Do you sometimes feel stuck and confused? You are not alone. In late 1998, I had just completed Senior Six. I looked for a job and failed to get one. That is when I heard about the British American Tobacco (BAT) recruitments for bailing clerks and casual workers. At the time, BAT’s business model was supporting tobacco out-growers farmers and guaranteeing the market. BAT had established several offices across the country as Tobacco buying and processing centres. All these offices were centrally controlled at the head office in Kampala, then located next to the Immigrations offices, opposite the Meat Packers,…
I’ve sweated for my livelihood, but my crime is where I was born from
I lost my father when I had just cloaked 12 years young. Coming from a polygamous family, I spent the next two years in court due to fights over the little estate of the deceased. Almost everything was lost to conflict, hatred, witchcraft and selling property at night. We went back to zero. I immediately started to fend for myself, feeling the heat of lack, shortage and inadequacy of everything. I know what it means to lack fees every term, not having scholastic materials every term, and walking for 16kms every day going to and from school. I know what…
Best from WhatsApp: Personal Declaration
Dear all, I want to make it categorically clear to all candidates aspiring for political candidature that I am handicapped and therefore will not be in a position to support any regardless. I am overwhelmed by requests to support hence all sundries please take note to avoid disappointments & dejections on this occasion. All the best in your upcoming endeavours. Note: I received this article on my WhatsApp mobile as a forward. I do not write it. And I don’t know the original author/s. The article will teach you a lesson, and that is why I am sharing it. If…
