Mark Mwesiga's Blog

On May 6th, 2022, I woke up a bit early. I normally get out of bed at 6:30 am on my usual days. But that Friday, I got up a few minutes earlier. It was such a rainy morning. My daughter got me to wake up early. She is close to 5 years and very cheeky. She was excited about my graduation. I had brought the graduation gown the previous night and she had asked very many questions. I agreed to her request that we would be together at the graduation ceremony. She was overjoyed. She made sure to wake up so early to wake me up to prepare.  So we drove to Uganda Martyrs University-Main Campus in Nkozi. It is about 70 KM from Entebbe to Nkozi.  I decided to attend this graduation ceremony because the journey to it was a bit rough. When I did a master' Degree at Uganda Management Institute just a few years ago, it was not as tough. My job then was not as busy and I was a bit younger. I always don't find issues with academic stuff.  During my MPH studies, I just had no time! I miss...

Romans 14:8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord (NIV).    Let me tell you something, I believe that times and seasons pass with events. The rainy season passes with the plating of crops. The dry season passes with harvesting and drying the harvest. Christmas passes with eating and merry-making.   So I often want to mark my times and seasons with certain events.   For Christmas and Easter holidays I always travel with my family to the village.   There was a time during my undergraduate studies at Makerere University when I missed going home for Christmas. That year remains in my memory. I think there was a student’s strike that forced exams to be pushed into near Christmas day. Students led strikes nearly every semester during our time at Makerere. We would run all over. The Police would chase us with tear gas and rubber bullets. Some of the rowdy students used such ...