Today, a friend of mine of over 10 years called complaining about his husband. Immediately after the lockdown, her husband just disappeared. She tried to call him in vain. After 12 hours of no contact, she got concerned and had to enlist the help of the private investigator, who helped her open a disappeared person police file. After three days of investigations, the man’s mobile phone ping indicated he was in Jinja town. On further inquiries, the investigator discovered that is where he was born. The investigator travelled to Jinja and traced him at the family home in the…
Why we are poor? The other dimension of poverty
The difference between the poor and the rich countries is not the age of the country, the color of the people, their size, or even height. This can be shown by countries like India and Egypt that are more than two thousand years old and are poor. On the other hand, Botswana, Canada, and Australia, that one hundred years ago were inexpressive, today are developed countries and are rich. The difference between poor and rich does not reside in the available natural resources. Japan has a limited territory, 80% mountainous, inadequate for agriculture and cattle raising, but is among the top…
Happy Martyrs Day to you and your family: what are you living for?
Today, June 3rd, we celebrate the Uganda Martyrs. The people who paid the ultimate price in defense of their Christian beliefs. Fearing the possible loss of control of his Kingdom, the Buganda King at the time, Mwanga II, took drastic measures. Over the years, Christianity had been spreading with it bringing a new class of officials within the Kingdom. According to history texts, these new officers – Bishops, Deacons, and Priests – had a good education, commanded respect, and mobilized resources – giving a perceived real threat to any traditional leader at the time. And to make matters worse, most…
Homily for Wednesday, Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12 Mk 12:18-27 In the time of Jesus there was more than one understanding of death within the Jewish tradition. One group, the Sadducees, did not believe in life after death in any real sense; they dismissed any notion of resurrection from the dead. In today’s gospel reading they try to ridicule Jesus’ belief in the resurrection of the dead. According to the Jewish Law, if the husband of a woman died, his brother should marry her to ensure the deceased brother lived on through his wife’s children. The Sadducees put before Jesus the preposterous scenario of…
Here is how to transform your internal audit department
Are you adding value as an internal auditor or you are just ticking and bashing and getting lost in the paperwork? In these pandemic times, you must claim your place at the highest table of decision making by providing consulting and advisory insights that transform your audit clients. To read the complete presentation we made to the Government of Uganda Internal auditors, under the auspices of the Internal Auditor General, Internal auditors have a place at the highest level of decision making – the audit committee of the board as they report directly to the board (functionally – internal audit…
Do the work, book 1 of week 1 of June 2020
It is ALMOST the second half of 2020. Time is flying Now is the time to reflect on your achievements in the first half of the year. It has been a tough one. The coronavirus pandemic has given many people reasons to lag behind their targets. Do not be one of them. Do work. Remember, the pandemic affected everyone and your peers and competitors alike. In business, we call it systematic or general risk. You have no excuse. Since January 2020, I have shared one book per week. This week, I recommend you read “Do the work”, by Steven Pressfield.…
