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.

  • For Facebook and my country

    In a recent report released by Facebook showing governments that had requested for user account information of some of its citizens in the first six…

  • Settling disagreements through the ages

    Two prominent politicians have recently been in the media, going back and forth, sending each other not-too-friendly words. Politician words. One is a guy. He…

  • Goat rearing-best practices

    The dons at the leading tertiary institution in our beloved country are on strike; they want their pay increased. Our benevolent leader shared tried and…

  • Fighting school strikes with guns

    Head teachers in western Uganda are troubled people. Over the last few months, a number of student strikes have broken out in the schools they…

  • Messaging in the past times

    Once upon a time, humans communicated entirely by ooga agaaring to the person next to them. Communities were small. They left home to run out…

  • How to converse with your long lost friend

    The nature of life is such that once in a while, you are minding your own business, lost in your own world, racking your brain…

  • Boda boda, there is still hope

    Over the years that this column has been in existence, it has on several occasions bashed boda boda riders. Bashed is actually not the word;…

  • How to run a big company

    As the big, all-powerful being that runs an even bigger, more powerful company, you spend nights awake thinking deep thoughts on things us mere cassava-eating…

  • How to dodge a pothole

    Merrily driving along what we use as roads in Kampala, you will tunnel down many a pothole. For you who drink coffee while driving to…

  • How to handle spam

    Do you ever receive those emails with blue skies, waterfalls and yellow sunflowers with a feel-good message that has a warning at the end; if…