From sugar daddies to rhino sex

Not-so-serious weekday roundup of East African news and stories: Have you heard of the good old sugar daddies who actually supported their student lovers? Here we have a more economical Kenyan fellow who is perhaps trying to free himself from debt. Do you know that your country is supposed to provide you with some basic public services? Like electricity? Rwandans are taking matters into their own hands, pardon us, feet! Who needs a Wii Fit from the Kigali game library when you can sweat your way to cheap light?! While Tanzania is too holy to ever do something wrong to their neighbours, Rwanda eventually gets accepted into the club (click on the link, at least to see Kagame getting in touch with the spiritual world). Meanwhile, a shunned old “friend” wants to play again. As a Ugandan school tries to stifle sex education - but not before officially reviewing the offending material - Rwanda gives out millions of female condoms for free (more traditional male condoms cost Rwf100). While Ugandan rhinos are still having sex, Tanzanian rhino populations depend on government-funded intervention. … By the way, would you wrestle for your wife? Today’s favourite quote: bootylicious teenagers just swing their butts whenever their mothers mention household chores (Uncle Sam, The Observer) Laurie May, Miha Logar