May 2009

It looked an evening of great promise. As a fresher, I had always craved for the first time when I would “hang out” with one of our own—the much craved for university girls, whose reputation I had met months before I went to the Ivory Tower.Having sat for my A-level in a typical village school deep in Bugisu, my impressions about university girls had largely been formed by stories that the few boys from Namabasa, who had been to Makerere, narrated whenever they came back for holidays. One boy in particular, Wandwasi, told us of girls whose skimpy attire had caught the eye of the “big people” in the city that the wealthiest of men came to set camp at the campus just to have a look at these marvels of creation.

in Lake Kivu.
Right now, at this very time….am hungry
ciao
Ps. I will have a home in Kibuye……..need to show him it

I of the ages of Methuselah finally tick over one of the big ‘uns.

Great happyness. 
And i *really* do hate fish. Seriously.

Then to those who shall make me a grampa before my time, never ever pull this;

| You Saved Me ^ R. Kelly |

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Fresh attacks by Ugandan rebels in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo have displaced more than 12,000 civilians, according to aid officials. “The Lord’s Resistance Army burned a dozen houses, stole sheeting provided by aid workers, as well as clothes. They even kidnapped some people,” said Aroon Sambia, head of civil society in Dungu territory. “After these repeated attacks, aid workers distributed plastic sheeting, soap and high-energy biscuits to about 50 displaced households who sought refuge in Dungu’s Bamokandi district,” said Nestor Yombo of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). He added that about a third of this fresh wave of displaced people (IDPs) returned home after the army was deployed in the area. Even before the latest LRA attack, on 24 May, about 100,000 people were sleeping in the open in Dungu because of a lack of sheeting, according to Sambia.

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Following the introduction of the
historic LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act last week,
we're beginning to see unprecedented attention from US policymakers. In
just the last few days, numerous Members of Congress have spoken out on the conflict and the need for increased leadership from the US to achieve peace.read more

Looks like a toy, doesn’t it?  If all goes well, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces will own it to conduct “intelligence-gathering missions along its borders.”
This is the unmanned air vehicle, the Mini Falcon I UAV, from Israeli company, Innocon.  The World Aeronautical Press Agency reports that the Ugandan government is considering the purchase of the Mini [...]

African Leadership Institute, a Ugandan think tank, made news yesterday when it released grades for each member of parliament. The Institute's system rates Uganda's Members of Parliament on attendance and performance. The grades are a positive step towards elevating the expectations that constituents have for their MPs, whose standards are still quite low. "I have DStv, my people watch football free, I provide newspapers throughout the year," he said. "I think [the scorecards are] good, it encourages us to do better." Kitgum district MP John Okello Okello A list of the MPs and their grades is available on the African Leadership Institute's website.

I got to BHH late. The boda guy rode me all the way to the table where the blogren were seated. I fell down as I tried to get off the boda in a haste; you know these things, use the boda but don’t be seen using it. I high-fived with the bloggers I already knew while passing the boda dude his coins behind my back so that he could scooter off as fast as possible; u know these things, don’t be seen with too many coins.

Yesterday I went for my very second BHH. I am writing this chap-chap because I have just learnt that the aunty pope herself has been spreading malicious and character liquidating lies and I want to get in on the action. if you find it a bit sloppy just bear with me.

From the amazing blog of Ryan C. Briggs.

This post is dedicated to everyone at the Blogger’s Happy Hour who said my blog is too inspirational. Ha, take that!
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Sadiq was officially the scariest boy in school. No contest.
One good look at him and you knew something was massively wrong with this dude. Okay, calling him a dude was a bit far-fetched, however sophisticated [...]

‘…Jesus answered…’It is also written…” Matthew 4:7

Kanye West is a dumb fuck.
Although I have a tin ear for rap music, I quite enjoy Kanye West’s work.  That, however, isn’t enough to change my opinion of him.
Kanye West brags about being a disestablishmentalist.  His disdain for books, reading and formal education is a matter of public record.  Interestingly, the man, who says [...]

passed by BHH later yesterday met sleek, Darlyne,Comrade, Detamble and ummmmmmm cant remember the other two. basically passed by for a minute or two, okay about 15mins.then i really dont have much to say 'cept i could do with a full beauty spa treatment. am so tired, all i wanna do is relax, sleep. so have you all a beautiful weekend

That pretty much sums up what happened at BHH yesterday.You people, why are u all friggin snobbing BHH? Rebbecca mus be turning in her grave seeing all of you stuck up snobs snubbing her show. Whooooops! Somebody just whispered that Rebecca is indeed still very much alive and can I please stop writing people’s Orbits before doing my research. Well anyway, the thing is that the turn up at BHH gets appalling by the month.The show’s supposed to start at 6pm but when I arrived at 8pm to make my grand entrance, I was shocked to find that I would be on the welcoming committee instead with Ivan, Daniel and good ol Erique looking every bit the mean person he truly is. Nuh, on the real tho, that angelic smile he wears makes you almost want to be friends with him.

Just when you think something is that, you find out it is actually this. I know split seconds can make your day (MMD) or break your day (BMD).
Take for example, for a second there:

1. i thought that fire truck was heading in the same direction as i was (MMD)
2. i thought you were on the phone (BMD)
3. i hoped i had been left behind (BMD)
4. i thought this article was about people (BMD)
5. i thought it was just my imagination (MMD)
6. i thought you were mum (MMD)
7. i will think you, my dear reader, are understanding this (MMD)

Resolve Uganda Senior Policy Analyst Paul Ronan did an interview with Voice of America yesterday in which he outlines some more specifics of the recently introduced "LRA Disarmament and N. Uganda Recovery Act" and explains why getting this legislation passed is so important.
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While I was in Harper, I took some photos for Right to Play. I have to say, it was a really fun assignment. Who wouldn't want to take pictures of kids having fun and learning to work together? Kind of awesome. Especially since I was in Harper working on a personal photo project about the decayed vestiges of power, which was certainly way less fun in an immediate, smiley kind of way.

My next piece is up at Global Voices Online:Uganda's Internet penetration rate is a little over six percent, a number that prevents large swaths of the population from joining Uganda's blogren or accessing the global blogosphere. For one village, the Guardian and Observer's Katine Project is working to change that.Since October 2007, the Katine Project has tracked the impact of a dedicated £2.5 million ($4 million) AMREF development project in Katine, a rural sub-county in northeastern Uganda (virtual tour). In addition to providing general news about Uganda and tracking developments in five key project areas, the project has been training local residents to use video cameras to document their lives.Read more »