Here’s more we can liberate from within
Fifty-six years ago, one of Africa’s greatest sons, Kwame Nkrumah, was a guest at Kololo Independence Grounds as the Union Jack was lowered and the Black, Yellow and Red Uganda flag hoisted. Now, for those who want to argue, you can go and find out if Kahinda Otafiire and his boss took their children to the Luweero jungle during the guerrilla war first, otherwise Nkrumah was in Uganda that evening.
When he stood to speak, the crowd wept. His moving speech was like no other. The Ghanaian pan-Africanist said: “The Independence of Uganda alone is nothing unless these other areas and issues in the country are also liberated.” He paused to take in the reaction before listing the issues. And we reproduce them.
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Independence celebrations
For the last 56 years, every October 9, Ugandans have gathered and used millions of shillings (each year) to celebrate Independence. What is this nonsense? There are people who have an excuse for celebrating independence. Like Kenyans and Tanzanians. They shed blood for their demands.
Now let Kaguta stop using that day to remind us of how he is a leopard, using the same speech regurgitated from the past. That money he wastes in celebrating a meaningless thing when we are still very much under yoke should go into paying for fistula surgeries at Mulago hospital to give dignity back to mothers affected by the dreaded obstetric condition.
1986
If there is anyone who doesn’t agree that this phrase needs to be liberated, then that person is yet to be born. Even Museveni agreed with Nkrumah during Independence Day in 1962 that repeatedly using 1986 to compare everything past and present will only hold Ugandans at ransom. “You can’t be completely liberated when you still cite 1986 as the mark of your transformation,” Nkrumah said.
Now, can some MP draft a Bill that will criminalise the use of “1986” in any way? Even those born during that year, the new law should grant them the freedom to liberate their year of birth by either rewinding it to 1985 or forwarding it to 1987.
The procedure should be as simple as going to a church where you supposedly married or whatever and taking a picture of you checking the records from 1985 or 1987 and posting it on social media to claim you had found your true birth. If you need inspiration, go scour Museveni’s social media pages for similar stuff.
Our MPs
Kwame Nkrumah’s prophetic words still ring in my ears even though I wasn’t born at the time he was saying it in 1962 at Kololo. “A time will come when my Ugandan brethren will live the novel, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born,” he said. Back then we could not imagine we will be in such filth; we only saw the roses and celebrated cake served on a silver platter.
But now it makes much sense. By 2021, there will be more than 500 constituencies. Why? Because the larger the Parliament, the better for some old man as he can maintain the majority. Having few constituencies means more chances of losing the majority in Parliament. The trouble with the numbers is that we are paying with our great grandchildren’s future.
So the best way is to liberate ourselves from this Parliament.
The other day the old man declared that he can do away with Parliament and we all supported him on that. We were expecting him to make the move but the guy only wants to move when he is opposed. So maybe the son of Kifefe should oppose the son of Kaguta. It will be a K-factor and good for the country.
Boda boda
What is KCCA waiting for? We are still several years from election so this is the right time to get rid of conventional boda boda from the city. It is difficult to do so when elections are around the corner. The emergence of modern boda such as SafeBoda, Taxify and UberBoda is a godsend. They are the only bodas you will see stop at a traffic intersection to await the green, they ride with discipline and don’t pick calls while riding. Not to mention pillion issues.
Dolts
There are some of you reading this who believe everything without scrutiny. Uganda should be liberated from your kind. I can imagine you have believed Kwame Nkrumah was in Kampala in 1962 and said all these things. The independence of Uganda is useless without your mental independence. Think for yourself so that you stop spreading fake news just because so-and-so said it.
