1994 was the year that I will live to remember, it’s the year in which I came to remember the real meaning of death, the year in which I came to question my self why should God chose to take a way my sister whom I cherished most.
I have had many happy moments in my life with my great family, parents, brothers, sisters but my time with young sister Helen was always special, because we were age mates, she was 8 years old and I was 10years.We could play together our traditional Banyankole game Gogoli
At her tender age, Helen was the most precious thing that God had given our family; she was kind, beautiful and well brought up with a Christian background, neigbours liked hugging her. My Dad had nicknamed her ‘queen Helen’.
The day was February 1994, Helen started getting severe sickness, my mother took her to the hospital and it was found out that she had heart complications. The doctor told us that she couldn’t survive.
One moth later, She got worse, it was clear for us that she was going to die We didn't want her to die in a cold Mbarara hospital emergency room, we thought they were doing nothing for her, yet refused to let us take her die from home.
So the whole family came to see her there, to say well by to her. I walked in to the florescent-lighted room where my sister was laid waiting for her death. I had been hysterically sobbing, but cleared my throat enough to tell her ‘I love her’. She smiled for the first time to me but she didn’t say anything to me. A smile I had missed so much and still long to see.
I started crying inside Mbarara Hospital, I think I caught every ones attention, the guards forced me outside.
Outside, the sky was the most magnificent blue. For the first time in years I spoke to God. I prayed earnestly that day to God that part of me believe she can still exist. I asked God to show her mercy I asked God to stop her pain. I asked God to take my sister.
At around 11:00 she was pronounced dead, it was a sadden heart attack No matter the days that have passed, I can still feel her nearby and there are times that I remember her and I start shedding tears, I still miss her as longer as she still lives in my memory.
I wish I could turn back the years and once again hear her voice. I would tell her that out of the sisters I have got now, she would still be my choice. Her memories can’t be erased.
I find it hard for me to understand the real meaning of death. People that we play with, joke with, and move with; study with, stay with; one time can disappear completely like my sister.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
Should Uganda legalize homosexuality.
The rate at which Uganda is moving as far as moral degeneration is concerned is really worrying.
It is a well-known fact that Uganda in the East and Central Africa is the first country to think of legalizing prostitution. Now there comes homosexuals who are demanding their rights to do their stuff publicly.
However, this doesn’t seem to come easy for homosexuals in Uganda. The demand for their rights hit the wall when most Ugandans also took to the street to demonstrate against legalising homosexuality.
Most Ugandans seem to hold a common belief that homosexuality is behaviour something that one does. It is a chosen lifestyle, which is abnormal, unnatural, ant-culture, changeable, and hated by God.
They believe, it is a mental disorder and or an addiction. It typically starts during teenage years when a post-pubertal youth decides to become gay or lesbian. The root cause is molestation as a child or poor parenting.
For the past couple of weeks, I have seen Ugandan media struggling to strike a balance between supporting the oppressed minority homosexuals or oppose it as a moral degeneration.
As a journalist, there are some issues that you may discuss and people begin questioning your sexual orientation, but you need to be strong and point out the positive and negative and leave the public to decide. For that case I am straight please…o.k.
Personally, I hold a belief that Homosexuality is a sexual orientation something that one is. It is an unchosen orientation, which is normal, and natural for a minority of adults, fixed. It is neither a mental disorder nor an addiction.
It is caused by a genetic predisposition towards homosexuality, which is triggered in young children by some unknown element in the environment. Unfortunately, I don’t know whether it is acceptable or Unacceptable by God.
Homosexuality is illegal under colonial penal code legislation still in force in Uganda and many other English-speaking countries in Africa. The laws reflect a deep aversion among many Africans to homosexuality.
The constitution of Uganda is quiet about homosexuality. Thus homos have exploited that loophole to take to the street to demand for their rights.
What I hate to hear is that homosexuality is a European thing, believe me, homosexuality existed even before Uganda existed.
Now that gays and lesbians exist in Uganda and the rest of the continent. They have paid a high price for their sexual orientation: they face discrimination, and even torture and jail.
Majority of Ugandan seem to agree that, giving homos the right to practice it in public is unaccepted.
Yaah, that sounds good for our culture, but very dangerous too, because it would breed the highest form of secret moral degeneration.
The minister of ethics and integrity is drafting a proposal to be presented to parliament against homosexuality
However, I think that, there are certain things that the government can’t set standards for and morality (homosexuality) is just one of them. Prostitution is the other.
For example we have laws against prostitution, but don’t we have prostitutes in Kampala? They are everywhere. Thus the standard of morality depends on an individual and should not be set by the government.
If Uganda and all other African countries want to stump out homosexuality, then there is a need for concerted efforts to make it a concern to everyone. It's unfortunate that to some people, they still think being a gay is a human right May be a human right in Europe, not Africa.
It is rather shocking that some Ugandans have found it brave and worthy that the gay community in Uganda was contemplating a political status by threatening to form a political party of their own.
May be they thought that this would help them get sympathy from the president who may feel his power threatened.
Nonetheless, in this hostile environment, gays and lesbians are trying to organize. They are also receiving support from certain sectors of the Anglican Church. Religion continues to play a major role in Uganda, but some pastors have come to realize that the church and Ugandan society cannot continue to reject gays and lesbians.
If the government wants to stop homosexuality, then it should look for ways of curbing funding which is dropping into these rights groups, which are advocating for homos.
Now to our legislatures who are working for their bellies. I can not imagine at this material time when there are several pressing issues like illegal acquisition of land, corruption, insecurity, poverty, among others being left out by the legislature and instead thinking of such none issues! Like whether to Legalize homosexual or prostitution. Legalising the two sins means legalizing sex no matter what age or gender, in addition to legalizing HIV/AIDS infection in the country
It is a well-known fact that Uganda in the East and Central Africa is the first country to think of legalizing prostitution. Now there comes homosexuals who are demanding their rights to do their stuff publicly.
However, this doesn’t seem to come easy for homosexuals in Uganda. The demand for their rights hit the wall when most Ugandans also took to the street to demonstrate against legalising homosexuality.
Most Ugandans seem to hold a common belief that homosexuality is behaviour something that one does. It is a chosen lifestyle, which is abnormal, unnatural, ant-culture, changeable, and hated by God.
They believe, it is a mental disorder and or an addiction. It typically starts during teenage years when a post-pubertal youth decides to become gay or lesbian. The root cause is molestation as a child or poor parenting.
For the past couple of weeks, I have seen Ugandan media struggling to strike a balance between supporting the oppressed minority homosexuals or oppose it as a moral degeneration.
As a journalist, there are some issues that you may discuss and people begin questioning your sexual orientation, but you need to be strong and point out the positive and negative and leave the public to decide. For that case I am straight please…o.k.
Personally, I hold a belief that Homosexuality is a sexual orientation something that one is. It is an unchosen orientation, which is normal, and natural for a minority of adults, fixed. It is neither a mental disorder nor an addiction.
It is caused by a genetic predisposition towards homosexuality, which is triggered in young children by some unknown element in the environment. Unfortunately, I don’t know whether it is acceptable or Unacceptable by God.
Homosexuality is illegal under colonial penal code legislation still in force in Uganda and many other English-speaking countries in Africa. The laws reflect a deep aversion among many Africans to homosexuality.
The constitution of Uganda is quiet about homosexuality. Thus homos have exploited that loophole to take to the street to demand for their rights.
What I hate to hear is that homosexuality is a European thing, believe me, homosexuality existed even before Uganda existed.
Now that gays and lesbians exist in Uganda and the rest of the continent. They have paid a high price for their sexual orientation: they face discrimination, and even torture and jail.
Majority of Ugandan seem to agree that, giving homos the right to practice it in public is unaccepted.
Yaah, that sounds good for our culture, but very dangerous too, because it would breed the highest form of secret moral degeneration.
The minister of ethics and integrity is drafting a proposal to be presented to parliament against homosexuality
However, I think that, there are certain things that the government can’t set standards for and morality (homosexuality) is just one of them. Prostitution is the other.
For example we have laws against prostitution, but don’t we have prostitutes in Kampala? They are everywhere. Thus the standard of morality depends on an individual and should not be set by the government.
If Uganda and all other African countries want to stump out homosexuality, then there is a need for concerted efforts to make it a concern to everyone. It's unfortunate that to some people, they still think being a gay is a human right May be a human right in Europe, not Africa.
It is rather shocking that some Ugandans have found it brave and worthy that the gay community in Uganda was contemplating a political status by threatening to form a political party of their own.
May be they thought that this would help them get sympathy from the president who may feel his power threatened.
Nonetheless, in this hostile environment, gays and lesbians are trying to organize. They are also receiving support from certain sectors of the Anglican Church. Religion continues to play a major role in Uganda, but some pastors have come to realize that the church and Ugandan society cannot continue to reject gays and lesbians.
If the government wants to stop homosexuality, then it should look for ways of curbing funding which is dropping into these rights groups, which are advocating for homos.
Now to our legislatures who are working for their bellies. I can not imagine at this material time when there are several pressing issues like illegal acquisition of land, corruption, insecurity, poverty, among others being left out by the legislature and instead thinking of such none issues! Like whether to Legalize homosexual or prostitution. Legalising the two sins means legalizing sex no matter what age or gender, in addition to legalizing HIV/AIDS infection in the country
Monday, September 3, 2007
Big Brother Africa. what do you make of it?
For along tme,I have been a strong critic of Big Brother Africa because of its obscenity which I think was destroying our Innocent African culture.
I can’t imagine people striping themselves naked during shower hour forgetting that they are being viewed by almost the whole continent.
I know that Ugandans have had a history in Big brother. Gaetano the former Ugandan Housemate had live sex with Abbey, something which I think was a shame to Uganda and Africa as a whole. However Ugandans welcomed him in Millions and up to now, the guy is always on billboard all over streets of Kampala.
Nevertheless, Yesterday I was excited with whole show.The excitement the whole country (ofcourse Uganda) got after it was announced that Uganda’s Maureen has survived eviction could not leave me down.
Ugandan Maureen will celebrate her 28th birthday this week in the house and I can’t wait to watch that. May prayer is that she is not put up again for eviction.
Maureen survived eviction while Kenya's Jeff Anthony took the eviction walk, giving Maureen another chance to win the $100, 000 prize.
I still remember that Maureen became a nominee after Zimbabwe's Bertha used her prerogative as reigning head of house to save Meryl and replace her with Maureen. Maureen was graceful enough to hug Bertha whom viewers referred to as ‘snake’ after she revealed that she had nominated Maureen.
Indeed she is a snake, Although I don’t dispute that Maureen is not the best in the house, I think yesterday was not her day to go out. There are still Housemates who should be evicted first before Maureen. The likes of Kwaku, Ofuneka, Bertha and Meryl should go before Maureen.
Who is my pick?
I find it hard to pick my best participant in the house nevertheless; I think Tatiana and Richard are better than the rest. Very many people seem not to like Richard because of his passion for women but that guy is extremely cleaver than the rest.
What if I was in the house?
I hate striping my self naked in front of the public so I would cover the camera with towel before showering.
I can’t imagine people striping themselves naked during shower hour forgetting that they are being viewed by almost the whole continent.
I know that Ugandans have had a history in Big brother. Gaetano the former Ugandan Housemate had live sex with Abbey, something which I think was a shame to Uganda and Africa as a whole. However Ugandans welcomed him in Millions and up to now, the guy is always on billboard all over streets of Kampala.
Nevertheless, Yesterday I was excited with whole show.The excitement the whole country (ofcourse Uganda) got after it was announced that Uganda’s Maureen has survived eviction could not leave me down.
Ugandan Maureen will celebrate her 28th birthday this week in the house and I can’t wait to watch that. May prayer is that she is not put up again for eviction.
Maureen survived eviction while Kenya's Jeff Anthony took the eviction walk, giving Maureen another chance to win the $100, 000 prize.
I still remember that Maureen became a nominee after Zimbabwe's Bertha used her prerogative as reigning head of house to save Meryl and replace her with Maureen. Maureen was graceful enough to hug Bertha whom viewers referred to as ‘snake’ after she revealed that she had nominated Maureen.
Indeed she is a snake, Although I don’t dispute that Maureen is not the best in the house, I think yesterday was not her day to go out. There are still Housemates who should be evicted first before Maureen. The likes of Kwaku, Ofuneka, Bertha and Meryl should go before Maureen.
Who is my pick?
I find it hard to pick my best participant in the house nevertheless; I think Tatiana and Richard are better than the rest. Very many people seem not to like Richard because of his passion for women but that guy is extremely cleaver than the rest.
What if I was in the house?
I hate striping my self naked in front of the public so I would cover the camera with towel before showering.
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