FLOODS IN KAMPALA

Hello folks, Kampala is one hell hole right now for those who live in low lying areas. One considers themselves lucky to go home and find their belongings intact. Others will not be surprised to be stuck in jam in a taxi only to see an all too familiar mattress float by. I was amused the other day to read about some people who had spent the night on roof tops perched thereon as if they were some sort of birds. Transport becomes a nightmare whenever it rains. Traffic jam automatically ensues and this is largely because the roads are terrible. Potholes become mini ponds and frogs can be seen jumping up and down jubilating. You could easily do fish farming for a day or two. As a matter of fact government should hold fish farming lessons for her citizens whenever it rains since demonstration centers will have been brought closer to the people. Much as we all like to blame the government for the traffic jams and the floods, I think the citizens are the primary cause of all these problems. A fully grown man complete with beards wakes up one day and decides to live like a frog. He sets upon constructing a house in a wetland. Another equally stupid man follows suit and soon the entire wetland is full of families that aspire to be frogs. When the rains come, naturally the water has no choice but to enter their bedrooms to shelter from the rain. When the bedrooms are full, some of it will chill in the dining while the rest finds some solace in the kitchen. I have no mercy for those who choose to live in wetlands and I thank God for the floods. Maybe they will now realize that they ought to move to higher ground far far away from town. In turn we shall have our wetlands back and the slums will be history. As I conclude, I ask God to send more rain so that those fools can stop killing our environment. Cheers, Deox