them.

Swahaba tried to run after some but all in vain. That's how things move in this world, now Swahaba is nursing the pain of loosing his business.



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