My Father and I
For those of you who don’t know much about me, I was born in Kireka, grew up mainly in Kireka but also spent a considerable amount of time while growing up at my grandmothers’ place in Kiwanga. I had a fabulous education at a really good school, Kamuli Primary School about 2km from where I lived. I had an amazing role model in a mother who overcame massive difficulties and worked incredibly hard for us. She worked two shifts; from 8am to 5 pm at African Ceramics and then 7pm to 10pm in a nearby bar. Even then we were as broke as dirt, but I know that she did everything and anything to make sure that I was well fed, dressed and went to a decent school. I worked from the age of 12 rising through different jobs. Very early on I was vending water in 20-litre containers around our neighbourhood in Kireka. At the age of 14, I worked as a matatu conductor and by 17 I had started my own business of showing video movies around the villages of Kisoga, Nko...