Don’t be a dimwit. Ask why
Ugandans. We are largely friendly, happy go lucky, always ready to ‘parte’ yet savagely passive aggressive because we cannot or will not say certain things aloud. There is a growing narrative - Ugandans are too angry, too quick to insult these days, especially the youthful Ugandans. “Emitima gyakaluba”, the youthful ones shoot back. From Prime Minister Nabbanja’s leaked video that cast her as inept to MP Francis Zaake blasting the deputy speaker with some choice words, we have been quite entertained. While we were still catching our breath, firebrand lawyer and activist, Isaac Ssemakadde strolled onto an NTV political talkshow and pulverized MP Muhammad Nsereko. The camouflage jacket Ssemakadde wore in contrast to the clean-cut suit of Nsereko told of the brimstone that was to come. As dimwits, quislings, bunkums and curmudgeons gathered in a corner to recover, opposition stalwart and Democratic Party president, usually cool and calm Norbert Mao, thundered on Twitter about people ...