The Slipping-Sleeping Nation. Today, I’ll agree to disagree. I implore you to oblige yourself. Join me without doubt. You will thank me later. Patience pains I agree however it doesn’t pay. Just envision; in the midst of your dash to the bank before the close of business hours, a pale faced fellow, draped in a pale white uniform, call it yellow if you want to be exact holds back traffic because there’s a “honorable” dignified Mr or Mrs sitting in the back of a Japanese SUV that is obviously fueled by your tax revenue rushing to go and listen to a presidential lullaby (read State of The Nation address). I don’t know how much pain that would give you but if you’re still not at pain then let me take pleasure in giving you pains. If the bank shuts its doors to you, is that payment?! I end my argument here. Patience is terribly painful, and it doesn’t pay. Especially if you’re to inquire on the essence of allowing a “right of way” in road usage. Patiently, you que up in the sun. First, to listen to a list of dreams at a campaign rally of a parliamentary hopeful, dreams that cannot even feature in a drunkard’s sleep. Patiently, you survive the grueling January heat as you cast your vote. Patiently you hope that with the passing of a few months or worse still years the dreams will materialize. Patiently, you watch the telly with anguish, to see what has been achieved at least elsewhere seeing that your constituency is still waiting. To your dismay, your Member of Parliament is impatient, he/she cannot wait to get home so they can sleep. He/she impatiently loses the battle to sleep on national TV. Worse still, you watch a deputy prime minister in this case Moses Ali shamelessly hide his sleep behind dark shades. Patiently,you watch a minister chew gum like a goat that has just arrived in the grazing lands with hope that the jaw activity will keep them awake. That is your pay my dear. If you’re still waiting for that line where I announce your reward for the patience it won’t come. Stop reading. Right here. This is not a State of The Nation address but that it was transpired last Thursday. There’s a not so new blockbuster showing every where because over the years we have been watching it. We’ve a sequel every subsequent year. On TV. On social media. On newspaper front pages. I have failed to rate it. You may call it “The Rise of The Sleeping Nation.” “The Insult to the Nation.” “The Presidential Lullaby.” “The National Sleeping Day-Part 1.” Part 2 is out on the day the budget will be read. Watch the space. Be sure to catch all the sleeping giants who stared in the “State of The Sleeping Nation.” Every four years, we, football enthusiasts wait to marvel at the best talent in the game at one tournament. The World cup doesn’t just come with football but lots of scapegoats especially if you’re a schemer. Startimes decided to use this period to force its product down our throats. The pay TV service successfully fooled Ugandans into believing it was going to broadcast the World Cup live. My condolences go out to all those who love cheap things. All those who purchased Startimes products hoping to save. Kindly tune into Uganda’s most “preferred” network-UBC. For anyone born after the visionaries assumed power in 1986, Idi Amin Dada was almost a mythical figure; akin to savagery, temperamental, cheeky and an astute murderer of the queens language. For us who had no chance to see him, physically, the “Rise and Fall” acted in honor of the conqueror of the British empire was a fair evaluation of The Field Marshall. Today, I’ll pay tribute to the soul of Joseph Olita who passed on last Sunday for his role in the movie as Idi Amin flawlessly gave us and future generations a vivid image of now dead statesman. If I’d the authority, Joseph Olita had be the first to receive a Heroes Medal tomorrow. #Fodexpressions #week25
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 05:42:15 +0000
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