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Mr. Rupiiha died last night.

  Let me tell you something, Everyone has their faults in life. Once on earth, none goes about perfectly. What matters in my view is to do the right thing always and not to offer a mediocre attempt to anything one decides to do. I get bothered seeing people give half service. This man Mr Rupiiha or AR as we called him when I worked under him was a good man. He did his best each day. Never to miss correcting a fault. I was in middle management under him and he was at top management. By nature of my job, I took a chair at Senior Management with him too. Never was he to keep quiet. He calmly corrected even the tensest situations. I remember them - I mean the episodes. So one day and as usual those days, I was supposed to recommend some documents before they got to him for approval. This particular one day, I recommended/endorse one on a hurry. It was a Friday afternoon. Someone reading this maybe will add the dots. I often got on the bus to Kampala nearly every Friday. This man never ...
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This Season will End

Let me tell you something.  The country is still under a lock down due to the pandemic. Senyiga omukambwe.   Things are tough!  Our leaders seam to mine themselves.  A friend of mine told me that he is surprised. Some of the CEOs that he admired are not looking good. He thinks these great guys in town are not making the brightest decisions in this season.  This week, the President of the Country came to speak twice. All TVs, Radios were tuned in. He spoke from Stake House Nakasero. I don't know if it is a state house or state lodge. But our President likes the place a lot. Maybe its where he resides mostly. On Sunday May 17th, we were informed that the President would be speaking to all of us on Monday at 8:00PM. On Monday morning information came through that the President would speak to us on Tuesday instead. They called it a slight change in the schedule. But on the same day, on Monday, afternoon this was changed, information came through that the President w...
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Then the angel spoke to the women. “Don’t be afraid!” he said.

5  Then the angel spoke to the women. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6  He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying . Matthew 28:5-6 (NLT) Let me tell you something, today is the 4th Sunday without leaving home to go to church. Precisely it is the 4th weekend to have church on TV and on laptop/phone on a live stream.  Easter Sunday 2020   It was all great today! Easter Sunday 2020. We started off with a church service conducted by our home church . The service was led by the Chaplain, the Rev. Onesmus Asiimwe . A good family led us all in praise and worship songs. One of those families you just admire. A man, his wife, and children singing in their home. Kind of well-polished home -  with music instruments and all. They look good too. The family head is the current head of laity at church. We call him the Peoples' Warden. After that, w...
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Lockdown - the good, the bad and living life full of uncertainty

Let me tell you something about this Lockdown. I should have written some days ago but I have been a bit busy. I have been into so many meetings and engagements about COVID-19, the response and all sorts of things. Of course, some of the meetings were as basic as what should we have in stock at home. I mean, I had to meet with Omukyara and plan this out. We couldn't afford to take any chances. We did google search and read about how people in China, Italy, Spain, and the UK prepared for the lockdown.  Then I had numerous meetings with a team of staff that I lead at PCAU . By the way, some of them were interesting, they thought I was very fearful by asking them to prepare. Some of them thought it was a joke etc. I have realized that being a leader requires a lot of patience. There are people who will not look beyond today. They don't want to think about next month, next year, etc.  But maybe before telling you more, I should inform you that I was supposed to travel...
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The day we brought them clothes, they all ran away naked - the mother and her children.

In my employment life, I have had the privilege of working with or for children. Precisely, the Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children (OVC). In Uganda, the Ministry of Labour, Gender and Social Development has a website that has statistics about OVC. One can go there to appreciate the magnitude of this issue. My first job with children was just after University. I was young and energetic! I had worked a bit with the Scripture Union of Uganda (SU) and I was full of power. Those who have associated with SU, however remotely will understand what form of power I am talking about. But that is the story for another day. Let me write about children. On the 2nd day at my 2nd workplace , I was handed a big motorcycle to traverse villages in the current Rubirizi District in South Western Uganda. The key features around my operation area were Queen Elizabeth National park and the beautiful tea farms of Kyamuhunga . I would ride through twice daily, in the morning and evening. I would ride...
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