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.
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Here’s to true hardworking Ugandans
It’s been said by a number of detractors that Ugandans are not very hardworking people. The same haters have said that we only love to…
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For a happier back-to-school season
The back-to-school season did this thing it usually does of sounding a war cry that simultaneously empties parents’ bank accounts and also draws traffic from…
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Why the President should own all the money
One day to the LC5 by-elections in Busia, our beloved leader visited the district to buy the elections (because what else can you do in…
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You made the list, Congrats
It’s graduation season. You made the list. Congratulations! If you breezed through university, this isn’t for you. This one is for you who knows that…
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The joys of a long leave
It is said that civil servants have it good. Modern folklore has it that they have this job feature that allows you to leave your…
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This year, be a hero
Happy New Year! This is my first post this year. It was published 2 weeks ago by The Sunday Monitor though I’ve been very slow in…
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Christmas inventions we need
If there’s ever a time in the year when we badly need inventions, it’s this one. All the merry making, travelling and binge-eating presents several…
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When the people won’t let you go
Our First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Service, Henry Kajura last week let us in on how he’s under pressure to serve again…
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Why Spain is not Uganda
Last week, the Guardian, a newspaper that’s a big deal in the UK, run a poll on which holiday destination was more attractive to their…
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Hit song to our beloved leader
I particularly love this article because on a dreary evening working late, my parents called me, laughing heartily and quoting lines from it, saying it had…