To Aid or not to Aid
The past two weeks have been a roller coaster of sorts and we have had a lot of back and forth between our major donors and the core of the government. Two bills have driven the debate on aid and both deal indirectly with the question of human sexuality. The Americans have considered a revision of the aid to Uganda and there has been no shortage of threats and counter threats from both sides. Uganda has produced its own champions in the Aid and Trade debate Andrew Mwenda (Independent and Formerly Monitor) who took on Bono as well as Andrew Rugasira (Good Africa Coffee) who makes a strong argument for trade versus Aid. Maybe what we are experiencing is the revival of a concept formerly mentioned in Mustard Seed in which Big Hat mentioned the term 'Okugururika' or surprise attack which in his book (and in Ankole Culture), is often frowned upon. The confidence/arrogance of a people who prefer frontal attacks. Perhaps an aspect of Ankole culture has crept into the Internal A...