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Forget the grandiose title, this is another one about Uganda’s education system and  its nay-sayers. Somehow I stumbled onto this, so my patriotic self gave his two-cents’ worth. That post reminded me of a  debate that has been going on for a very long time, is Uganda’s education system relevant for today’s learner or better yet for Uganda’s needs, both current and future?

Yes, embalasasa, it said title and I thought why not give ‘em the title of what I am listening to? Right now I can not stop playing Samite’s streaming media, Olusoka, Look for the Sunset, and of course Embalasasa. Olusoka for the flute, Look for the sunset has a great sultry female voice in there, sounds like the angelic Angela Kalule, and embalasasa for the piano. I cannot help but paint a picture of a lethargic Mulondo being carried to wherever , calling to his Jajja nti embalasasa eruma, ayanguwe tugitte. Owubutiko, well I have news for you, etuluma! Yajja n’erangi era nnungi nnyo gwe why not if the NewVision’s polls are to be believed?

This is for you Sserumaga. Weebale Omwoyo gwa Buganda ogutafa. Ladies and gentlemen, please join in me in welcoming yet a new release from Africa’s premier Record Label- Uganda, well known for its release/publishing of monster hit albums. True to its form, reminiscent of the 60?s into the 70?s, its latest album titled the “vAGARIES OF pOOR uPBRINGING” has success written all over it. It opens with a cheesy tune titled Kimeeze. On this one the lead female vocalist, a princess in the Nyoro kingdom belts out a tune decrying the way ebimeeza are sabotaging the oil siphoning or pilferage schemas. It is arranged with electronic beats that you could hear on Philly Lutaaya’s Hanifa.

Today is the first day of April 2009, what this means is that it is exactly one month since project Nansana Crafts began. So what has transpired since the beginning of March? Well ‘we’ moved to that there place. Purchased a counter, did very basic furnishing of the studio. The novelty of moving into a new home and surroundings wore off soon because one of the directors was missing in action because of procrastination on one hand, and ‘bureaucracy’ on the other. The latter was sort of dealt with, though not to a logical conclusion. This can be surmised to have precipitated the other director’s action of taking off a good two weeks to do long over due volunteer work. A christening punctuated those two weeks, the dubious circumstances surrounding the affair were serenaded with a ‘sacrifice’, a badly needed one it must be said. The lack of a clear PERT scheme of work has hindered progress. Arbitrary expenditure is surely going to come back to haunt the partnership.