Mark Mwesiga's Blog

Hi, I am writing to you on a Sunday afternoon ! We were at Lubowa today. A good friend of mine currently heads a great organisation in town. His organization is the Federation of Uganda Employers.   He does many things because of this role and acumen. For the purpose of this write up, I will focus on his write ups in the New Vision news paper.   His write ups are published every Monday. I read a news paper every day. I have something or someone to look up to daily. When I was growing up, I looked up to Mr Ras  , Old Fox (never mind that some of it was adult content) and Ekanya .  Now I look up to other things. I never want to miss Muwonge C.W Magembe, my friend Mer  Douglas Opio and others. In one of his recent pieces Mr Opio wrote about the importance of building strong teams at a workplace. It was a good read. It made me remember an incident that happened years ago. I will be brief with the story.  I will write it simply and plainly. The...

Dear Friends, WHPCD 2018 Theme Today I write to you about something different from my usual stories. This blog is about my thoughts. I intend to start writing about some of the work that I have been involved over time. This piece is about my currently work. Its work not for the faint hearted. It is meaningful work - touching lives and all that. Please read up to the end. On Saturday October 13th 2018, the world will commemorate the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD 2018)  under the theme  Palliative Care – Because I Matter! This is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. The Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU ) where I currently work is spearheading the commemoration of this day in Uganda. The event will be held at Makerere University Sports Grounds.  The aim of the events will be to create awareness and to promote collaboration for advancement of palliative care services in Uganda....

Bishop Henry Luke Orombi Praying for us During the first days of meetings with Omukyara , she tagged a long also a beautiful lady. Ofcourse we were younger those days and you know how we loved stories. I mean, we would talk all talk.  So this other lady who was very friendly added to the talking and the listening. She was outgoing, full of energy and selfless. She was that the kind of "not boring self person". You know such people that you often look forward to meeting agian. Those ones who smile easily, extend a hug quickly and state a genuine "how have you been Mark ?" Then they tell about themselves selflessly and you feel motivated to share too.  Such people motivate and live a full life. They sort of do a lot of things yet they have time to get personal. They are full of positive energy! I mean the kind of people that this world should posses in plenty! So Madam Mirembe  was a such a person.  Izi with a hood saying somethin to JJ his young brother...

Adorable siblings in Downtown St. Joseph Michigan . I planted $5 in their suitcase. Did it germinate ?  One of the things that God gave each one of us is the capacity to imagine! Ok, I know there are some people who actually don't believe that all we attribute to ourselves is God given. They don't want to bother themselves thinking about the fact that we were created in the image of God and therefore we are fearfully and wonderfully made! God bless them. But anyway, so today Friday 8th 2018, I missed a flight back home. One of the reasons for this was the unpredictable heavy traffic towards Chicago City. So I write this from a good room at a Hotel. It's called Four Points by Sheraton . This will be a night in some spacious room with a bed covered by white everything. Although I hope this AC Machine will stop its noise to offer me sleep.  It is not my first time to miss a fight but it is my first time to miss one and spend a night. But these things happen an...

So I have spent some time without writing here. Yes, one of the reasons and perhaps the most realistic one is that I have been lazy at my game of writing lately. Definitely I am quite busy but thats not to say I fail to get a minute to read too many many messages posted on Abanyasheema whatsApp group. By the was all these messages rotate around the same thing. Kind of hot news that seem to remain on people's heads. You know, the Dr Elioda Tumwesigye   decided to stand and was actually elected Member of Parliament for or rural Sheema Municipality. Of Course thats no brainer but the news is here. Dr Tumwesigye was already Member of Parliament for Sheema North. Some people felt he should have left it out for another to take the Municipality seat. But he also had reasons. So he got onto the ballot and people decided to vote him. In essence Dr Tumwesigye becomes a Member of Parliament representing two constituencies albeit temporarily. So commentators have been talking, writi...

The Palliative Care Association of Uganda (PCAU) has entered into partnership with two big football clubs in Kampala for a joint fundraising drive to build a hospice in Arua. The Football Clubs, KCCAFC and the Onduparaka FC are among the biggest brands of Football in Uganda and East Africa. KCCAFC is owned by the governing authority of Uganda’s Capital while the Onduparaka FC hails from the West Nile Region. They both have multitudes of supporters and lovers of soccer across the country. The two clubs have now partnered with PCAU to organize a fundraising drive to support New Life Hospice Arua (NELIHA) to establish a permanent h ome in Arua. This partnership is as a result of a request by PCAU to both clubs. In 2017, PCAU launched a five year strategic plan which among other key areas focuses on raising resources to support hospice and palliative care initiatives in remote districts of the country. The World Health Organization(WHO) defines Palliative care is an approach...

My friend, there is what you desire to be and what are right now! Ok ? Good ! Now acknowledge that you are not yet that which you desire to be and that is the first step of your journey. It's also very important that after sometime, you take a flashback on where you were, where you are and what you still have to do to be that which you desire! Got it ? Good! Now stop living living like you have already arrived. You know why ? Because you will respond to humble instruction or correction as judgement or punishment! See, do you remember the words.. Do corrections in red ink ? Now incase you missed that, then you will find it a problem being advised or corrected at this stage. I mean at this your age. Yes you. How old are you by the way ? But never mind, some people learn best by their own experimentation not from experiences of others. So you could be one of the kind! Of Course you will learn eventually. But who know ? You could come out with wounds. So take the lesson, tak...