When they came for Besigye, Bagonza kept quiet. Ahhh, it is Besigye, not me. After all, I work for Odrek Rwabwogo. I am safe. When they came for Lukwago, he kept quiet. When they came for Sam Mugumya, he kept quiet. When they came for several NUP supporters, he kept quiet. When they came for Kakwenza, he kept quiet.
Each time they came for somebody, Bagonza checked himself and discovered, with relief, that he was still free. The knock was on another man's door. The basement had another man's name. The boots were kicking another man's ribs. So life continued.
Then they came for Bagonza. And cannibal Muhoozi, whom he thought was his own, displayed his half-naked body to the world like a hunter exhibiting the day's catch: “We have this one. Learning Kiswahili.” Imagine that. Yesterday you were safe because you knew the people who owned the boots. Today you are the one in the basement, and the owner of the boots is displaying you on X.
There is something Ugandans must learn from Bagonza's predicament. Injustice does not become injustice when it finally reaches you. It was already injustice when it happened to Besigye and Alhaj Lutale. It was injustice when it happened to Lukwago. It was injustice when it happened to Sam Mugumya. It was injustice when NUP supporters were taken. It was injustice when they came for Kakwenza, Opiyo, Eron Kizza, Bireete, Matembe etc.
The crocodile does not become dangerous merely because it has finally reached your canoe. Ugandans, it does not matter who you are, what position you hold, whom you work for, whose telephone number you possess, or how confidently you dine near power. When you see injustice being done to another person, fight for that person as though it were you lying in that basement. Fight as though it were your brother, your sister, your child.
Do not wait for the knock on your own door before discovering your voice. By then, you may scream for help and discover that everybody else learned silence from you.
Rukirabachwezi
It's The Handmaid's Tale.
Based on Margaret Atwood's novel, it follows a dystopian future where the US becomes the theocratic Republic of Gilead. Fertile women are forced into sexual servitude as Handmaids to bear children for the elite. The story centers on June Osborne's fight for survival and resistance amid extreme oppression.
When Boards and Beyond was new and relatively unknown, someone posted online that the videos were trash. This was back when the library was small, and I was still adding to it. I was spending a lot of my own money to run the site, and I didn’t know if it would ever be profitable. After reading the post, the next morning I got up early before work and recorded a new video. Then another one on my lunch break. I think I made ten more videos in the next week. Years later, the website had hundreds of thousands of subscribers from around the world, and it was bought by McGraw Hill, a global leader in medical education.
Don’t let the haters stop you.
Use them as motivation to work harder.
🚨UPDATE: Frank Gashumba a made a clear prophecy about Mathias Mpuuga's return to parliament and all candidates of Dealers Front (DF)
Haffie missed a watch of $1200
Adam Kungu missed over four bulls from Frank Gashumba
🚨UPDATE: In Tororo district Eastern Uganda people voted and the state through the district returning officer shamelessly declared an Indian who can't speak any local language with constituents as the area MP.