Published in Uganda's Sunday Monitor

By The Way

A satirical take on current events, politics, and everyday life in Uganda. Published weekly in the Sunday Monitor from September 2011 to September 2015. 151 columns.

  • Why ‘indicating’ will not kill you

    Whistling, driving happily along an uneven path, track, trail or if you are lucky enough to find a road in Kampala, you eventually realise that…

  • How to chair a meeting

    Chairing a meeting is not as easy as Denzel Washington makes it look in that hit movie he acted about chairing meetings. He made it…

  • Make more money

    This column in the last few weeks has been taking baby steps to progressively get you back on track with your New Year’s resolutions. Something…

  • What is in a guy’s pockets?

    It has long baffled many people out there what men carry in our deep pockets. What is inside a man’s pocket? Is it lemons thrown…

  • Getting more resolutions back

    Last week, we began a series addressing the slump you are currently in. Psychiatrists world over say you are felling low due to believing you…

  • Getting resolutions back on track

    It is that time of the year when we generally feel low. We realise that we are nowhere near attaining many of the goals we…

  • Goats do come in handy

    Late last month, the country was turned upside down as parliament looked for goats. No, really. Parliamentarians, those of ill-fitting off-colour suits and with a…

  • How to prepare ornate mashes potatoes

    This column has pushed into this world so many great recipes that have gone on to be used by millions worldwide to create sumptuous, belly-turning…

  • What Africa Cup taught us

    A good number of eyeballs watched the Africa Cup of Nations. Nigeria lifted the trophy. Through all the kicking, a few lessons can be learnt:…

  • Things that are so last year

    Happy New Year. Exclamation mark. All entries of mine till March will begin with that phrase…unless the editor cuts them out. But why would any…