Author: Atwiine Mugisha
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Uganda National Cleaning Days and the Lost Market for Waste Collectors
Suddenly, it’s not about the forced public chores anymore; the waste management system has just been liberalised. Why should I pay the private waste collector when KCCA (or your area local government council) will freely collect all the garbage on the last Saturday of the month?
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Eviction Crisis: Lessons from Nsambya Estates Housing Dispute
Residents of Nsambya Estates in Kampala face eviction from their homes, despite having lived there for decades. The landlord, the Kampala Archdiocese, claims the eviction is legal to redevelop the area. The agrieved tenants have apparently secured a temporary injunction from the State Minister for Lands, pausing the eviction pending an amicable resolution.
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Why Your First Win Matters: A Path to Success
The concept of a “first win” is crucial for fostering a winning mindset and establishing a pattern of success. Achieving this initial victory transforms individuals from dreamers into champions, enhancing their confidence and resilience. It shifts perspectives on failure, encouraging growth and leadership. Ultimately, the first win serves as a pivotal launchpad for future accomplishments.
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Uganda Needs A National Thanksgiving Day Holiday
We need a holiday which we shall truly celebrate as citizens, but not just use to rest from work or school. We need a holiday that will speak to us individually but also in our families and circles of friends. We need a holiday that comes with its own celebratory air and humanity.
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Listen, and I Will Say Sorry
How could she dare come clean and say sorry for a fault as slight as accidentally breaking the handle of the damn flask? If she had seen hell when she had done nothing wrong, what then would she see when she did do something wrong? No, she couldn’t say it, she would never tell it!
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The Uganda National Anthem: A Prayer for the New Year
From the onset, it is clear that before anything else, God is first! Uganda prays and surrenders to God to uphold thee. She leaves the future to the security of God, for then will her people be united and free, and if anyone tampers with this, they will, for their liberty, stand in solidarity and…
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On Time and Why We Celebrate New Year’s Day
Time. Time heals. Time flies. What a concept! When the whites came, what concept of time did they find with us? I wondered. Did they find that we told days as they did: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday…? Did we know that a month has 30 days? Did we know that a year has 366/365 days? We…
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It Went and Was Worth It—A Letter for Captain Wentworth
Dearest Kay (fictitious name), my heart beats fast for none but you. If I may have the pleasure to see this letter blue-ticked tonight, and you pick up my phone call and talk to me, I will sleep well.
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Monday Class: Climate Change 1O1 with Atwine Mugisha
Global warming has seriously affected our environment and climate as we used to know it. For instance, while we may think the rains have started, they may shock us and not fall for three weeks straight only to come back with cats and dogs destroying bridges and moving the land, what we call landslides.
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Not The Independence Monday
Mondays just so suck! And this Monday, good grief! Why did the Independence Day holiday fall on Sunday?! It was supposed to be today so we actually feel independent, at least from work and school. Moreover, we were celebrating 60 years. Our diamond jubilee!
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Spell of Charm
Spell of Charm©Atwine Mugisha – 22/08/2022 I would pluck out my eyesIf only my heart sawThen would you knowI own not my eyesBut my heart is wholly mineI’d happily be blind to allBut only your beauty My heart to forever see. But our hearts don’t seeYet our eyes… just keep seeing! Entebbe Poetry Club
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HOW I MET MR ATWINE
He sent me the message via WhatsApp in the morning at 10. I was offline at that time and in a meeting in the office of the Dean of Students. I’ve had a long day today. I’ve been in the Guild Office for most of the day, leaving at half past six in the evening.…
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The one that took me back to the physics class
There is the Inertia Stroke. That stems from Newton’s first law of motion. That a body will continue in its uniform state of rest or motion unless acted upon by an external force. So the stroke is essentially a forward and backward thrust of the upper body. Then there is the Head Stroke.
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The one with the lady in zebra pants
She’s wearing a green sweater and zebra pants. They have white and black stripes running down. She’s the first person who has spoken to me in this taxi. She greeted me when she sat.
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The one I didn’t want to write
Now, I didn’t want to write this morning. In fact, I thought about it, but I said no, after all, I am not feeling like writing this morning. So, even when I had opened my Writer Plus writing app (it’s a very good app, try it), which has sort of become a reflex now every…
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The one with the rare polite driver
Eh, taxi drivers and conductors can yell! They are so brusque and good with obscenities. But this one was different. He was humble and didn’t argue anymore when the woman refused to get out of the way.
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The one with the 2k note dude
That was still in Kajjansi, but at a second stop in the same town, which I suspect confused this guy. So, on examination, the conductor argues he’s been handed a two thousand shillings note, which is quite less than the fare for Kitende. Dude replies stating that he hadn’t seen the note clearly and makes…
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The One With the Big Guy Wearing A Museveni Hat
At first, I thought him to be a casual labourer who’s been called for a job or left one. He is wearing this round green cloth hat that resembles Museveni’s. He holds a half-filled bottle of Rwenzori Mineral Water, which he has been sipping on from time to time. He looks rather distraught. He speaks…
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The One Where I Started
On my blog, you can notice that I have had ambitions and promises which I have not met. What’s unknown to you is that this is another of them. I’ve always wanted to write a live taxi (matatu) blog for every journey in a kamunye.
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Poetry Is The Bitch
Y’all think she’s bae?NahShe’s a bitch, a badass bitchShe’s this goddess of a mistressI fuckin can’t get over.Bae is home, butThis bitch fuckin reads meSays just what I want to hearKnows when I wantWhen I don’tWhat I wantWhat I don’tKnows where I wantWhere I don’tHow I wantHow I don’tDamn this bitch!Always there; needs no callNo…