What is the cost to the Ugandan economy for just an hour of Internet shutdown? In my company, it is proving catastrophic. The government should come in to help us settle the ever-increasing losses, costs, and legal cases because of the Internet shutdown, which caused on-line service outages. Many providers of online services are experiencing penalties for failure to fulfill service level agreements (SLAs). And others have lost business to competitors. In this virtual working economy, our business models are cooked every time the Internet connection becomes unstable! In case of unstable Internet connectivity, we must restore services within at…

The Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Uganda have just ended, and as expected there were both winners and losers.  If you enter any race or vie for a competitive game, you must prepare for both a win and a loss. You must plan your life such that you can accommodate the outcome of the election or game results. Life is a series of small games or races or competitions. You win some and you lose some. It is the lessons we learn from every race that make us better people. The Katumba Oyee fame candidate has benefited a lot in…

Every day, for the next 20 days, the young man would return and help the old man. Prepare his meals. Do general cleaning, including general body cleaning – a rather tough job. These actions melted the heart of the old man. He offered the young man a paid job. He loved him so much he could not imagine the young boy leaving and disappearing for good. Continued from part 1 >> The young man turned down the offer for payment but accepted to live with the man without pay. “When I leave here, I go to other people’s homes to…