SNAKE IN A POT

In a few weeks I will turn 46.   Leading up to this birthday I want to write about what I have learnt in the last 20 years.   For most of my birthdays, I take time off to write about life experiences from my perspective.   This is another –probably boring one from me – bear with me.    In July 1996, I left Makerere University after squeezing the most out of the institution – in terms of free accommodation.    Unknown to some of you my friends, I was a very proud and dedicated member of Makerere Flukers Association (MUFA). Once I joined Makerere Univesity in October of 1991, I did not leave my hall of residence – the great Mitchell Hall - until July 1996.   Most of the holidays I spent on campus were stories of delicate and protracted negotiations with the Hall Warden and/or Custodian.   Sometimes surviving being thrown out of the Hall was down to ingenious ways of endurance like being able to sleep in a different room every night.  ...

I am one of those who chose to continue with their work normally despite all the buzz and excitement in bars, offices and social media generated by the US elections.  My position is simple.  Unlike UK where I am a part-time resident, it does not matter to me who occupies the US highest political office.  I also highly doubt that it matters to my home country Uganda, who the US President is.  My belief is that the US as a country has negligible interest in our affairs.  If they do have a foreign policy, it is probably a standing (and generalized) policy towards all small nations like ours situated in the middle of Africa - and that policy is simply to ensure that no body anti-US establishes a base here.  Period.  A particular individual elected as US president will not influence how much investment comes to Uganda or how much technology transfer there should be. Not being bothered by the excitement does not mean I was not following t...