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.

  • Coping With Powerlessness

    The dark ages are upon us. Run for the hills. That would work if the hills weren’t covered in darkness too. To avoid going home…

  • The Measure Of A Good Neighbour

    You may be one of those people who think that they do not have cool neighbors. You silently wish for better neighbors to move in,…

  • This is what the real world looks like

    The moment you are done with school and you finally put your small bundle of books neatly away (we all know that we burn our…

  • Questions To Ask In A Job Interview

    Many times in my life I have found myself sweating behind the ears because of an impending job interview. You spend the night up memorizing…

  • How To Gracefully Lay Off an Employee

    I have heard of how companies lay off employees and I think there are better ways of doing it. Much as the people behind the…

  • Save Energy, Enjoy Life

    In these days of no electricity, it is only prudent that we save as much energy as we possibly can. Electricity is so scarce, if…

  • Let’s Cook

    Many times you may find yourself alone at home with raw food staring sullenly at you. This sad situation is not helped by the fact…

  • Office Tips

    My incisive research and extensive interaction with Human Resource executives both locally in their air-conditioned offices and globally on the internet in my Gmail account…

  • One Queue Three

    Queuing up in banks is quite an experience. If for some strange reason you’ve never been in a queue in a bank, like maybe you’ve…

  • What School Ought To Have Taught Us

    School was all fine and dandy. We were taught all kinds of cool things like all that stuff about logarithms and how to find the…