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The Ball in Our Court: Nurturing Corruption or Integrity

By Denis Wabuyi Some habits die hard if at all they die. Others don’t die until they take them with you. And in some countries like Uganda where the dead are deployed as ancestors, even in the grave some habits of some people still live on. As you all know, I live in a bizarre country where integrity has been kicked to the corner and mauled to pieces. In more than few instances, anyone’s act of honesty and integrity earns them a place on the wrong side of humanity according to Ugandan standards. And these signs have dogged us for Read More

X-Files from the village

X-FILES FROM THE VILLAGE BY DENIS WABUYI Monday It could be true or not true that the whiteman learned how to make a train after coming to Africa and seeing Read More

Beware of who you sleep with in the X-Files village

Have you ever laid on bed feeling well; better than yesterday, then wake up when all your joints are paining? Then the head, oh, it feels like Bebe Cool has Read More

Where art thou love?

OPEN LOVE LETTER TO NO ONE **************************** Since everyone is into the the habit of writing open letters to Museveni, I am also writing an open love letter to all Read More

X-Files from the village

X-FILES FROM THE VILLAGE Monday Wakauna emerged from the river crying endlessly while covering his privates. He ran off leaving his cattle behind, the boy could not talk to us Read More

X-Files from the village

Monday A person who commits suicide brings bad omen to the village and especially the family. After hanging herself, no child can ever be named after Bethmesi. In fact when Read More

X Files from the village

X-FILES FROM THE VILLAGE Monday The last week I was telling you about Musuya, the person who brought AIDS to our area. She was subjected to herbs like “kumururutsa” but Read More

X-Files from the village

Monday Our village is deeply rooted in the traditional ways of life. For us, whoever is president of the country matters less. The RC of the area is everything. We Read More

X-Files from the village

By Denis Wabuyi Monday Ours is the only village blessed to be having three traditional health specialists; we have one in charge of maternity. She offers services to women from Read More

X-Files from the village

Monday As we move to establish why it is raining in other places and not ours, members have realised Nandabah could be the one behind this. Every time it threatens Read More

X-Files from the village

Monday Then the kids will be playing their games as the elders go about the daily routine. “Tsukulilo” are tiny organisms that choose their sanctuary in the dust and children Read More